Hacia una filosofía política del socialismo del siglo XXI.
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2008
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Universidad Central de Venezuela: Centro de Estudios del Desarrollo
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El socialismo en el siglo XXI necesita articular bases compartidas que permitan ir construyendo referentes teóricos. Nada aporta construir un marco teórico autoalimentado. El error del materialismo histórico es que terminó siendo un idealismo ahistórico que dio por hecho un futuro que aún no había pasado. Para cimentar referentes científicos acerca del socialismo hace falta precisar algunos lugares compartidos, si bien, al configurar el socialismo una propuesta normativa, esta tarea se torna ciertamente complicada. Intentando superar las dificultades, hace falta una definición de lo que sea el socialismo. Está pendiente establecer cuáles son los valores que hay detrás de lo que vaya a ser el socialismo en el siglo XXI. Un ejercicio clarificador es comparar los valores del socialismo en el siglo XXI con las otras grandes concepciones del siglo pasado: el liberalismo, el socialismo del siglo XX y el neoliberalismo. El socialismo no puede entenderse al margen de las realidades históricas que lo hicieron surgir ni de los actuales procesos que lo confrontan.
In the 21st century, socialism needs to articulate common bases that allow for building theoretical referents. To construct a self-powered theoretical frame is not a contribution. It was the error of historical materialism that it ended up being an ahistorical idealism that assumed a future yet to come. To lay the foundations of scientific referents on socialism we need to define some common ground, although, socialism being a normative proposal, the task certainly becomes a difficult one. Trying to overcome the obstacles, we need a definition of whatever socialism is. To establish the values underlying what socialism in the 21st century will be is a pending issue. A clarifying exercise is to compare those values with the other great trends of the past century: liberalism, 20th century socialism, and neoliberalism. Socialism cannot be understood outside the historical circumstances that originated it, or outside the current processes that constitute it.
In the 21st century, socialism needs to articulate common bases that allow for building theoretical referents. To construct a self-powered theoretical frame is not a contribution. It was the error of historical materialism that it ended up being an ahistorical idealism that assumed a future yet to come. To lay the foundations of scientific referents on socialism we need to define some common ground, although, socialism being a normative proposal, the task certainly becomes a difficult one. Trying to overcome the obstacles, we need a definition of whatever socialism is. To establish the values underlying what socialism in the 21st century will be is a pending issue. A clarifying exercise is to compare those values with the other great trends of the past century: liberalism, 20th century socialism, and neoliberalism. Socialism cannot be understood outside the historical circumstances that originated it, or outside the current processes that constitute it.