Biography
Enrique Dussel (1934–2023) was a philosopher, historian and theologian born in La Paz, Mendoza, Argentina, who became a naturalised Mexican citizen. A central figure in the philosophy of liberation, he directed his work towards a critique of Eurocentrism and the reconstruction of ethics and political philosophy from the historical experience of excluded peoples and subjects. He settled in Mexico in 1975, in the context of his exile.
He was a professor and researcher at Mexican institutions, including the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Metropolitan Autonomous University. In critical dialogue with European and Latin American philosophical currents, he developed a reflection on otherness, coloniality, modernity and the possibilities of political transformation grounded in responsibility towards the victims of domination.
His works include Filosofía de la liberación (1977), Ética de la liberación en la edad de la globalización y de la exclusión (1998) and Política de la liberación, published in several volumes. His proposal of transmodernity and his historical reassessment of the emergence of modernity helped renew debates on emancipation, justice and philosophical thought from Latin America.
Published books