Praxis, Aesthetics and Politics in the Philosophy of Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez

Authors

  • José Cepedello Boiso Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla
    Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/tsn.3.2017.19268

Keywords:

Adolfo Sanchez Vazquez, Marxism, Philosophy of Praxis, Aesthetic Theory

Abstract

In this article we discuss the essential traits of the philosophical career of Adolfo Sanchez Vazquez (1915-2011), Spanish-born thinker exiled in Mexico after the Spanish Civil War. We start with a rough sketch of his successive contacts with philosophy throughout his life: from his first philosophical readings in his youth until his appointment as full-time professor of philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Next, the essentials of his Marxist conception of philosophy, aesthetics and politics are analyzed. 

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Author Biography

  • José Cepedello Boiso, Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla
    Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla

References

Gandler, S. (2007). Marxismo crítico en México: Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez y Bolívar Echeverría. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica.

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Sánchez Vázquez, A. (1996). Cuestiones estéticas y artísticas contemporáneas. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica.

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— (2005). Las ideas estéticas de Marx. México: Siglo XXI Editores.

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2017-06-01

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Cepedello Boiso, J. (2017). Praxis, Aesthetics and Politics in the Philosophy of Adolfo Sánchez Vázquez. TSN. Transatlantic Studies Network, 3, 103-110. https://doi.org/10.24310/tsn.3.2017.19268