Summary of La descolonización cultural - Enrique Dussel

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Enrique Dussel discusses the need for a cultural revolution in Mexico in order to better honor our history and give our children the honor of being Mexican. He advocates for a cultural and scientific "descolonization" in order to reverse the losses caused by European colonization. He believes this can be accomplished quickly and effectively through education reform.

• 00:00:00 The video discusses the problem of American culture, which, at the level of culture, is dominated by European-centrism. Many of the intellectual leaders in America are Eurocentric and know little or nothing about the cultures of other countries. Mexico is one of the six "world's centers of culture," but indigenous cultures in Mexico are largely ignored and now the airport is passing over their transmissions for 7000 years. Mexican elites are also guilty of ignoring their own culture, which is in the middle of one of the six world's historical empires.
• 00:05:00 Enrique Dussel discusses the colonization of Mexico's cultural heritage by European countries, and how this process has left Mexico culturally and epistemologically alienated from its own history. He advocates for a cultural and scientific "descolonization" in order to reverse these losses.
• 00:10:00 Enrique Dussel discusses the need for a cultural revolution in Mexico in order to better honor our history and give our children the honor of being Mexican. He believes this can be accomplished quickly and effectively through education reform.