Abstract

This e-book presents the outcome of the First Online Congress of FILORED – “Hegel and Latin America: Reception and Hermeneutics”, held from April 14 to 16, 2025. The event brought together researchers from various institutions to discuss Hegel’s presence within the Latin American horizon, understanding his philosophy not as a closed doctrine, but as a living dialogue with the region’s specific cultural, historical, and political contexts. By privileging a plurality of approaches and interdisciplinary exchange, the Congress aimed to shed light on both the persistence and the re-signification of Hegelian categories when transposed into our setting. The program was structured around four integrated thematic axes. In the Phenomenology axis, the contributions examined how the Phenomenology of Spirit inspires readings on identities, recognition, and forms of life in Latin America, contributing to analyses of cultural and social dynamics. In the Logic axis, the presentations addressed Hegelian dialectics as a theoretical instrument for diagnosing historical and social transformations, showing how categories such as being, essence, and concept can illuminate structural changes and contradictions of our time. In the De-colonial Readings axis, contributions from Latin American critical perspectives challenged Eurocentric narratives and interrogated the limits and possibilities of mobilizing Hegel to deconstruct cultural and epistemic hierarchies. Finally, the Various Hegelian Themes axis encompassed research on ethics, aesthetics, politics, religion, and other fields in which Hegel’s work proved fertile for contemporary debates, reinforcing the transversal nature of its reception across the continent.