Bolívar Echeverría
Bolívar Echeverría (born February 2, 1941 in Riobamba ; † June 5, 2010 in Mexico City ) was an Ecuadorian - Mexican scientist , philosopher and writer with a focus on critical theory and cultural philosophy .
Echeverría studied from 1962 to 1966 at the Free University of Berlin for the Magister Artium in Philosophy, received the Licentiate ( Licenciatura ) in Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico in 1974 , there the Magister ( Maestría ) in Economics in 1991 and in 1997 the PhD degree in philosophy. From 1973 he worked at UNAM, since 1988 as adjunct professor at the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras: Faculty of Philosophy and Cultural Studies ("Philologies"). He held numerous lectures and seminars worldwide, e. B. University of Frankfurt am Main, Nov. 10, 1994: Modernism outside Europe. The case of Latin America .
Publications
In Spanish language (selection)
- El Discurso Crítico de Marx, ERA, Mexico 1986.
- Beyond the materialism. Modelo para armar. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, 1990.
- Conversaciones sobre lo barroco. (Together with Horst Kurnitzky). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, 1993.
- Las ilusiones de la modernidad. UNAM and El Equilibrista, Mexico, 1995.
- La Modernidad de lo Barroco, ERA, Mexico 1998.
- Definición de la Cultura, Itaca / UNAM, Mexico 2001.
- Vuelta de Siglo, ERA, Mexico, 2006 (Prize Premio Libertador Simón Bolívar al Pensiamiento Crítico 2007)
Texts published in German
- Introduction . In: Ernesto Guevara: Hasta la victoria siempre! A biography with an introduction by Bolívar Echeverría . Compiled by Horst Kurnitzky, translated by Alex Schubert. Verlag Peter von Maikowski, Berlin 1968, pp. 7-18.
- with Horst Kurnitzky: Foreword. In: André Gunder Frank , Ernesto Che Guevara, Mauro Marini, Luis Vitale u. a .: Critique of bourgeois anti-imperialism. Development of underdevelopment. Eight analyzes of the new theory of revolution in Latin America . (Series: Rotbuch, No. 15). Edited by Bolívar Echeverría and Horst Kurnitzky. Wagenbach, Berlin 1969, pp. 7-13. (Second edition: Latin America. Development of Underdevelopment . (Series: Politics, No. 15). 1975)
- Postmodernism and cynicism. Revolution, nation and democracy - the three myths of modernity . Translated by Stefan Gandler. In: The booty. Politics and Crime Magazine . Book 11: Dispositive of Power . ID Verlag, Berlin 1996, OCLC 249027522 , pp. 80-94.
- To live the inanimate. Critique of Modernity & Resistance . edition assemblage, Münster 2013, ISBN 978-3-942885-51-5 .
literature
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Stefan Gandler : Peripheral Marxism. Critical Theory in Mexico. (Argument special volume new series 270). Argument-Verlag, Hamburg / Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-88619-270-9 .
- (First published under the title: Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. On contemporary social philosophy in Mexico. Dissertation. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main 1997)
- Stefan Gandler : Social Philosophy in Mexico. Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez and Bolívar Echeverría. In: Concordia. International journal of philosophy. Aachen, No. 40, Oct. 2001, pp. 27-44.
- Stefan Gandler : About the concept of ethos in today's Latin American philosophy. In: German magazine for philosophy. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin November 2006, Vol. 54, No. 5, ISSN 0012-1045 , pp. 767-783.
- Stefan Gandler : Bolívar Echeverría (1941-2010). In: The argument. Journal for Philosophy and Social Sciences , Berlin Institute for Critical Theory, Berlin, Vol. 52, Vol. 288, No. 4–5, Oct. 2010.
Web links
- Website Echeverrías
- Brief portrait at teleSUR (Spanish)
- On the death of Bolívar Echeverría In: Latin American News. Number 333, July / August 2010 (pdf; 65 kB)
- Stefan Gandler: Obituary. (PDF; 34 kB) on Bolívar Echeverría. In: The argument . 288 (2010), p. 478.
- Stefan Gandler: Biographical Sketch (PDF; 20 kB), with selected bibliography.
- Mestizaje y códigofagia Interview with Bolívar Echeverría in the Latin America Institute, Berlin.
- Fernando Rojas: Interview with Bolívar Echeverría (Videoteca Contracorriente, ICA IC, Cubacine, La Habana)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Echeverría, Bolívar |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Echeverría Andrade, Bolívar |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ecuadorian-Mexican scientist, philosopher and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1941 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Riobamba , Ecuador |
DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 2010 |
Place of death | Mexico City , Mexico |