Background
Schutte, Ofelia M. was born on October 12, 1945 in Havana, Cuba. Daughter of José Antonio and Ofelia (Fraga) Schutte. came to the United States, 1960.
(Nietzsche is regarded by some as a great liberator, a thi...)
Nietzsche is regarded by some as a great liberator, a thinker far more radical than Marx. For others, he is an ideologue of power, a spokesman for domination, a protofascist. Ofelia Schutte holds that these conflicting assessments result from a failure to distinguish between two paradigms of power found in Nietzsche's work: power as recurring energy and power as domination. Schutte uses this fundamental distinction to analyze comprehensively Nietzsche's metaphysics, ethics, and politics. She addresses both the positive and the negative in the whole of his thought, seeking to read Nietzsche 'without masks'--without the cultural and intellectual biases of many of his previous interpreters.
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(This book defines the relationship between liberation and...)
This book defines the relationship between liberation and cultural identity in the Latin American social reality--from a historically rooted, critical philosophy. Schutte explores the connections between the diverse political and intellectual movements for social liberation in Latin America since 1920. She analyzes the variety of attempts to give meaning to the complex and conflictive nature of Latin America's social reality, critiquing the work of Jose Carlos Mariategui, Samuel Ramos and Leopoldo Zea's early work, Gustavo Gutierrez, and Paulo Freire, among others. Schutte's approach is philosophical with a distinctly interdisciplinary context. Her discussion of feminism brings the question of women's equality to the forefront of discussions on Latin American social thought. Concluding with the contemporary ethical and political implications, Schutte argues that liberation-oriented theories are sustained yet heterogeneous attempts to deal with Latin America's difficult economic, social, and political problems. "This lively volume, rooted in careful thinking, is one of the most important books in Latin American thought published in the last twenty years. It integrates the discussion of social and political issues with the search for identity that has concerned Latin Americans for most of their recent history. The material is fresh and challenging." -- Jorge J. E. Gracia, State University of New York at Buffalo
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Schutte, Ofelia M. was born on October 12, 1945 in Havana, Cuba. Daughter of José Antonio and Ofelia (Fraga) Schutte. came to the United States, 1960.
Bachelor, Barry College, 1966. Master of Arts, University Miami, 1969. Master of Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1970.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1978.
Assistant professor humanities, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1978-1979; Lilly foundation postdoctoral teaching fellow, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1979-1980; assistant professor philosophy, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1979-1984; associate professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1984-1994; professor, U. Florida, Gainesville, since 1994.
(This book defines the relationship between liberation and...)
(Nietzsche is regarded by some as a great liberator, a thi...)
Member American Philosophical Association, Society for Women in Philosophy, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Latin American Studies Association, Society for Iberian and Latin American Thought (president 1989-1991, executive officer 1991-1994), North America Nietzsche Society.