Latin America and the “colonial discourse”: Critical perspectives

Abstract

The article critically evaluates the problematic axis of the “postcolonial” and “de-colonial” approaches which are relative when speaking about the discourse, semiosis and textual representation. In order to proceed in this task, the author looks into various moments and facets of the debate between the two approaches examining certain ideas presented in the works of Patricia Seed, Carlos Jáuregui, Walter Mignolo and Julio Ortega. The author seeks to explore their claims to be able to analyze in a complex manner the colonial discursive practices without forgetting or laying aside theoretical approaches and perspectives different from the “modernity/coloniality” block.