Latin American Thought. Problems and Perspectives - Three Case Studies

The term Latin American thought allows for the better accommodation of the broad spectrum of intellectual activities that can find their expression in literaturę, religion or art. It also seems to be the most accurate equivalent of the Spanish notion pensamiento. [...] By using the term Latin American thought it would be possible to acconimodate the thinkers that creat-ed works that contain philosophical elements, but arę not pure philosophy (created and motivated by the love of wisdom) There arę multiple voices claiming that one of the specińcs and distinctive elements of Latin American philosophical inąuiry is its unphilosophical naturę, in terms of the form in which it express itself. For that reason, philosophical examinations arę performed within the domain of history, religion or literaturę.