Del Ego Cogito al Ego Conquiro: Desafiando a Descartes

Section role: supports the opening section while the teacher connects prior knowledge of Descartes with Dussel's critique of modernity. Slides: (1) Title — 'Del Ego Cogito al Ego Conquiro'; (2) Recordando a Descartes — bullets: definition of the thinking subject, the rationalist foundation of the self; (3) El deslizamiento semántico de Europa — bullets: evolution from a mythological Phoenician figure to a geopolitical ideology of cultural superiority; (4) El Ego Conquiro — bullets: the practical domination over the American indigenous population preceding European philosophical thought; (5) El revés de la trama — bullets: the hidden violent myth behind the discourse of reason; (6) Objetivo de la clase — bullets: understanding Dussel's critique and preparing for the analysis of the world-system in Section 2. Closing slide: '¿Recuerdan el Ego Cogito de Descartes y quién es ese sujeto que se define por pensar?' — hands control back to the teacher to start the dialogue.

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