Assistant Professor Alejandro Vallega’s latest book, Latin American Philosophy from Identity to Radical Exteriority, has been published by Indiana University Press.

From the publisher’s website:

“Vallega engages with current debates among those seeking a decolonial approach to concepts of identity, history, and liberation without unhelpful baggage from European colonial modernity. He impressively remaps and advances the debate. Many have been anticipating this book with some excitement; it will exceed their expectations.” —Linda Martín Alcoff, Hunter College

“Vallega’s wonderful book demonstrates that the question ‘Is there Latin American philosophy?’ has outlived its rhetorical usefulness. Instead, it announces that the task before us is to engage with a vast canon that is as dispersed and buried as it is unsuspecting and challenging.” —Eduardo Mendieta, Stony Brook University

“No other contemporary philosopher is more engaged with the meaning and sense of philosophy in Latin America than Alejandro A. Vallega.” —Omar Rivera, Southwestern University

While recognizing its origins and scope, Alejandro A. Vallega offers a new interpretation of Latin American philosophy by looking at its radical and transformative roots. Placing it in dialogue with Western philosophical traditions, Vallega examines developments in gender studies, race theory, postcolonial theory, and the legacy of cultural dependency in light of the Latin American experience. He explores Latin America’s engagement with contemporary problems in Western philosophy and describes the transformative impact of this encounter on contemporary thought.

World Philosophies
296 pp.
cloth 978-0-253-01248-7 $90.00
paper 978-0-253-01257-9 $35.00
ebook 978-0-253-01265-4 $29.99

More information at:
http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/807171

For Instructors:
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http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/link/examcopy