Philosophy and Ruralities: Presentation

Abstract

In contrast to the cultural predominance of the urban and in the midst of a context of unbridled globalizing capitalism, the VIII Congress on Contemporary Philosophical Thought posed the challenge of collecting some voices and discourses often marginalized by the canon of Western metrocentric thought. Throughout those three days in October, in the congress we analyzed in detail the situations of subjects, communities and rural geographies, situations that tend to be actively ignored in a spatial present that finds globalization, the hyper-densification of the main urban-metropolitan areas, and the forced emptying of rural geographies, as one of their conflict frameworks. These analyzes delved into the specific needs of these communities, shedding light on their challenges, and offering a critical perspective on the complexity of the interaction between rural and urban areas.

From these concerns, the VIII Congress was articulated as a platform through which to celebrate the diversity of emerging philosophical discourses produced within the frameworks of what is commonly understood as «rural», recognizing its crucial importance in the construction of a comprehensive dialogue about the challenges that define our present; and this monograph is the result of that exchange of knowledge.