I must find that Julio Ortega book, and I must teach something by Ortega y Gasset in that class on raza. On Spain, we will read things by Branche, Goode, Piedra, and Ortega y Gasset. We will also study Vasconcelos and Aztlán: espíritu, raza, palabra. Meanwhile: Deborah Root’s 1988 review of Todorov’s La conquête de l’Amérique points … More Deborah Root and the concept of my book
♦Freedom as death struggle (Hegel); “death or liberty.” Haitian independence slogan, apparently: Vive la mort! (But it is also a mercenary slogan.) ♦THE VIOLENCE AT THE ORIGIN, ORIGINARY VIOLENCE. Which must then be forgotten. Sommer says these “foundational” texts are intended to heal originary violence but do they really work that way? ♦Should I call … More Collage
Is it? I like this old article on exceptionalism by Lund. “The most implacable Latin American appropriation of Euro- centrism is a center/periphery discourse known as civilization and barbarism (civilización y barbarie).” Axé.
I have a title for my current book but I may need another book on the 19th century, or to 1826-1926 or so. I could call it One Hundred Years of Solitude, referring to the not-well-enough-understood century, that I am convinced I must understand to understand Vallejo. This idea has been inspired by Joshua Lund, … More Cien años de soledad
coldhearted scientist وداد 