Latin American Philosophy and Liberation: Zea, Dussel, Freire, and Decolonial Thought
Latin American philosophy has a peculiarity that sets it apart from other traditions: it interrogates its own possibility before consolidating a body of doctrine. The question “is there a philosophy genuinely our own?” is no sign of weakness but a constitutive trait — the result of a history in which thought was imported, adapted, and gradually confronted with the concrete experience of the continent’s peoples. This article traces that trajectory: from the foundational debate over authenticity to the Philosophy of Liberation, Freire’s pedagogy, and decolonial thought. ...