The Other Roots: Wandering Origins in Roots of Brazil and the Impasses of Modernity in Ibero-America (Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development)

First Published In 1936, The Classic Work Roots Of Brazil By Sérgio Buarque De Holanda Presented An Analysis Of Why And How A European Culture Flourished In A Large Tropical Environment That Was Totally Foreign To Its Traditions, And The Manner And Consequences Of This Development. In The Other Roots, Pedro Meira Monteiro Contends That Roots Of Brazil Is An Essential Work For Understanding Brazil And The Current Impasses Of Politics In Latin America. Meira Monteiro Demonstrates That The Ideas Expressed In Roots Of Brazil Have Taken On New Forms And Helped To Construct Some Of The Most Lasting Images Of The Country, Such As The Cordial Man, A Central Concept That Expresses The Ibero-american Cultural And Political Experience And Constantly Wavers Between Liberalism's Claims To Impersonality And Deeply Ingrained Forms Of Personalism. Meira Monteiro Examines In Particular How Cordiality Reveals The Everlasting Conflation Of The Public And The Private Spheres In Brazil. Despite Its Ambivalent Relationship To Liberal Democracy, Roots Of Brazil May Be Seen As Part Of A Latin Americanist Assertion Of A Shared Continental Experience, Which Today Might Extend To The Idea Of Solidarity Across The So-called Global South. Taking Its Cue From Buarque De Holanda, The Other Roots Investigates The Reasons Why National Discourses Invariably Come Up Short, And Shows Identity To Be A Poetic And Political Tool, Revealing That Any Collectivity Ultimately Remains Intact Thanks To The Multiple Discourses That Sustain It In Fragile, Problematic, And Fascinating Equilibrium. -- Publisher's Description Marking The Starting Point: Readings Of Sérgio Buarque De Holanda -- A Familial Tragedy (in Hegel's Shadow) -- Rural Roots Of The Brazilian Family: Sérgio Buarque De Holanda And Gilberto Freyre -- Wandering Origins: The Impertinence Of Belonging -- Seeking America: The Impasse Of Liberalism (1) -- El Hombre Cordial And Specular Poetics: The Impasse Of Liberalism (2) -- Cordiality And Power: The President And Politics Between Film And Essay -- Sérgio Buarque De Holanda And Words, Or Evoking Wittgenstein -- In A Thread Of Time: Chico, Sérgio, And Benjamin -- Epilogue: Roots Of The 21st Century: Wisnik And The Horizons Of The Essay -- Appendix: Excerpts From 'roots Of Brazil' Pedro Meira Monteiro ; Translated By Flora Thomson-deveaux. Translated From The Spanish. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Controversy Surrounding The Beatification And Canonization Of Edith Stein, A Catholic Convert Of Jewish Heritage Who Was Murdered At Auschwitz, Has Eclipsed Scholarly And Public Attention To Stein's Extraordinary Development As A Philosopher. Divided Into Three Sections--biographical Explorations, Stein's Feminist Theory And Pedagogy, And Her Creative Philosophical Contributions--the Sixteen Essays In This Volume Represent The First Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Analysis In English Of Stein's Life And Philosophical Writings.--publisher's Website. Intellectual Passion Of Edith Stein: A Biographical Profile / Joyce Avrech Berkman -- In Search Of Edith Stein: Beyond Hagiography / Dana K. Greene -- Edith Stein (poland, 1942): A Book Sealed With Seven Seals / Patricia Hampl -- Some Instances Of Edith Stein's Humor And Compassion / John Sullivan -- Edith Stein's Passing Gestures: Intimate Histories, Empathic Portraits / Scott Spector -- Complex Modernity Of Edith Stein: New Gender Relations And Options For Women In Early-twentieth-century Germany / Theresa Wobbe -- Moments In Edith Stein's Years Of Crisis, 1918--1922 / Angelika Von Renteln -- His Whole Life Consisted Of A Search For Religious Truth: Edith Stein In Conversation With John Henry Newman / Hanna-barbara Gerl-falkovitz -- German-jewish Symbiosis In Flux: Edith Stein's Complex National/ethnic Identity / Joyce Avrech Berkman -- Edith Stein: Essential Differences / Linda Lopez Mcalister -- Edith Stein: A Reading Of Her Feminist Thought / Rachel Feldhay Brenner -- Edith Stein's Philosophy Of Liberal Education / Lisa M. Dolling -- Assistant And/or Collaborator? Edith Stein's Relationship To Edmund Husserl's Ideen Ii / Antonio Calcagno -- Ontology, Metaphysics, And Life In Edith Stein / Angela Ales Bello -- What Makes You You? Individuality In Edith Stein / Sarah Borden -- Religious-philosophical Reflections On The Relationship Of Freedom And Commitment In Edith Stein And Simone Weil / Beate Beckmann-zöller -- Review Of Literature In English On Edith Stein / Sarah Borden. Edited By Joyce Avrech Berkman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 338-342) And Index. Controversy surrounding the beatification and canonization of Edith Stein, a Catholic convert of Jewish heritage who was murdered at Auschwitz, has eclipsed scholarly and public attention to Steins extraordinary development as a philosopher. She succeeded in extending phenomenological inquiry into the nature of person, community, and state; in analyzing the truth claims of empathic knowledge; in probing the foundations of pedagogy; and in offering a synthesis of medieval philosophy and phenomenology. Only the second woman in German history to be awarded a Ph.D. in philosophy, Stein ranks among the leading early-twentieth-century European intellectuals. She also made lasting contributions, both intellectual and practical, to womens education, freedom, and equality in Germany. The sixteen essays in this collection, written by scholars from the United States and Europe, critically examine her legacy. This volume represents the first comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis in English of Steins life and philosophical writings. The book is divided into three sectionsbiographical explorations, Stein's feminist theory and pedagogy, and her creative philosophical contributions. The essays in this volume also situate Steins life and thought in the complex historical context of early-twentieth-century Germany. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Preface to the North American Edition Introduction PART I. FAMILIAL POLITICS CHAPTER 1. Marking the Starting Point:Readings of Sérgio Buarque de Holanda CHAPTER 2. A Familial Tragedy (in Hegel’s Shadow) CHAPTER 3. Rural Roots of the Brazilian Family:Sérgio Buarque de Holanda and Gilberto Freyre PART II. THE NONEXISTENT AMERICAN CHAPTER 4. Wandering Origins:The Impertinence of Belonging CHAPTER 5. Seeking America:The Impasses of Liberalism (1) CHAPTER 6. “El hombre cordial” and Specular Poetics:The Impasses of Liberalism (2) PART III. WORDS AND TIME CHAPTER 7. Cordiality and Power:The President and Politics between Film and Essay CHAPTER 8. Sérgio Buarque de Holanda and Words,or Evoking Wittgenstein CHAPTER 9. In a Thread of Time:Chico, Sérgio, and Benjamin Epilogue. Roots of the Twenty-FirstCentury:Wisnik and the Horizons of the Essay Appendix: Excerpts from Roots of Brazil Notes Works Cited Index