The Dynamism of Integral Liberation
Reconsidering Gustavo Gutiérrez's Central Concept after “the End of History”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12662559 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Prieto Castillo (0000-0001-5324-7080, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44-59 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1462-317X • E-ISSN: 1743-1719 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/1743171915y.0000000006 |
| OpenAlex | W1483405518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
This essay questions Daniel Bell Jr.'s claim that liberation theology is ignorant of the links between the cultural and structural formations of capitalism. Focusing especially on Bell's treatment of the thought of Gustavo Gutiérrez, the article argues that Gutiérrez's concept of integral liberation provides a complex account of the manner in which the structural, cultural, and theological levels of liberation are interrelated. It contends, contra Bell, that Gutiérrez's concept does not reduce politics to “statecraft” but instead provides an illuminating framework for understanding the integrity of Christian life within the contemporary neoliberal globalization project. Finally, the paper moves to consider the manner in which Gutiérrez's concept might be fruitfully paired with Leslie Sklair's theorization of global capitalism in order to specify the process of liberation today
Dynamism · Epistemology · Liberation · Political science · Sociology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political theory and Gramsci
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |