Typology of Dialogue of Cultures in Latin America in the Concept of Leopoldo Zea

Abstract

The problem of dialogue between cultures becomes one of the central ones in the 20th and 21st centuries. The elaboration of the theory of dialogue of cultures, types of dialogical connections, identification of its characteristics and regional specifics have become the main research components in various fields of socio-humanitarian knowledge. Latin America turned out to be the cultural area where the above components were most vividly reflected. This work seeks to examine one of the most important subjects in the concept of Latin American culture by the Mexican thinker Leopoldo Zea. His «project approach» to the history and culture of Latin America, as well as the study of the main participants in the dialogue of cultures, contributed to the development of a typology of dialogic connections in the culture of Latin America. The types of dialogical relationships turned out to be directly related to the historical and cultural context of the Latin American region and are embodied in specific works of culture and art.

Keywords

• dialogue of cultures
• typology of dialogue of cultures
• latin america
• leopoldo zea
• culture as a project