Political philosophy, ethnology, and time

A Study of the Notion of Historical Handicap

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4241282
AutoresJoão Feres Junior (0000-0002-5830-0458, City University of New York, autor de correspondencia), João Feres Jr (City University of New York)
Año2002
Volumen43
Número105
Páginas19-42
Fecha de publicación2002-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaKriterion Revista de Filosofia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0100-512X • E-ISSN: 1981-5336
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0100-512x2002000100004
OpenAlexW2101401738
SCIELO_PIDS0100-512X2002000100004
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas11

This article starts by identifying the crucial importance of the notion of historical handicap for the present-day social sciences of Latin America. Such notion is not an original invention made by Latinamericanists. On the contrary, I demonstrate that the genealogy of the notion of historical handicap must be sought in the tradition of Western political philosophy. Such genealogy must take into account the way it was integrated into ethnological descriptions. When and how did the Other become the backward, the primitive? While this relation was secondary for ancient Greek thought, theories of historical development became the main source of ethnological categories in the modern era. Interestingly enough, this modern synthesis suited the practical purpose of justifying two successive waves of European imperialistic: the era of discoveries, and 19th century colonialism. The article concludes by raising questions about the present role and application of the social sciences

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