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The Suspension of Seriousness : On the Phenomenology of Jorge Portilla, With a Translation of Fenomenologia del relajo Carlos Alberto Sanchez. Tr. by E. Marsh.
| 著者・編者 | Sánchez, Carlos Alberto, |
|---|---|
| シリーズ | SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture |
| 出版社 | (State U. New York Pr., US) |
| ページ数 | 224 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜597-L45＞ |
解説
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 Fenomenologia 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 Sanchez uses Portilla's Fenomenologia 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 Fenomenologia del relajo is included.