Las dificultades del espiritu crítico-científico en una sociedad autoritaria
The Andean area of Latin America has experienced three main historical and cultural currents, which had a strong influence on collective mentality: 1) the pre-Hispanic Indian civilizations, 2) the Iberian-Catholic tradition, and 3) a mere instrumental reception of actual western modernity. Bot...
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Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional de Rosario
2010
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Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/2133/1470 http://hdl.handle.net/2133/1470 |
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Sumario: | The Andean area of Latin America has
experienced three main historical and cultural
currents, which had a strong influence
on collective mentality: 1) the pre-Hispanic
Indian civilizations, 2) the Iberian-Catholic
tradition, and 3) a mere instrumental reception
of actual western modernity. Both first
influences furthered an authoritarian and
collectivistic culture and were not
favourable to a critical and scientific spirit.
The re-establishment of democracy since
1980 promotes (with many impediments) a
generalization of human rights and the
introduction of a mentality opened to serious
scientific research. These efforts have
softened the power of authoritarianism and
weakened the dogmatic attitudes. |
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