Enrique Dussel

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Enrique Dussel (1934-) is a Latin American writer and philosopher. Born in Argentina, he has lived since 1975 in Mexico.[1] He is known as one of the greatest exponents of Liberation Theology and of Latin American thought in general. Author of many books, his thoughts cover many themes including: theology, politics, philosophy, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, and ontology. He has been a critic of postmodernity, preferring instead the term "transmodernity."

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[edit] Select Bibliography

  • Philosophy of Liberation, Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2003 [1980]
  • The Underside of Modernity: Apel, Ricoeur, Rorty, Taylor and the Philosophy of Liberation, Humanity Books, 1996
  • The Invention of the Americas: Eclipse of "the Other" and the Myth of Modernity, Continuum Intl Pub Group, 1995
  • Ethics & Community (Liberation & Theology), Hyperion Books, 1994
  • The History of the Church in Latin America: Colonialism to Liberation (1492--1979), Eerdmans, 1981

[edit] See also

Liberation Philosophy

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Mendieta, Eduardo (1993), "Editor's Introduction"to The Underside of Modernity (online version)

[edit] External links

Web Page in English

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