A condição social e a complexidade ambiental: um encontro com o pensamento filosófico latino-americano

Abstract

The present work investigates, from the point of view of complexity theory, the philosophical contributions of Latin American environmental thought, starting from a bibliographical research of works written in the last ten years of authors such as: Enrique Leff, Leonardo Boff, Carlos Galano, together with the liberating philosophical theories of Enrique Dussel and Paulo Freire. In order to do so, the present research work consisted of a bibliographical research regarding the technical means. And from the point of view of its objectives (GIL, 1991), of exploratory nature, aiming to provide greater familiarity with the problem with a view to making it explicit. In this way, a technical survey of the works written by Enrique Leff, Leonardo Boff, Carlos Galano, Enrique Del Percio, added the liberating philosophical theories of Enrique Dussel and Paulo Freire of the last ten years, besides the analysis of real Latin American examples to stimulate their understanding. As for the scientific method used, it was proposed a dialectical foundation, considering that the facts can not be conceptualized outside their economic, political and social context.