Writing in 1924 in his adopted homeland of Argentina, Pedro Henríquez Ureña envisaged an uplifting and a hospitable role for the Americas in a world of change and promise. That very year, Borges was observing the centenary of the Battle of Junín, fought in the Andes on 6 August 1824, and conceiving an ambitious plan to reinvent Argentine culture. This Introduction explores links between Latin American Studies and Postcolonial Studies and situates Borges in relation to the two. It surveys the key terms, ‘coloniality’, ‘Occidentalism’, and ‘post-Occidentalism’, noting their Latin American pedigree. Some of Borges’s early writings provide a foretaste of his lifelong engagement with geopolitical and cultural themes. The Introduction justifies a book on postcolonial Borges in which the elucidation of ideas is accompanied by an appreciation throughout of the author’s literary artistry.
Contributions of Aníbal Quijano and Enrique Dussel for an Anti-Management Perspective in Defence of Life
