A New Social Contract in a Latin American Education Context

A New Social Contract in a Latin American Education Context
Author: D. Streck
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2010-12-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0230115292

A New Social Contract in a Latin American Education Context is committed to what has become known as "perspective of the South:" understanding the South not as a geographical reference but as a vindication of the existence of ways of knowing and of living which struggle for their survival and for a legitimate place in a world where the respect for difference is balanced with the right for equality. The metaphor of the new social contract stands for the desire to envision another world, which paradoxically cannot but spring out of the entrails of the existing one. Could the same contract under which the colonial orders were erected serve as a tool for decolonizing relations, knowledge, and power? Consequently, what kind of education could effectively help structure a new social contract? These are some of the questions Streck addresses.

Vargas Llosa and Latin American Politics

Vargas Llosa and Latin American Politics
Author: Juan E. De Castro
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2010-10-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230113591

Mario Vargas Llosa is a heterogeneous writer whose positions have often not been consistent from novel to novel, between his fictional and nonfictional work, between his literary and political commentary, and as his political commentary has proceeded over the decades. This analysis of his work reveals his insights into socio-political matters.

Dialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism

Dialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism
Author: Fred Dallmayr
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2022-11-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1666919462

Dialogue and the New Cosmopolitanism: Conversations with Edward Demenchonok stands in opposition to the doctrine that might makes right and that the purpose of politics is to establish domination over others rather than justice and the good life for all. In the pursuit of the latter goal, the book stresses the importance of dialogue with participants who take seriously the views and interests of others and who seek to reach a fair solution. In this sense, the book supports the idea of cosmopolitanism, which—by contrast to empire—involves multi-lateral cooperation and thus the quest for a just cosmopolis. The international contributors to this volume, with their varied perspectives, are all committed to this same quest. Edited by Fred Dallmayr, the chapters take the form of conversations with Edward Demenchonok, a well-known practitioner of international and cross-cultural philosophy. The conversations are structured in parts that stress the philosophical, anthropological, cultural, and ethical dimensions of global dialogue. In our conflicted world, it is inspiring to find so many authors from different places agreeing on a shared vision.

Social Movements and Latin American Philosophy

Social Movements and Latin American Philosophy
Author: Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2020-10-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1498560547

Social Movements and Latin American Philosophy: From Ciudad Juarez to Ayotzinapa provides a historical and theoretical analysis of the Ayotzinapa social movement from the perspective of Latin American philosophy to provide a deeper understanding of the challenges that social movements face in the context of extreme violence. Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda analyzes the complete cycle of mobilization appertaining to Ciudad Juárez, the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, and the Ayotzinapa social movement. Guided by the theories of Enrique Dussel, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Ernesto Laclau, and Santiago Castro-Gomez, Díaz Cepeda addresses questions of how a social movement is born, how the distinct social movement organizations should articulate to form a movement of movements, what (if at all) the limits and extent of these organizations should be. In raising and addressing such questions, Díaz Cepeda argues in favor of a soft articulation and the perennial need for social movement organizations. Scholars of Latin American studies, philosophy, history, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

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LEV
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Total Pages: 990
Release: 1999
Genre: Catalogs, Publishers'
ISBN:

Tracing Dominican Identity

Tracing Dominican Identity
Author: J. Valdez
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2011-01-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 023011721X

The author analyzes and discusses the socio-historical meanings and implications of Pedro Henríquez Ureña's (1884-1946) writings on language. This important twentieth century Latin American intellectual is an unavoidable reference in Hispanic Linguistics and Cultural Studies.

Conflicts in a Transnational World

Conflicts in a Transnational World
Author: Andreas Langenohl
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2006
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

This volume brings together views on the nexus and the conflicts between transformation of states and societies and transnationalization processes in politics, economy, and culture. Thematic articles and case studies deal with conditioned nations/states in Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union. These nations/states are, on the one hand, subjected to transnational institutions, models, and forces and cannot fall back on the model of the classic nation state. On the other hand, the issues traditionally linked to the nation state as a polity - sovereignty, national economy, and identity - are still salient, as they serve to describe and evaluate the consequences of transnationalization. The volume addresses those processes as imminently political ones and poses the question of a transnational polity.