Arturo Roig and Paulo Freire: An Indispensable Dialogue to (Re)Think the Issue of the Subject from the Perspective of Latin American Critical Philosophy

Abstract

The aim of this work is to discuss the main aspects of the critical perspectives on the human being according to Arturo Roig and Paulo Freire, in order to contribute to the reformulation of the subject as a core issue in Latin American philosophy. Both critical approaches converge in addressing the social, political and historical Latin American conditions and in denouncing colonial reason. These two approaches also enhance one another and contribute to the emergence of other subjectivities which fully embrace otherness and diversity. Consequently, these claims allow us to challenge the traditional, eurocentric conception of philosophy, and particularly of philosophical anthropology, which has been historically associated to a universal knowledge that excludes differences and particularities. These claims allow as well for the development of a perspective that promotes philosophical statements and practices wholly committed to emancipatory changes.