O problema da efetivação dos direitos humanos: uma crítica a Richard Rorty a partir da América Latina.

Abstract

In order to validly criticize the current conception of the human rights theory, considering it’s an hegemonic and rationalist model, thus lacking practicity and efficacy, Richard Rorty develops some associations that would be, in his opinion, more usable and practical on the effectuation of human rights. However, the pragmatic proposal made by the aforementioned author does not take into consideration various aspects that lay behind the interaction between subjects, especially those from different cultures, and thus ignores the underlying relations of power. The critique to the rortyan suggestion will be constructed from the theoretical framework of the decolonial theory of a specific context, Latin America, namely from the theoretical proposals of Walter Mignolo e Aníbal Quijano. Methodology-wise, the method of literature review will be used in order to point out the gaps in the Rortyan neopragmatic thought on humans rights. Also, as a theoretical research, bibliographic sources will be used, as well as the comparative method of approach.