Redecir lo humano.
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Fecha
2017-02-20Autor
Aguirre García, Juan Carlos
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https://revistas.pedagogica.edu.co/index.php/RCE/article/view/4652Metadatos
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Este artículo explora el fenómeno de la crisis de las humanidades a partir de algu-nas ideas del filósofo Emmanuel Levinas. En vez de centrarse en las discusiones sobre los ataques de los que son objeto las humanidades, sobre todo en épocas recientes, el análisis se dirige hacia la crisis del sentido de las humanidades como causa primordial de la crisis de las humanidades. El artículo comienza describiendo el carácter oscuro del hombre y lo humano en la contemporaneidad, continúa con la presentación de la relación que se ha tejido entre ciencias naturales y humani-dades desde la modernidad, y culmina con dos apartados en los que se plantea la alternativa levinasiana. El propósito central es sostener que el sentido de las humanidades no depende tanto de la comprensión del sujeto o las expresiones culturales, sino de la respuesta que pueda darse al llamado del Otro, lo que exige nuevos modos de decir lo humano.
Resumen
This paper explores the phenomenon of the crisis of the humanities based on some ideas of philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Rather than focusing on discussions of recent attacks on the humanities, the analysis addresses the crisis of the sense of the humanities as the main cause of its crisis. First, the paper describes the dark nature of humankind and the human in the contemporaneity. Then, it shows the relationship that has been emerging, since modernity, between natural sciences and humanities. Finally, it devotes two sections to discuss the Levinasian alternative. The thesis supported here is that the sense of the humanities does not depend on the understanding of the Subject or his/her cultural expressions, but rather on the response to the Other’s call, which demands new ways to explain the human.
Abstract
This paper explores the phenomenon of the crisis of the humanities ba-sed on some ideas of philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Rather than fo-cusing on discussions of recent attacks on the humanities, the analysis addresses the crisis of the sense of the humanities as the main cause of its crisis. First, the paper describes the dark nature of humankind and the human in the contemporaneity. Then, it shows the relationship that has been emerging, since modernity, between natural sciences and humani-ties. Finally, it devotes two sections to discuss the Levinasian alternative. The thesis supported here is that the sense of the humanities does not depend on the understanding of the Subject or his/her cultural expres-sions, but rather on the response to the Other’s call, which demands new ways to explain the human.
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