Hermeneutics and critique from a Liberation Ethics perspective

Enrique Dussel

Edited by
Yvanka Raynova

pp. 27-51

in: Yvanka Raynova (ed), Philosophy as Hermeneutics and Commitment, Labyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics 16 (1), 2014.

Abstract

This article merely refers to some fundamental theses developed by the author already in his book Ethics of Liberation: In the Age of Globalization and Exclusion (Durham: Duke University Press, 2013). The strategy of the argument takes the following path: First, it begins with some reflections by Paul Ricoeur about universal civilization and its particular cultures; second, it summarizes a non-eurocentric historical perspective that is pertinent to the Modern Globalizing System; third, it describes the asymmetrical location of the "participants" which resulted from the violent process of inclusion in the World System; forth, it points out to certain aspects through which one can see ethical and critical demands within the horizon of globalization; fifth, in conclusion the author suggests some relevant topics for future discussions.