Overview

Latin America is a diverse mosaic of cultures that trace their origins back to Indigenous, African, Spanish, Portuguese and Islamic sources. Its philosophies, eloquently expressed by a long line of thinkers, are found not just in departments of philosophy, but also in its rich literature and art, which are given treatment in this volume. The Islamicate world is a unique, fourteen-century-old cultural mosaic that covers much of the known world. Despite its long civilizational experience, it too faces the challenge of emancipation from foreign domination and the chaotic cacophony of monologues afflicting our time. The papers collected here cover various aspects of the philosophies of these two constantly interacting traditions and how they impinge on an old problematic: ""ghayriyya"" (otherness) and ""alienation"". Their themes include key figures like Ibn ʿArabī, Suhrawardī, Aḥmad b. Muṣṭafa al-ʿAlawī, Rudolfo Kusch, José Martí, Spain's Moriscos, and contemporary Argentine philosophers; and expanding areas of research like the philosophy of the Nahua (popularly known as the ""Aztec"") and the language reforms in Türkiye, both of which provide excellent examples of cultural self-alienation.

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Four cardinal points, long studied in isolation, now come together in a single journey, opening a shared horizon where two traditions reflect on indispensable concepts of existence. Dr. Gonzalo Díaz Ponce This book explores an intense approach for the dialogue across cultural boundaries in philosophy by scholars around the globe beyond ""Western"" dominance. First time Islamicate and the Latin America philosophical traditions get into conversation to remind us of the historical links and furthermore take steps towards deepening a common approach to their mutual knowledge that has significance to humankind. Dr. Kadir Filiz Philosophy Department Marmara University, Istanbul

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Anthony F. Shaker, a philosopher and a scholar of Islamicate and German philosophy, has written extensively in both fields, most recently 'Reintroducing Philosophy: Thinking as the Gathering of Civilization' (2021) and 'Modernity, Civilization and the Return to History' (2017). His two-volume English translation and critical Arabic edition of Ṣadr al-Dīn Qūnawī's 'Iʿjāz al-bayān' (2025) were published in 2025, as were his translations of four books from Ghazālī's 'Iḥyāʾ al-ʿulūm' over the years. In the late 1990s, he was elected to the Executive Council of the Canadian Parliament's official opposition party, where he chaired two committees. He obtained his doctorate and master's degrees from the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. Amilcar Aldama Cruz, a scholar of Islamic philosophy, is a faculty member at Al-Mustafa International University, Iran, where he has taught logic and Islamic philosophy since 2017. He has published several papers and books, including 'The Transcendental Philosophy of Mullā Sadrā and Lexicon of Islamic Philosophy' (forthcoming), and serves as Editor-in-Chief of 'Sadra: Journal of Islamic Philosophy' (Spanish). A doctoral candidate in philosophy at the University of Havana, he also holds a master's degree in Islamic Studies at Al-Mustafa International University (2025).

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