Maps for a Fiesta by Otto Maduro, Eduardo Mendieta - 9780823263059

Maps for a FiestaA Latina/o Perspective on Knowledge and the Global Crisis\nAuthor(s): Otto Maduro, Eduardo Mendieta\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9780823263059, 978-0823263059\nSynopsis\nWhat can theology offer in the context of neoliberalism, globalization, growing inequality, and an ever more ecologically precarious planet that disproportionately affects the poor? This book, by one of the country's best-known Latino theologians, explores possibilities for liberation from the forces that would impose certain forms of knowledge on our social world to manipulate our experience of identity, power, and justice.\n Beautifully written in a refreshingly direct and accessible prose, Maduro's book is nevertheless built upon subtly articulated critiques and insights. But to write a conventional academic tractatus would have run counter to Maduro's project, which is built on his argument that ignorance is ma.