Los aportes de una antropología americana en el pensamiento de Rodolfo Kusch
Contributions of an American anthropology in the thought of Rodolfo Kusch
Abstract (en)
This paper is about the proposal by Rodolfo Kusch about an anthropology of the American man taking into account some of his distinguished works of anthropological thought. The paper begins with the question about the status category. From philosophical distinctions made between being and be, the author addresses the question of American identity as people, to indicate how the popular speech in its naming and silencing, constitutes the basis of what the American man may be. After describing the consolidation of the American man behind the dualism-reason myth and the formulation of the incommensurability of the American man to criteria that are discordant, we suggest another way of thinking, in this case designing an anthropology, another line to address humanity in relation to the existing order. Thus we suggest the idea that America's problem is to recover the full potential of thinking and knowing to bet on the future and this is done when reviewing income, educational and artistic levels of the American man.Abstract (es)
El presente texto versa sobre la propuesta de Rodolfo Kusch en torno a una
antropología del hombre americano a partir de un recorrido por algunas obras insignes de su pensamiento antropológico. El trabajo parte de la problematización de la categoría de situación. A partir de ciertas distinciones filosóficas establecidas entre sery estar, la autora aborda la cuestión de la identidad americana como pueblo, para indicar la manera en que el habla popular, en su nombrar y callar, es la base de lo que pueda ser el hombre americano. Después de la descripción de la consolidación del hombre americano
tras el dualismo mito-razón y la formulación de la inconmensurabilidad del
hombre americano ante criterios que resultan discordes, se sugiere otro modo
de pensar, en este caso, de concebir una antropología, otra línea de encarar
lo humano en relación con el orden vigente. De esta manera, se postula la idea de que el problema de América es el de recuperar toda la potencialidad del pensar y saber apostar al futuro, lo cual se realiza a partir de la revisión de los niveles económicos, educativos y artísticos del hombre americano.
References
Kusch, R. (1998-2003). Obras completas (Vols. 1-4). Rosario, Argentina: Fundación Ross.
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