Perspectives of Latin American social thought to the new century

The present article covers the transition of Latin American theory from the 1950s. It also looks into the development theory proposed by the CEPAL, the dependency theory and postmodern views. At the same time, the author exposes the existence of other sub-theories within dependency, the rupture with...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: López Nájera, Verónica Renata
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Latinoamericanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/50367
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rel/article/view/50367
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:transiciones en América Latina
CEPAL
posmodernidad.
transitions in Latin America
postmodernism.
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Sumario:The present article covers the transition of Latin American theory from the 1950s. It also looks into the development theory proposed by the CEPAL, the dependency theory and postmodern views. At the same time, the author exposes the existence of other sub-theories within dependency, the rupture with respect to CEPAL's paradigm, as well as the retreat of the critical view in the 1980's. Finally, it explains how important it is bring back Latin American social Thought, and to continue the process of creating a theory for region and by Latin America scholars.