Solidarity and social justice in the context of intercultural philosophy

Abstract

This article interprets the theory of Fornet-Betancourt that regards intercultural philosophy as Latin American philosophy. The philosophy of liberation postulates a model of intercultural philosophy that reflects in ethicalpolitical terms, capable of building itself into an alternative proposal for world transformation, based on criticism of the monocultural philosophy present in Western rationality. In it, the principle theses of the philosophy of liberation and European philosophy flow together through existentialism and hermeneutics, to then acknowledge a historical praxis more committed to the poor as the historical-cultural subject, demanding for them that philosophizing be put off center in order to achieve more genuine, legitimate interpretations of the diverse cultural traditions in which the “Other” is contextualized. Criticism of the alleged universality of Eurocentric philosophy, as well as the model for inculturated Latin American philosophy, induces Fornet-Betancourt to a concept of philosophy in the intercultural sense that affirms the polyphony of the logos, liberating it from any hegemonic order of culture. The result is a new paradigm: intercultural philosophy for solidarity and social justice.