INTRODUCCIÓN AL TRANS-CAPITALISMO

HACIA UNA CRÍTICA NUESTROAMERICANA DE LA ECONOMÍA POLÍTICA

Abstract

The article analyzes the question of trans-capitalism as a horizon for overcoming the prevailing economic system, within the framework of Enrique Dussel’s Philosophy of Liberation. First, it presents the systematic critique of modernity, understood as a civilizational project inaugurated in 1492 and structured around colonialism, Eurocentrism, racism, the exploitation of nature, and, centrally, capitalism. From this perspective, the world economic order is examined as the point of departure, and the Economics of Liberation is reconstructed as a central dimension of Dussel’s philosophical system, in dialogue with Marx and reformulated from alterity. Next, the contemporary civilizational crisis —resulting from the capitalist logic of accumulation that simultaneously undermines living labor and nature, and is sustained by the myth of infinite progress— is problematized. In response, the normative principles —material, formal, and feasibility— are highlighted as criteria for reorganizing production, circulation, and consumption in function of the reproduction and development of life. Finally, reflection is offered on the mutual codetermination between economy and politics, attending to the limits and possibilities of transformative projects.