PHILOSOPHY IN THE CHANGE OF THE TIMES

PHILOSOPHY IN THE CHANGE OF THE TIMES

LA FILOSOFÍA EN EL CAMBIO DE ÉPOCA: DESAFÍOS Y PROPUESTAS

In general terms, critical thinking is understood as the living philosophy spawned from a kind of reasoning which is never satisfied with its own achievements (González, 2005:5). Since the emergence of E. Kant’s critical philosophy, several currents boast this description. Leaving this extraordinary deployment aside, the main aim of this contribution is to highlight some recent features and twists of critical thinking in the region. The starting point is the return of democratic governments in the 1980s, particularly the “case” of Argentina. In an attempt to reveal some profound meanings of the developments of philosophy and social sciences, the internal as well as some external factors of philosophy are explained, as they affected the academic and cultural agenda of the time. Thenceforth, the noticeable effects upon the development of thought is explained by considering together the events and situations which effectively brought about a historical change. The propositional section of the contribution starts with the question about the official “oblivion” of Philosophy of Liberation, and the secondary placement given to the chairs and researchers of Latinamerican philosophy, as well as the necessary drift of these studies towards the decolonial and intercultural forms of philosophy and social sciences, which are blooming today, despite the academic and political difficulties which they must face daily.

Demodo amplio por pensamiento crítico se entiende la filosofía viva que emana de una razón jamás satisfecha con sus propios logros (González, 2005: 5). Desde la emergencia de la filosofía crítica con E. Kant, diversas corrientes se arrogan este calificativo. Dejando de lado tal extraordinario despliegue histórico, el primer objetivo de la contribución es destacar algunos rasgos y avatares del pensamiento crítico reciente en la región, a partir del retorno de los gobiernos democráticos durante la década de 1980, tomando como base el “caso” argentino. Se explicitan factores internos a la filosofía y otros externos a ella que incidieron en la agenda académica y cultural de esos años, para intentar develar algunos significados profundos de esos desarrollos de la filosofía y de las ciencias sociales. A continuación se mencionan acontecimientos y situaciones que, tomadas en su conjunto, años más tarde redundaron efectivamente en un cambio de época con efectos notables en el desarrollo del pensamiento. La sección propositiva de la contribución parte de la pregunta por el “olvido” oficial de la Filosofía de la Liberación y del lugar secundario otorgado a las cátedras e investigadores del pensamiento latinoamericano y la necesaria deriva de los estudios hacia las formas decoloniales e interculturales de la filosofía y de las ciencias sociales, que hoy se muestran pujantes a pesar de las dificultades académicas y políticas que deben afrontar cotidianamente.ABSTRACTIn general terms, critical thinking is understood as the living philosophy spawned from a kind of reasoning which is never satisfied with its own achievements (González, 2005:5). Since the emergence of E. Kant’s critical philosophy, several currents boast this description. Leaving this extraordinary deployment aside, the main aim of this contribution is to highlight some recent features and twists of critical thinking in the region. The starting point is the return of democratic governments in the 1980s, particularly the “case” of Argentina. In an attempt to reveal some profound meanings of the developments of philosophy and social sciences, the internal as well as some external factors of philosophy are explained, as they affected the academic and cultural agenda of the time. Thenceforth, the noticeable effects upon the development of thought is explained by considering together the events and situations which effectively brought about a historical change. The propositional section of the contribution starts with the question about the official “oblivion” of Philosophy of Liberation, and the secondary placement given to the chairs and researchers of Latinamerican philosophy, as well as the necessary drift of these studies towards the decolonial and intercultural forms of philosophy and social sciences, which are blooming today, despite the academic and political difficulties which they must face daily.Keywords: philosophical agenda, Intercultural Philosophy, Philosophy of Liberation, decolonial Thinking.

BONILLA, Alcira Beatriz

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