Description

Throughout much of the Western tradition, human subjectivityhas been regarded as a major source of error. Thus, adaptinguniversal standards devoid of corrosive human influences has beenthought to be a requisite for building an optimal society. Thistendency, which is predicated on social ontological realism,historically encouraged projects of colonization, as Westernstandards of development became synonymous with universal reasonand civilization. Currently, neoliberal globalization is anextension of this realist legacy and demands all aspects of sociallife to be determined by the presumably universal wisdom of themarket. Yet, in Latin America, neoliberalism has normalized extremeinequality and cultural mutilation as innocent outcomes of marketdynamics. The present work, accordingly, draws from AlejandroSerrano Caldera, a Nicaraguan philosopher and social critic, tocritique realism and develop an anti-realist social vision on whichto build a new type of nation, ethic, and politics grounded onhuman praxis. The point is made that this anti-realist shift offersthe possibility to democratize the current process ofglobalization.