Título del libro: The Role Of History In Latin American Philosophy: Contemporary Perspectives
Título del capítulo: How and why to foster the history of philosophy in postcolonial contexts
HORACIO VICTORIO CERUTTI GULDBERG;
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Inglés
Año de publicación:
2005
Resumen:
In this essay, my aim is not to provide a proof or a demonstration but rather an informative summary for those who are not acquainted with the tradition of Latin American thought. My objective is to give a concise account of how I (along with other colleagues) approach the topic of the history of philosophy in postcolonial contexts. It is not obvious that fostering the history of philosophy is an essential (although not necessarily sufficient) condition for energizing philosophical creativity among Latin Americans. Yet I believe that a philosophy that is unaware of, or ignores, its philosophical past will be epistemically arid. I have developed this position more fully in other works where I discuss this and other topics in more detail.1 This essay is not structured as a traditional philosophy paper. Instead, it is a short and provocative essay that attempts to gather and summarize complex arguments in order to facilitate a first approximation to the topic by those who do not share the intellectual traditions of Latin America. I use the term postcolonial contexts to refer to the emancipatory rupture that took place in the nineteenth century in an America, (un?)known as Latin America.2 In continental Latin America, the postcolonial era started in the beginning of the nineteenth century. In the Caribbean it started a little later, but in both cases it has lasted until now. During this period, we have witnessed at least two types of situation. The first, neocolonialism, is illustrated by the case of Puerto Rico, known under the title of selfgoverning commonwealth, a kind of political euphemism, in association with the United States. The other situation is that of dependence with domination, which Augusto Salazar Bondy took charge of specifying, correcting what would be known as theory of dependence.3 Hence, the term postcolonial refers to the course of history and the situations that the course of history produces. The term does not refer to discourses, interpretations, approaches, or schools of thought.4 In what follows, I shall proceed in four steps. First, I shall survey three decisive moments in the attempt to constitute our own historiographic tradition. Second, I shall point out some similarities between the Latin American tradition and contemporary African philosophical reflection. Th
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ISBN:
079146427X
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State University of New York Press Nombre de la publicación:
How and why to foster the history of philosophy in postcolonial contexts
Página inicial:
197
Página final:
214
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Capítulo de un Libro
