La relevancia social de la filosofía en los tiempos de crisis neoliberal

This article develops a critical reflection on the role of critical political philosophy in the context of the economic crisis that has been affecting the Euro - North - American countries at the outset of the twenty-first century. It proposes two lines of argumentation: in the first place, it questions and problematizes the central role that economic analysis has played both in interpreting the crisis and in proposing solutions for it. Based on a critical analysis of the sociopolitical, legal, and epistemological effects of the crisis, it is argued that economic analysis has made invisible the multi-dimensional effects, challenges and questions raised in this period. To confront the one-dimensional economic perspectives, the article proposes, in second place, a brief analysis of the ethical and philosophical projects developed by Bejamin, Dussel and Freire, as examples of the alternative thought developed in other periods of crisis. As a result of this critical overview, this article argues that the social relevance of philosophy lies in its ability to promote cross-cultural dialogues, enable space for the development of alternative thinking to the crisis (and to neoliberalism), and encouraging the development of a social theory that addresses social needs. Thus, it is argued that philosophical thought is capable of producing a new ethical, emancipatory and socially relevant philosophical project.