From the Decolonial Turn to the Political Turn. A Review of the Book "The Fool and the Scoundrels". Notes for a Transmodern Republicanism by Santiago Castro-Gomez. [Spanish]

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  • Jaime Santamaría Universidad Javeriana

Abstract

On May 3, the official launch of the book The fool and the scoundrels took place. Notes for a transmodern republicanism, by the philosopher Santiago Castro-Gómez, at the Bogotá International Book Fair. In the room Manuel Zapata Olivella, where the event was held, about eighty people gathered wanting to know what is the novelty that the beret philosopher's book brings. It is not for less, and the title opens questions and concerns for those who follow the work of Bogota: who will be the scoundrels ?, who is the fool ?, what is that of "transmodern republicanism"? Although it is strange that a philosophy book summons and attracts so many people in the context of the FILBo, it is also true that Castro-Gómez has become a public intellectual

Author Biography

Jaime Santamaría, Universidad Javeriana

Universidad del Norte

References

<div>Castro-Gómez, S. (1996/2011). Crítica de la razón latinoamericana. Bogotá: Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Castro-Gómez, S. (2005). La hybris del punto cero: ciencia, raza e ilustración en la Nueva Granada (1750-1816). Bogotá: Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Castro-Gómez, S. (2009). Tejidos oníricos: movilidad, capitalismo y biopolíticas en Bogotá (1910-1930). Bogotá: Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Castro-Gómez, S. (2010). Historia de la gubernamentalidad I. Razón de Estado, liberalismo y neoliberalismo en Michel Foucault. Bogotá: Siglo del Hombre.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Castro-Gómez, S. (2015a). Historia de la gubernamentalidad II. Filosofía, cristianismo y sexualidad en Michel Foucault. Bogotá: Siglo del Hombre.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Castro-Gómez, S. (2015b). Revoluciones sin sujeto. Madrid: Akal.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Castro-Gómez, S. (2019). El tonto y los canallas. Notas para un republicanismo transmoderno. Bogotá: Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.</div>
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2019-12-16

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No. 32 (2020): January-june

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Book review

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