Leopoldo Zea y el existencialismo mexicano

Abstract

Leopoldo Zea’s 1940 article, “El sentido de responsabilidad en la filosofía actual”, may well be considered a milestone in Mexican existentialism. Zea developed his idea of a “new philosophy” and a “new philosopher” in this and other early writings. The “new philosophy” ought to be authentic, circumstantial, historical, pragmatic, salvific, and had to deal with individual freedom and uncertainty. This conception of philosophy was later adopted by Grupo Hiperion and enriched by his readings of French existentialism. The main purpose of this paper is to analyse Zea`s characterization of the so called “new philosophy”.

Key words: Leopoldo Zea, Mexican philosophy, Mexican existentialism, freedom, Grupo Hiperion.