From fragmented democracy to African Ubuntu: contribution of afro-descendant movements to relational democracy in Latin America/De la democracia fragmentaria al Ubuntu africano: aportacion de los movimientos afrodescendientes a la democracia relacional en America Latina
This paper is the product of doctoral research and aims to introduce the discussion and analysis of Ubuntu and traditional African philosophy as a contribution to thinking about the fragmentation of democracy in Latin America, giving way to the role that African movements and organizations have in a...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Acta scientiarum. Human and social sciences 2020-05, Vol.42 (2) |
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Zusammenfassung: | This paper is the product of doctoral research and aims to introduce the discussion and analysis of Ubuntu and traditional African philosophy as a contribution to thinking about the fragmentation of democracy in Latin America, giving way to the role that African movements and organizations have in assuming a political and ethical struggle to build a relational democracy as a necessary proposal to the crisis of liberal democracy. The methodology consists of a bibliographic review of literature and intellectuals from the social sciences and African thought to highlight a trend that is not only framed in the questioning of the democratic model in force in Latin America, but also provides some clues for the construction of a community society project in the region, based on relational ontology. It concludes that, in the crisis of the Western political model, the struggles of Afro-descendant movements must transcend the logic of strengthening liberal democracy, to propose the ethical path of Ubuntu as a route to deconstruct the political and societal structures in place, promoting a message of humanity. Keywords: democracy; Ubuntu; race; afro-descendant movements; ethics. Este escrito es producto de una investigacion doctoral y tiene como objetivo introducir la discusion y el analisis del Ubuntu y la filosofia tradicional africana como un aporte para pensar la fragmentacion de la democracia en America Latina, dando paso al papel que tienen los movimientos y organizaciones afrodescendientes en asumir una lucha politica y etica por construir una democracia relacional como propuesta necesaria ante la crisis de la democracia liberal. La metodologia consiste en la revision bibliografica de la literatura y de intelectuales de las ciencias sociales y del pensamiento africano para evidenciar una corriente que, se enmarca no unicamente en el cuestionamiento del modelo democratico vigente en America Latina, sino tambien que brinda algunas pistas para la construccion de un proyecto de sociedad comunitario en la region, basado en la ontologia relacional. Se concluye que, en la crisis del modelo politico occidental, las luchas de los movimientos afrodescendientes deben reflexionar en trascender la logica de fortalecer la democracia liberal, para proponer el camino etico del Ubuntu como una ruta de deconstruccion de las estructuras politicas y societales vigentes, impulsando un mensaje de humanidad. Palabras-claves: democracia; Ubuntu; raza; movimientos afrodescendientes; et |
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ISSN: | 1679-7361 |
DOI: | 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v42i2.54150 |