Conciencia latinoamericana : hispanoamericanismo o eurocentrismo

Abstract

This article focuses on two particular and counterposed 20th century Hispanic American ways of thinking, both of which sought out and proposed directions for regional reflection and thought. Each one of them is represented by the oeuvre of an exceptional writer: the Venezuelan Mariano Picón Salas (1901-1965) and the Mexican Leopoldo Zea (1912-2004). The analysis of their works allows us to observe the differences between them, oriented by distinct and divergent directions. Picón Salas envisioned integration through autonomy and the search for “Hispanic-Americanism”, while Zea encouraged integration by means of assimilation to “Eurocentrism.