Towards a Society That Serves Its People: The Intellectual Contribution of el Salvador's Murdered Jesuits

by John Hassett (Editor), Hugh Lacey (Editor), Leo J. O'Donovan (Foreword by)

Overview

This collection presents a representative sample of the writings of three of the six Jesuits who were slain in El Salvador on November 16, 1989. Although little known in the United States, these men were significant scholars who possessed an original conception of the university. They affirmed in difficult circumstances, the pursuit and teaching of truth as a collaborative, collegial process that transcends international boundaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878405237
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	11/28/1991
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 9.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Preface	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Introduction	1
I.	Concepts of Liberation, Faith, Justice
1.	Liberation Theology and Socio-historical Change in Latin America	19
2.	Utopia and Prophecy in Latin America	44
II.	Ethical Reflections: Human Rights, Property, Democracy
3.	Fundamental Human Rights and The Legal and Political Restrictions Placed on Them	91
4.	The Historicization of The Concept of Property	105
5.	Reparations and Democracy	138
6.	Is Democracy Possible in An Underdeveloped Country?	141
7.	Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in El Salvador	158
III.	The University and Social Justice
8.	The Challenge of The Poor Majority	171
9.	Is A Different Kind of University Possible?	177
10.	The University, Human Rights, and The Poor Majority	208
11.	Developing A Critical Consciousness through The University Curriculum	220
IV.	Power and Social Structure
12.	What is the Dominant Mode of Production in El Salvador?	245
13.	Classes and Social Movements in El Salvador	253
14.	El Salvador: Its Land, Epicenter of the Crisis	269
15.	The True Social Place of the Church	283
16.	The Appeal of the Far Right	293
17.	From Dirty War to Psychological War	306
V.	The Psychology of Liberation
18.	Towards A Liberation Psychology	319
19.	Violence in Central America: A Social Psychological Perspective	333
20.	From Religion as Opium to Religion as Liberating Faith	347
	Bibliography	371
	The Publications of Ignacio Ellacuria	373
	The Publications of Ignacio Martin-Baro	383
	The Publications of Segundo Montes	390
	References Cited in the Text	395
	Key to Abbreviations & Acronyms	405

Editorial Reviews

This volume makes available to an English-speaking audience for the first time, a representative sample of the works of three of the six Jesuits slain at the Universidad Centro Americana in El Salvador: Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro and Segundo Montes. They had set themselves to exploring the idea of the university and to making it practical in the light of the theology and psychology of liberation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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