Raúl Fornet-Betancourt and the project of an intercultural transformation of philosophy from the Life World

Abstract

-Raúl Fornet-Betancourt develops and proposes a project of intercultural transformation of philosophy that leads to the progressive understanding of cultures and respect among all human beings regardless of their context. This is the function of philosophy as a reason; not understood as the European universal reason, but as a diversity of ways of understanding the world made by diverse cultures from their own situation and position in the world and life. In order to make such a proposal, it is necessary to address the central points that concern interculturality. First, intercultural philosophy is of relevance. In second place, intercultural dialogue and the encounter with the “other”, because it is through both means that one comes into contact with others and establishes a communication based on respect for other cultures, even if they differ with their own. Third, and what is most relevant to this work, interculturality has a close relationship with the World of Life, since it is through it that one can explain why each person has a different perspective on the world. Fourth and last, Fornet-Betancourt believes that theory should be put into practice, so it is necessary to address the usefulness of intercultural philosophy in a world where cultures are constantly threatened by the globalizing wave.