Moderno de otro modo. Lecciones caribeñas desde el lugar del salvaje

«Modernidad» es un término turbio perteneciente a la familia de palabras que podemos etiquetar como «universales noratlánticos». Los universales noratlánticos son particulares que han adquirido un grado de universalidad, son pedazos de la historia de la humanidad convertidos en estándares históricos. En este artículo argumenta que en su más común despliegue como un universal noratlántico, la modernidad disfraza y desconoce a los muchos Otros que crea. Se examina entonces cómo desde el Caribe la modernidad nunca fue, y nunca podría ser, lo que dice ser.

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