Utopía y política en el pensamiento científico latinoamericano de la segunda mitad del siglo XX: La contribución de Oscar Varsavsky

This article explores the Argentine chemist Oscar Varsavsky's concept of attainable utopias. Although most interpretations of Varsavsky's work concentrate on his important contributions to science and technology studies in Latin America, I argue that his idea of scientific style belongs to...

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Published inLatin American research review Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 316 - 334
Main Author Martinez, Christian J. Castro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ubiquity Press Ltd 01.06.2022
Latin American Studies Association
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Philosophy, Marxist
Populism
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Summary:This article explores the Argentine chemist Oscar Varsavsky's concept of attainable utopias. Although most interpretations of Varsavsky's work concentrate on his important contributions to science and technology studies in Latin America, I argue that his idea of scientific style belongs to a much larger theoretical framework. I explore how the author adapted new scientific disciplines to the liberatory project of attainable utopias. First, I introduce Varsavsky's political and intellectual development. Second, I discuss his ideas of attainable utopias and utopic engineering, and the articulation of these with the notions of social change and power. Finally, I present the concepts of pueblocentric rationality and social styles.
ISSN:1542-4278
0023-8791
1542-4278
DOI:10.1017/lar.2022.27