El pensamiento político postmoderno en América Latina

  1. Simón, Miguel Ángel
Revista:
Ambitos: revista de estudios de ciencias sociales y humanidades

ISSN: 1575-2100

Ano de publicación: 2006

Número: 16

Páxinas: 73-83

Tipo: Artigo

Outras publicacións en: Ambitos: revista de estudios de ciencias sociales y humanidades

Resumo

This article examines the way that the contemporary debate on the postmodernity has taken in Latin America from a contemporary political thought perspective. The article 's main objective is to show a general vision of that debate and its links with the main subjects ofpostmodemity political discourse. The analysis shows that the great repercussion of that thesis in Latin America is not limited to a passive reception but, on the contrary, these new concepts and ways of thinking the political subjects are taken as fruitful intellectual tools to re-think the nation, the State, the identity, the reality in Latin America.