{"product_id":"disintegration-of-community","title":"Disintegration of Community","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnalysis of this important Mexican philosopher's social, cultural, and political writings.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Disintegration of Community\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the social and cultural writings of Jorge Portilla (1919–1963) in order to demonstrate the continued relevance of his thought. Carlos Alberto Sánchez and Francisco Gallegos situate Portilla's \u003ci\u003eotros ensayos\u003c\/i\u003e-a series of essays originally published with his more widely known \u003ci\u003eFenomenología del relajo\u003c\/i\u003e-at the center of the contemporary debates on the politics of social and cultural identity, the nature of community, and the political role of affect and moods. Sánchez and Gallegos address questions as timely today as they were for Portilla: What drives the impulse toward political nationalism? What sustains the myths that organize our political lives? Under what conditions do communities disintegrate? To answer these questions, the authors seek to think \u003ci\u003ewith\u003c\/i\u003e Portilla by analyzing his writing and to think \u003ci\u003eafter\u003c\/i\u003e Portilla by bringing his critical spirit to bear on the present. An appendix with original English translations of Portilla's three \u003ci\u003eotros ensayos\u003c\/i\u003e enables the reader to do the same.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54410279092568,"sku":"9781438480107","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781438480107_05db56b9-3b16-4a83-b238-bd59c71ff516.jpg?v=1777895159","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/disintegration-of-community","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}