A Brief History of Latin American, Mexican and Chicano Border Philosophy: Challenges and New Possibilities

A Brief Mapping of Latin American, Mexican and Chicano Border Philosophy: Challenges and New Possibilities

Authors

  • Kim Diaz El Paso Community College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v18i35.822

Abstract

Latin American philosophy in general, and Mexican philosophy in particular, have become fashionable in the United States over the past decade. Surely the names and work of Jorge Gracia, Eduardo Mendieta, Linda Alcoff are familiar to the reader of this article.  Although Latin American and Mexican philosophy may be in vogue, there has been a long history of interest and work in Latin American and Mexican philosophy in the border and southwestern United States. This article aims to do three things, (a) to elaborate on the history of Latin American, Mexican and Chicano philosophy on the US Mexico border, (b) to outline some of the historical and current challenges the field of Latin American philosophy has and continues to face, and (c) this paper discusses the value of the Chicanxs for Mexican philosophy.

Key words: Latin American philosophy, Mexican philosophy, Chicanx philosophy, Chicanxs, US-Mexico border.

Author Biography

Kim Diaz, El Paso Community College

Obtuvo su doctorado en Filosofía y su máster en Estudios Chicanos por Texas A&M University, así como un máster en Filosofía por la Universidad de Nuevo México. Es profesora asistente de filosofía en El Paso Community College y es profesora de Estudios Chicanos en la Universidad de Texas en El Paso. Es la directora del proyecto Shadows to Light del Philosophic Systems Institute, donde enseña Filosofía y
mindfulness a personas anteriormente encarceladas por encargo del Departamento de Justicia de los Estados Unidos. Algunas de sus publicaciones incluyen The Philosophies of America Reader: From the Popol Vuh to the Present, coeditado con Mathew A. Foust (Bloomsbury, 2021), y artículos como “Paulo Freire’s Conscientizes: Mindful Awareness and Trust” (2021) y “Last Interview with Walking Fox, Kiwakootiwati, John H. Haddox” (2019). Su investigación se enfoca en la filosofía latinoamericana, la filosofía mexicana, la filosofía chicana, el pragmatismo y la filosofía sociopolítica.

Published

2025-01-01

How to Cite

Diaz, K. (2025). A Brief History of Latin American, Mexican and Chicano Border Philosophy: Challenges and New Possibilities: A Brief Mapping of Latin American, Mexican and Chicano Border Philosophy: Challenges and New Possibilities. Valenciana, 18(35), 181–207. https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v18i35.822