Resumen

RIOS GORDILLO, Carlos Alberto. Bolívar Echeverría: Práxis revolucionaria, crítico y modernidad alternativa. Prohistoria [online]. 2011, vol.15, pp. 00-00. ISSN 1851-9504.

This study reviews the intellectual and political biography and critical work of the philosopher Ecuadorian Bolivar Echeverria. The work goes from the formative years of Bolivar and its relations with philosophy and especially Marxism. He stops in linking political philosopher and social reality in which he inscribes his work and thought. Analyzes conceptions about modernity, miscegenation cultural materialism that place the philosopher in the center of the tradition of Marxism and critical thinking of the twentieth century.

Palabras llave : Modernity; Praxis; Cultural materialism; Dialectical; Critical thinking.