UNVEILING THE MYTH OF MODERNITY AND APOROPHOBIA

revealing other faces and knowledge

Abstract

A critical reflection on modernity, identified as a myth, is Dussel's starting point for establishing analectics—a praxis of recognizing the face of the Other and fighting for their liberation. In Dussel, the face is embodied. It is the face of the landless peasant, the quilombola, the Black person, the woman, the indigenous peoples suffering from the invasion of their territories, and all those who are concretely victims of coloniality. In this way, the present investigation aims to reveal the genesis of the ideas that underpin the myth of modernity and the aporophobic domination over the Other, considering them poor and, therefore, without social value for a capitalist society based on exchange relations. Methodologically, we utilize what we term an unmasking pedagogy, meaning an analysis of the mechanisms that underpin the myth of modernity and the strategies it employs to establish itself as "truth."