Modernity and Whiteness Echeverria Bolivar
Bol var Echeverr a was one of the leading philosophers and critical theorists in Latin America and his work on capitalism and modernity offers a distinctive account, informed by the experiences of…
Specifikacia Modernity and Whiteness Echeverria Bolivar
Bol var Echeverr a was one of the leading philosophers and critical theorists in Latin America and his work on capitalism and modernity offers a distinctive account, informed by the experiences of Latin American societies, of the social and historical forces shaping the modern world.For Echeverr a, capitalism and modernity do not coincide: modernity is a long-term historical phenomenon that involved a new set of relations between human beings and nature and between the individual and the collective, while capitalism is a particular form in which modernity has been realized. As Marx showed, capitalism is a mode of reproduction that involves the growing commodification of social life - everything, even human labor power itself, is turned into a commodity. Echeverr a introduces the notion of blanquitud or "whiteness" to capture the new form of identity that is brought