Without essentialisms and without philosophies of history. How to escape from dominant discursive logics without using the same language as the dominators

Abstract:

In this paper, we will attempt to address a problematic which is crucial for all those Latin American modes of thinking that have sought to escape from colonial and Eurocentric discursive logics. Using the Colombian philosopher Santiago Castro-Gómez's ideas -outlined in his Critique of Latin American Reason -as our starting point, we will argue that one cannot combat the Eurocentric coloniality which still subjugates Latin America using the same language and the same discursive constructions through which this dominance is articulated and takes shape. This is because by using these components, we would remain bound to or enclosed within the very hegemonic narrative (the episteme) the West used to dominate other peoples.

Año de publicación:

2018

Keywords:

• Philosophies of history
• Latin American idealisation
• Identity essentialism
• Coloniality
• Eurocentrism

Fuente:

scopus