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Book SynopsisâœLatin American Positivism: Theory and Practiceâ is unique in that the work examines this subject from a multi-disciplinary prospect. The philosophy contributors examine the doctrines of Latin American positivism as they evolved during the nineteenth century while the historians study the interplay between the philosophy and the larger society.
Trade ReviewGregory D. Gilson and Irving W. Levinson have put together the most comprehensive collection of essays on Latin American positivism currently available to English-speaking readers. In print for the first time, these essays will revitalize interest in a fruitful intellectual period in Latin America. They are an indispensable source for scholars of history, positivism, and Latin American philosophy. -- Susana Nuccetelli, St. Cloud State University
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Ideology Chapter 1: The Death of Positivism and the Birth of Mexican Phenomenology Chapter 2: Latin American and Logical Positivism Chapter 3: The Good and the Useful Together: Columbian Positivism in a Century of Conflict Chapter 4: From Positivism to Anti-Positivism: Some Notable Continuities Chapter 5: Why Positivism Failed Latin America Part 2: Implementation Chapter 6: Positively Disastrous Implementing Comte’s Ideology in Mexico: 1876-1910 Chapter 7: Brazil’s Military Positivists: Another Myth in Need of Explosion Chapter 8: The Birth of a New Political Philosophy: Religion and Positivism in Nineteenth Century Brazil Chapter 9: A Duke in the Bourgeoisie Court: Positivism and Porfirismo in the Work of Manuel Gutierrez Najera About the Contributors Index
