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Latin American Thought

Thinkers and essays gathered around this school of thought.

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Enrique Dussel

Develops liberation philosophy, ethics from the underside of history, colonial modernity, dependency, and the excluded other.

“Ethics begins with the cry of the victim.”
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1853–1895

Jose Marti

Explores anti-imperialism, dignity, republics, race, education, poetry, and the moral imagination of Latin American freedom.

Anti-Colonial Thought · Latin American Thought · Literature
1934–2023

Enrique Dussel

Develops liberation philosophy, ethics from the underside of history, colonial modernity, dependency, and the excluded other.

Ethics · Latin American Thought · Political Philosophy
1940–2015

Eduardo Galeano

Reflects on memory, empire, poverty, football, storytelling, Latin America, and the small human details inside historical violence.

History · Latin American Thought · Literature
1942–2004

Gloria Anzaldua

Explores borderlands, mestiza consciousness, language, sexuality, spirituality, identity, and living between worlds.

Feminist Thought · Language & Meaning · Latin American Thought
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anti-imperialismrepublicanismdignityNuestra Americaeducationliberation philosophycolonialityethics of the otherdependencymodernity critique
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