Abstract

PEREZ RAMIREZ, Fabián Alonso  and  HINCAPIE GARCIA, Alexánder. Modernity, capitalism, and university. Contention between the four historical ethos in Bolívar Echeverría. Prax. Saber [online]. 2022, vol.13, n.34, pp.105-119.  Epub Mar 10, 2023. ISSN 2216-0159.  https://doi.org/10.19053/22160159.v13.n34.2022.13409.

As a method of reading the university, the four historical ethos of capitalist modernity are presented, in the perspective of the Ecuadorian-Mexican philosopher Bolívar Echeverría. This article problematizes the thesis that the different configurations of the university-including the critical configurations-inherit the problems of modernity regarding the substitution of the value of use for the value of exchange, a substitution from which the spiritual goods of culture do not escape. To address this thesis, five sections are presented: The problem of modernity; Modernity and capitalism; The method: a reading of the university from the four historical ethos; Approaches to a reading of the university from the four historical ethos; and Final considerations, which raise the possibility of a re-reading of the whole history of modernity, of the university, and of capitalism, based on the contention between the four historical ethos.

Keywords : modernity; capitalism; university; value of use/value of exchange; historical ethos.

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