Necessity and Freedom in the Critical Theory of the Subject of Arturo Roig

Abstract

We propose to string together the concepts of necessity, freedom and liberation in the criticism of the subject carried out by Arturo Roig. Although our philosopher dialogues with many authors, we will focus on his responses to modern idealism, postmodern structuralism and 20th century liberalism, since we find in these theoretical elaborations deep approaches to the concepts that we want to account for. In various ways, he finds in each of these currents of thought an erasure of the concrete subject, which implies a denial of the needs of real historical subjects and the proposal of a notion of freedom that remains in the abstract. Likewise, the notion of liberation becomes central to identify their theoretical and political positions.