Self-Awareness in Colonial Latin American Philosophy, Part 1

• Autores: Walter Redmond
• Localización: Jahrbuch für Geschichte Lateinamerikas = Anuario de Historia de América Latina ( JbLA ), ISSN-e 2194-3680, Nº. 41, 2004, págs. 353-372
• Idioma: alemán
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• Resumen

  • This article traces how philosophers writing in Spanish lands in America reflected upon their own work. In the 16th century, concerns were pedagogical, in the 17th, a sense of American identity emerged, and in the 18th, new attitudes toward Europe developed which are more akin to later Latin American thought. The study shows how the logic and ontology of the Siglo de Oro (16th-17th centuries) resemble current interests in philosophy, describes an extraordinary "defense of intellectual America" by 17th-century Peruvians, and discusses the impact of Modernity. The first part of this article treats of 16th-century Mexico, and the second (to appear in the Jahrbuch next year) will cover the 17th and 18th centuries (including the Latin texts of a "Defensio ingenii Americani").