The purpose is not to give a final and finished definition of the Latin American identity but to contribute to provide elements for its analysis and understanding. Every formally considered identity is an ontological category that affirms the permanence of being. Claudio Chipana Gutiérrez But identity seen in […]
Critical Dialogues
Critical Dialogues
Multiculturalism and the challenges of Western society
Modern society has no choice but to admit that multiculturalism has changed the very face of European cities. Western society faces a paradox. On the one hand, a product of it’s own capitalist dynamic, society has developed greater diversification of products and styles and personalisation of services. Claudio Chipana […]
Islamophobia and its ideological roots
Islamophobia – that is the ideology according to which the biggest threat to Western society comes from Islam – affects all of us in one way or another, even in our daily life. Claudio Chipana G. Under the mantle of the fight against terrorism, Islamophobia has legitimacy. In […]
Migration, frontiers and identity
Physical frontiers translate and change into subjective frontiers. The denial of permission to cross a border, is for a refugee or an exile, a symbolic act in defence of a certain identity. But first of all it is the denial of the inalienable right of human beings to travel freel
The Philosophy of Liberation: A philosophy from the Global South
The language of liberation has been transformed and political programs that were once just wishful thinking are beginning to have a concrete realization in Latin America, however the urgency of the message of liberation has become more apparent. Cl audio Chipana The philosophy of liberation in Latin America […]















