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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823703503321

Autore

Mendieta Eduardo

Titolo

Global fragments [[electronic resource] ] : globalizations, Latinamericanisms, and critical theory / / Eduardo Mendieta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007

ISBN

0-7914-7927-7

1-4356-1183-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/201

Soggetti

Globalization

Globalization - Philosophy

Globalization - Social aspects - Latin America

Civilization, Modern - 21st century

Critical theory

Latin America Foreign relations 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Epistemic Hubris and Dialogical Cosmopolitanism -- Globalizations -- Philosophizing Globalizations -- Invisible Cities -- Latinamericanisms -- From Modernity, through Postmodernity, to Globalization -- Remapping Latin American Studies -- The Emperor’s Map -- Critical Theory -- Beyond Universal History -- Politics in an Age of Planetarization -- The Linguistification of the Sacred as a Catalyst of Modernity -- Which Pragmatism? Whose America? -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Global Fragments offers an innovative analysis of globalization that aims to circumvent the sterile dichotomies that either praise or demonize globalization. Eduardo Mendieta applies an interdisciplinary approach to one of the most fundamental experiences of globalization: the mega-urbanization of humanity. The claim that globalization unsettles our epistemic maps of the world is tested against a study of Latin America. Mendieta also recontextualizes the work of three major theorists of globalization—Enrique Dussel, Cornel West, and Jürgen Habermas—to show how their thinking reflects engagement with



central problems of globalization and, conversely, how globalization itself is exemplified through the reception of their work. Beyond the epistemic hubris of social theories that seek to accept or reject a globalized world, Mendieta calls for a dialogic cosmopolitanism that departs from the mutuality of teaching and learning in a world that is global but not totalized.