Resumen

SOSA ELIZAGA, Raquel. Pensamiento crítico y alternativas de transformación en América . Convergencia [online]. 2009, vol.16, n.51, pp.45-57. ISSN 2448-5799.

The reasons of the loss of sovereignty of Latin American countries in favor of a neocolonial order are anaiyzed critically in the text. One sets out to evaluate alternatives to decolonize the social thought and to contribute to a true democratic and sovereign exercise upon reconsidering the historical, collective and ethical dimensions of social life in our subcontinent.

Palabras llave : sovereignty; democracy; social thought; social life.