Pensamento latino-americano

a noção do “não-ser” e a valorização de ideias e lugares outros

Abstract

The long history of Latin America domination and exploration by the
European powers was accompanied by a struggle and resistance strong
process, which contributed to the development of an original Latin
American thought. Taking Zea (1970), Dussel (1982) and Zimmermann
(1987) as main theoretical, especially the philosophy of liberation and the
notion of “nonbeing”, this text discusses the context that made the birth of a
Latin American philosophy posible, whose set of ideas sought to understand
and to question the Latin America reality, especially in its cultural,
economic, political and social dimensions. Thus, questioning the idea of
totality and affirming the Latin American reality specifics, the text identifies
the valuation of this another thought, of this “native” philosophy, which
helps us to think about and act from ourselves.