Thinking from the Underside of History

Enrique Dussel's writings span the theology of liberation, critiques of discourse ethics, evaluations of Marx, Levinas, Habermas, and others, but most importantly, the development of a philosophy written from the underside of Eurocentric modernist teleologies, an ethics of the impoverished, and the articulation of a unique Latin American theoretical perspective. This anthology of original articles by U.S. philosophers elucidating Dussel's thought, offers critical analyses from a variety of perspectives, including feminist ones. Also included is an essay by Dussel that responds to these essays.

Enrique Dussel's writings span the theology of liberation, critiques of discourse ethics and evaluations of Marx, Levinas, Habermas, and others. This anthology of articles by US philosophers elucidating Dussel's thought offers critical analyses from a variety of perspectives.

Chapter 1 1: Introduction by Linda Martin Alcoff and Eduardo MendietaChapter 2 2: Dussel's Philosophy of Liberation: Ethics and Geopolitics of Knowledge by Walter D. MingnoloChapter 3 3: The Material Principle and the Formal Principle in Dussel's Ethics by James L. MarshChapter 4 4: Can "Liberation Ethics" Be Assimilated under "Discourse Ethics"? by Karl-Otto ApelChapter 5 5: Discourse and Liberation: Toward a Critical Coordination of Discourse Ethics and Dussel's Ethics of Liberation by Hans SchelkshornChapter 6 6: Beyond Universal History: Dussel's Critique of Globalization by Eduardo MendietaChapter 7 7: Burnt Offerings to Rationality: A Feminist Reading of the Construction of Indigenous Peoples in Dussel's Theory of Modernity by Lynda LangeChapter 8 8: Thinking Otherwise: Dussel, Liberation Theology, and Feminism by Elina VuolaChapter 9 9: Locating the Absolutely Absolute Other: Toward a Transmodern Christianity by Roberto S. GoizuetaChapter 10 10: Theory and Alterity: Dussel's Marx and Marion on Idolatry by Michael D. BarberChapter 11 11: Dussel on Marx: Living Labor and the Materiality of Life by Mario SaenzChapter 12 12: Power/Knowledges in the Colonial Unconscious: A Dialogue between Dussel and Foucault by Linda Martin AlcoffChapter 13 13: Epilogue by Enrique Dussel