Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : philosophy and criticism -- Part I: Biopower, coloniality, and emancipation in Latin America. Mariátegui in recent debates emancipation, (in)dependence, and "vestigial colonialism" in Latin America -- 1492 : Enrique Dussel's contributions to the rediscovery of the Americas -- Bolívar Echeverría and Latin America : the open agenda -- Modernity and violence -- Journey to the heart of meloncholia : disenchantment and (post)modernity in Roger Bartra -- Biopolitics and the social body in Latin America --

Part II: Critico-philosophical rereadings and debates. Foucault and Latin America : appropriations and debates -- The philosophy of Walter Benjamin and peripheral modernity -- Bourdieu at the periphery : cultural capital and the literary field in Latin America -- Scarcity, modernity, globalization : from precariousness to the precariat -- The toolkit of affect -- The question of humanism in Latin America : blind spots and lines of flight -- Humanism and biopolitics : monsters in the human zoo (à propos Peter Sloterdijk)

"This book offers timely contributions to the process of conceptualizing a Latin American specificity and its forms of integration in larger contexts, both on the level of thought and the level of political and social praxis. To produce a critical reading of philosophy while also developing a philosophy of criticism is essential in cultures that continue to struggle for the decolonization of both thought and life. This book allows Anglophone readers access to the world of ideas of some of the most relevant Latin American thinkers of our age. Through a comprehensive discussion of the works and contexts of thinkers such as of José Carlos Mariátegui, Enrique Dussel, Bolívar Echeverría, and Roger Bartra to Walter Benjamin, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, and Peter Sloterdijk, Mabel Moraña demonstrates that Latin American thought has not only been inseparable from Western philosophy but also from the determinants of its history and social struggles. By doing so, Mabel Moraña provides an extensive perspective on the connections between historical moments, social structures, and discursive practices. With its interdisciplinary focus, this book will be an important resource for scholars and students in Latin American studies, comparative literature, world literature, and philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.

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