{"product_id":"mexico-unveiled-carlos-pereda-9780826507983","title":"Mexico Unveiled: Resisting Colonial Vices and Other Complaints","description":"Carlos Pereda's \u003ci\u003eMexico Unveiled\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh, idiosyncratic synthesis of twentieth-century Mexican philosophy that puts contemporary debates about Mexican identity politics into a critical perspective. This edition--translated, edited, and introduced by Noell Birondo--brings the Mexican thinker's ideas to a new English-language audience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In three engaging essays written in a peerless prose style, Pereda considers the persistent influence of European colonialism on Mexican intellectual life, the politics of inclusion, and the changing ideas of what it means to be Mexican. He identifies three \"vices\"--social habits, customs, and beliefs inherited from European colonialism--that have influenced the development of Mexican national identity: \u003ci\u003esubaltern fervor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ecraving for novelty\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003enationalist zeal\u003c\/i\u003e. Pereda demonstrates that these three tendencies have led Mexican intellectuals, and Mexican society more generally, to uncritically adopt a politics of exclusion and destructive nationalist attitudes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using a strategy he calls \"nomadic\" thinking--the act of moving beyond our cultural preconceptions and habits of thinking--Pereda guides readers through a number of examples drawn from Mexican philosophy and culture that illustrate these tendencies. At its core, \u003ci\u003eMexico Unveiled\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessible and entertaining introduction to the philosophical themes that have long occupied Pereda's life and work and Mexican philosophy more generally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlos Pereda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826507980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826507983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Carlos Pereda","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46545932747007,"sku":"9780826507983","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3cd61f36-0b94-4586-8d21-fba82a811195.jpg?v=1738183731","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mexico-unveiled-carlos-pereda-9780826507983","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}