Critical Marxism in Mexico [electronic resource] : Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolivar Echeverria / by Stefan Gandler.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Historical and theoretical context. The life and work of Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez -- The life and work of Bolívar Echeverría -- The 'state of art' -- Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez : praxis and knowledge. The concept of praxis -- Everyday consciousness of praxis -- The relationship between philosophy and praxis in history -- The Theses on Feuerback -- Critique of some Marxist conceptions of knowledge -- Once again on the problem of knowledge and praxis -- The philosophy of praxis : two versions -- Bolívar Echeverría : use-value and ethos. Praxis and use-value -- Concretisation of the concept of praxis -- Modernity and capitalism -- The concept of historical ethos -- The four ethe of capitalist modernity -- Ethos and ideology -- Utopia : a non-capitalist society of commodity producers -- On the realtionship between praxis and ethos. Affirmation or critique of praxis? -- The conceptual determination of culture and nature -- The philosophical critique of eurocentrism.

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In 'Critical Marxism in Mexico', Stefan Gandler, coming from the tradition of the Frankfurt School, reveals the contributions that Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría have made to universal thought. While in recent times Latin America has taken its distance from global power centers, and reorganised its political and economic relations, in philosophy the same tendency is barely visible. 'Critical Marxism in Mexico' is a contribution to the reorganisation of international philosophical discussion, with Critical Theory as the point of departure.0Despite having studied in Europe, where philosophical Eurocentrism remains virulent, Gandler opens his eyes to another tradition of modernity and offers an account of the life and philosophy of Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría, former senior faculty members at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).