The Role of the Americas in History: By Leopoldo Zea - Paperback

by Amy A. Oliver (Author), Sonja Karsen (Author)

This first-time translation makes available to English-speaking readers a seminal essay in Latin American thought by one of Latin America's leading intellectuals. Originally published in Mexico in 1957, The Role of the Americas in History explores the meaning of the history of the Americas in relation to universal history. Amy A. Oliver's introduction provides an excellent overview of such major themes in Zea's thought as marginality, humanism, Catholicism and Protestantism, philosophy of history, and liberation.

Author Biography

Amy A. Oliver is Professor of Languages and Foreign Study at the American University.