Latin American and Russian philosophy and literature in dialogue

Abstract

Unlike “cancel culture” and the hegemon’s mo¬no¬logism, the dialogue between Russian and La¬tin American philosophers asserts and exemplifies the normativity of intercultural dialogue. This article examines culturally embedded Russian and Latin American philosophies and their shared characteristics combining the national-spe¬¬cific and the universal. Russia and the countries of Latin America strive for independent development, which is expressed in their philosophical self-awareness. The dialogue between their philosophers is facilitated by common themes, such as freedom, national identity, relations with the hegemonic West, and war and peace. The article highlights the mutually benefi¬cial relationship between philosophy and literature, exemplified in the works by F.M. Dostoevsky, L.N. Tolstoy, V.S. Solovyov, M.M. Bakhtin, N.A. Berdyaev, A. Car¬pentier, G. García Márquez, and J.L. Bor-ges. It also analyzes the contributions of Latin American and Russian philosophers to intercultural philosophy, which ad¬vo¬cates recognizing the diversity of original cultures and their dialogical relations. This intercultural dialogue is an example of dia¬logical relations in politics within society and between nations. R. Fornet-Betancourt’s project of the intercultural transformation of philosophy is examined, as are the ideas of intercultural philosophy deve¬loped in the works of M.T. Stepanyants, A.V. Smirnov, V.A. Lektorsky, and others. The article considers the prospects for developing intercultural philosophy in connection with its ability to contribute to the ideological justification of the transition from a unipolar to a multipolar world order. An alternative to hegemon-centric dystopia is “new cosmopolitanism” as critical, rooted, democratic, dialogical, and transformative.