La identidad integracionista en la filosofía de Leopoldo Zea

Abstract

Among Leopoldo Zea’s main ideas is the view of philosophy as concrete situated philosophy. He defended plural and concrete humanism, symbol of man’s decentralization, in opposition to ethnocentrism and in defence of liberty. For him liberty does not only mean choice and knowledge but also practice and satisfaction of vital needs. Moreover, he stated that the concept of culture identity as some type of identity is a contribution of Latin American thought having integration as its creative principle. In this sense, Leopoldo Zea clarified the difference between vertical-hegemonic integration and horizontal integration.