Transatlantic perception of María Zambrano’s work

Abstract

Knowing the work of María Zambrano is enough to notice the transatlantic nature that characterizes her philosophy. It is not due only to her international projection in both sides of the Atlantic Ocean but also for the origins of her intellectual process. Although her most distinguished teachers were Spanish —Ortega y Gasset, García Morente and Miguel de Unamuno, for example— and she never refused her origins, most part of her intellectual development —the most original part in her philosophical thought— occurred at her American exile. This development did not stop when she returned to Europe, but it was still influenced by the reflections of this main period in her researcher life. Chile, Mexico and, above all, the time she spent in the Caribbean determine decisively her thought.