José Martí, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and Global Development Ethics: The Battle for Ideas

ISBN-13: 9781137413222 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 215 str.

Susan E. Babbitt

Opis

The difference between European and Latin American philosophy, some argue, is that Europeans have only ever had to rule the world whereas Latin Americans have always had to change it. This difference remains relevant. Currently, Latin America and the Carib

Recenzje

'The "battle for ideas" has marked Susan Babbitt's work for decades. In this book, Babbitt challenges received views of Cuba and of philosophy. She demands that readers imagine new ways of living well together. In service of this vision, Babbitt presents the richness of philosophical ideas in the largely ignored works of José Martí and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and then puts these ideas to work in a powerful critique of standard liberal assumptions about what it means to flourish as a human being. The book is a must read for philosophers, political theorists, and development ethicists who would like to challenge or expand their conceptions of Cuba - as well as the meaning of freedom, democracy, human rights, liberalism, capitalism, Marxism, 'developed', and 'developing'.' - Christine Koggel, Carleton University, Canada

Spis treści

1. No Place at the Table: A Challenge for Freedom 2. Cuban Internationalism and Martí's "Trenches of Ideas" 3. Alienation and Authenticity 4. Revolutionary Love in Martí and Guevara 5. The Battle for Ideas and Global Development

O autorze

Susan E. Babbitt is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Queen's University, Canada.