“APRETADOS”: Jorge Portilla on Value Fanaticism
Publication Date
1-1-2023
Document Type
Contribution to a Book
Publication Title
Fanaticism and the History of Philosophy
DOI
10.4324/9781032128207-17
First Page
215
Last Page
226
Abstract
The Mexican phenomenologist Jorge Portilla (1919-1963) proposed that two personality types contributed to the dissolution of community: the destructive, nihilist types he called “relajientos,” and the fanatical, oppressive types he called “apretados.” In this chapter, I will focus on the latter, highlighting the value fanaticism that defines them while thinking about what this means. Arguing that apretados are “die hard” fanatics and zealots about value. I end by suggesting the most adequate approach to the apretado, one suggested by Portilla in his Phenomenology of Relajo.
Department
Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Carlos Alberto Sánchez. "“APRETADOS”: Jorge Portilla on Value Fanaticism" Fanaticism and the History of Philosophy (2023): 215-226. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032128207-17
