Vivir bien : Diálogos transculturales e interdisciplinarios entre Latinoamérica y Europa

Abstract

Despite its transcendence since the dawn of humanity, the question of good living has been progressively marginalized in the reflection on the human being, often treated individually and privately, with little attention to its collective and public dimension. In recent years, two very well received currents of thought in the academic field, the Sumak Kawsay or Suma Qamaña of the indigenous Andean peoples and the Resonance Theory or Sociology of the Good of Life of the German sociologist Hartmut Rosa, addressing the ethical question par excellence, how to live well? , in connection with a relational logic that goes beyond the exclusively human sphere. In both approaches, living well evokes a way of life characterized by the encounter not only between human beings but also between them and nature, artifacts and the existential or sacred. While this affinity is recognized, no dialogue between the two perspectives has been established to date. This book aims to initiate a dialogue of this type, in a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary way, with the intention of strengthening the theoretical bases of both currents and offering researchers a solid tool for empirical work. Thus, the contributions of this volume discuss the theme of living well from the human and social sciences, with a regional and global scope, and under the conviction that intercontinental dialogues are necessary for a new critical theory of society, an alternative to development and a rethinking of the human and non-human.