How Long to Read Critique of Latin American Reason

How Long Does it Take to Read Critique of Latin American Reason?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Critique of Latin American Reason by Santiago Castro-Gómez

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Critique of Latin American Reason is one of the most important philosophical texts to have come out of South America in recent decades. First published in 1996, it offers a sweeping critique of the foundational schools of thought in Latin American philosophy and critical theory. Santiago Castro-Gómez argues that "Latin America" is not so much a geographical entity, a culture, or a place, but rather an object of knowledge produced by a family of discourses in the humanities that are inseparably linked to colonial power relationships. Using the archaeological and genealogical methods of Michel Foucault, he analyzes the political, literary, and philosophical discourses and modes of power that have contributed to the making of "Latin America." Castro-Gómez examines the views of a wide range of Latin American thinkers on modernity, postmodernity, identity, colonial history, and literature, also considering how these questions have intersected with popular culture. His critique spans Central and South America, and it also implicates broader and protracted global processes. This book presents this groundbreaking work of contemporary critical theory in English translation for the first time. It features a foreword by Linda Martín Alcoff, a new preface by the author, and an introduction by Eduardo Mendieta situating Castro-Gómez's thought in the context of critical theory in Latin America and the Global South. Two appendixes feature an interview with Castro-Gómez that sheds light on the book's composition and short provocations responding to each chapter from a multidisciplinary forum of contemporary scholars who resituate the work within a range of perspectives including feminist, Francophone African, and decolonial Black political thought.

How long is Critique of Latin American Reason?

Critique of Latin American Reason by Santiago Castro-Gómez is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Critique of Latin American Reason Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Critique of Latin American Reason aloud.

What Reading Level is Critique of Latin American Reason?

Critique of Latin American Reason is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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