Misplaced Ideas?: Political-Intellectual History in Latin America - Paperbackby Elas J. Palti (Author) Is there a Latin American thought? What distinguishes it from the thought of other regions, particularly from European thought? What are its main expressions in political, cultural, and social life? How has it evolved historically? As the Mexican philosopher Leopoldo Zea Aguilar stated: "hardly any other society has so zealously sought for the features of its own identity." In Misplaced Ideas?, Elas J. Palti examines how