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The Destiny of Utopia as an Intercultural and Mestizo Phenomenon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Fernando Ainsa
Fernando Ainsa*
Affiliation:
University of Zaragoza

Abstract

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In the face of the alienating effects of the current globalization it is appropriate to assess the brutal historical experience of Spain's conquest and colonization of America. From that confrontation were born innovative mixtures, unanticipated metamorphoses and the polymorphous reality to be seen in today's Latin-American cultures. Utopia, in the context of the globalization we are now experiencing, is composed of interculturalism, the very many opportunities for exchange and crossfertilization. Traditional utopian discourse must henceforth reconcile the universal values of reason with passions, differences, fragmentation and the diversity of cultures.

Type
Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 53 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 31 - 43
Copyright
Copyright © ICPHS 2006

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