A Study of Liberation Discourse: The Semantics of Opposition in Freire and Gutierrez

by Roberto Rivera

Overview

This book counters postmodernist critiques of liberation discourses by drawing on the contributions to hermeneutics made by Paul Ricoeur and Jürgen Habermas. Ultimately, its defense of liberation discourses relies on the concept of transculturation as developed by Fernando Ortiz. A Study of Liberation Discourse extends this concept in the light of contributions to the theory of ideology by such authors as Valentin Volosinov, Michel Pecheux, Terry Eagleton, and Norman Fairclough.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780820461151
Publisher:	Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
Publication date:	11/28/2004
Series:	San Francisco State University Series in Philosophy , #5
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	60.00(w) x 92.50(h) x 7.50(d)

About the Author

The Author: Roberto Rivera is Professor of Raza Studies at San Francisco State University. He earned his Ph.D. in the history of consciousness from the University of California at Santa Cruz.