Ignacio Ellacuría: a Latin American humanism of the twentieth century

Abstract

We maintain that Ignacio Ellacuría is a humanist, although not in the fashion of Classic, Renaissance or Enlightenment cultures, but in the disruptive and critical way that identifies the XXth Century Latin American Humanism. After assessing the criteria for the characterization of an emerging humanism in our America, we analyze some of Ellacuría’s writings seeking the specific characteristics of our humanism in the XXth Century.

Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 152, 2018: 95-112