Tensions and contradictions in Latin American critical thinking
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https://doi.org/10.61286/e-rms.v3i.137Keywords:
Latin american critical thought, Tradition, Epistemic contradictions, Ethical-politics tensions, Euro-westernismAbstract
This essay-propositive work is based on the premise of the analysis of Latin American critical thinking, considering not only the traditions at its core, but also the tensions and contradictions present, and the alternatives that emerge in the heat of the debate and the practice associated with this way of approaching reality. Documentary sources are used on account of Latin American critical thinkers as a critical mass in the tradition of this approach, as well as new referents. The analysis allows affirming that, although it is true that there is a whole tradition within the framework of Latin American critical thought, it is valuable to reconsider the existing and persistent contradictions in the tradition, but also to review it from the current referents, noticing the epistemic presuppositions of the new currents of thought housed in the heart of Latin American critical thought. It is considered that, being an approach to reality, it is polyhedral, and that, being so, it inevitably has an impact on the daily life of people, communities and countries. That is why it is so relevant to aim at the resolution of existing contradictions, those that persist and generate new paths, alternatives for the advancement of the region within a framework of major ethical-political tensions.
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