Thoughts on Emilio Uranga’s ¿De quién es la filosofía?*
I. Tracing a Line from Analysis of Mexican Being An underlying premise of Analysis of Mexican Being (AMB) is that philosophy is intimately tied to a specific circumstance from which […]
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Creating Context: New Chapters in Mexican Philosophy
It’s been a while since I posted on here. Both Robert and I have been busy with other projects. In August 2020, I published A Sense of Brutality: Philosophy after […]
New Article: “Mexican Existentialist Ethics and Rodolfo Usigli’s El gesticulador”
The author of this amazing article is my good friend, Professor Stephanie Merrim from Brown University. The article appears in the current issue of Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, vol. […]
NEW BOOK/NUEVO LIBRO
A new book by myself and Francisco Gallegos on Jorge Portilla is out on hardcover. The paperback should be coming out soon. Look for that.
Uranga On Method, II: The Ol' "Imperial Passion"
In “Notas para un estudio del mexicano,” Uranga introduces the worry that Mexican life and experience—i.e., lo mexicano—may somehow overwhelm its concept—i.e., “lo mexicano,” making it impossible for a “philosophy […]
Special Issue: Genealogy
I was fortunate enough to have edited a very special issue of the Journal Genealogy, titled “New Directions in Latinx/Latin American Philosophy.” Check it out here. Article and Contributors 1.”Gloria […]
Uranga’s Phenomenological Method in “Notas”–part 1
In “Notas para un estudio del mexicano,” Uranga makes a first effort at clarifying his methodological commitments. He writes in the first paragraph: After two months of daily lectures on […]
In Progress: “Uranga’s Phenomenological Appropriations”
Introduction Emilio Uranga’s (1921-1988) phenomenological method is informed by confrontations with Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, and the French phenomenological tradition. With it, Uranga seeks to grasp the “essence” of Mexican […]
A New Chapter, Dos.
Although we’ve been gone for a bit, we continue the work of translation and of normalizing Mexican philosophy. In the past, this blog has served as a space to air […]
AEON Magazine Publication
Robert and I are proud to share our latest effort, an Introduction and Commentary of Emilio Uranga’s “Essay on the Ontology of the Mexican,” which originally appears in our Mexican Philosophy […]
