80. Luis Villoro: The Origin and Task of Existentialism in Mexico

A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy - Mohammed Rustom

Carlos Alberto Sánchez [+-]
San Jose State University
Carlos Alberto Sánchez is Professor of Philosophy, San Jose State University.

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In Origin and Task of Existentialism in Mexico the Mexican philosopher Luis Villoro gives an existentialist account explaining why this European tradition was so quickly absorbed into the Mexican philosophical consciousness. According to Villoro, existentialism represented an approach to Mexican reality that would not be a mere focus or description of Mexico’s historical legacy but an opening into possibilities previously unknown. If, as existentialism claimed, all was flux, becoming, and unfolding, then the Mexican future would not have to be thought of as a mere repetition of its past. In other words, the project of existentialism is shown to be an intellectual project allowing Mexican persons to see beyond the catastrophes of their history and to their most concrete and realizable possibilities.

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Sánchez , Carlos Alberto . 80. Luis Villoro: The Origin and Task of Existentialism in Mexico. A Sourcebook in Global Philosophy. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. Apr 2025. ISBN 9781800505476. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=45457. Date accessed: 21 Nov 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.45457. Apr 2025

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