| The Suspension of Seriousness: On the Phenomenology of Jorge Portilla, with a Translation of Fenomenología del Relajo Contributor(s): Sánchez, Carlos Alberto (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438444680 ISBN-13: 9781438444680 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology |
| Dewey: 199.72 |
| Series: SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.75 lbs) 237 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Suspension of Seriousness engages the Mexican philosopher Jorge Portilla (1919-1963), taking note of Portilla's philosophical methodology, insights, and contributions to our understanding of value, being, and subjectivity. Portilla lived a short, troubled life and never held a teaching appointment, but his works, though few in number, were nevertheless philosophically penetrating. He is a legendary character in the Mexican popular imagination of the 1940s and '50s, but little has been written about him or his philosophy. His posthumously published Fenomenología del relajo is a phenomenological analysis of what Portilla calls relajo or the state we assume when we do not want to do what is seriously being asked of us--what is demanded of us. It is, Portilla says, the suspension of seriousness. Carlos Alberto Sánchez uses Portilla's Fenomenología del relajo as a point of departure to consider the dangers both of our uncritical adherence to values as well as our urge to reject values altogether. He argues that Portilla provides a framework in which to situate the modern condition, ourselves, and our future. The first authorized English translation of Portilla's Fenomenología del relajo is included. |