Apuntes para la crítica del discurso progresista históricamente existente

Abstract

From a dialectical hermeneutic methodology that discusses diffrent ideological texts produced in particular political contexts of power, the objective of the article lies in defiing a critical line that points out inconsistencies and contradictions before what generically can be defied without much conceptual precision as progressive discourse, that is: a discursive formation that brings together diffrent social movements, civil organizations and political parties --in theory-- of frank counter-hegemonic character. It is concluded that morally the progressive discourse is not by itself bad, good, or neutral, everything will depend, ultimately, on the tastes and preferences of each person built by their cultural biases and, more specifially, in the heat of the processes of political socialization by which they have been conditioned ontologically. Therefore, rather than a critique of the historically existing progressive discourse, a review must be made of the tendentious way in which certain political actors use this discourse to validate their hegemonic interests in their context of action. In addition, in many verifible respects this discourse can mean the justifiation of authoritarian practices that contravene the enjoyment and enjoyment of fundamental rights, which does not mean that the authors bet on conservative political and ideological positions.