Transmodernity: two dissimilar projects under the same concept

Abstract

The following paper addresses the concept of Transmodernity under two different points of view. On one hand, the view of Rosa María Rodríguez Magda, which portrays the concept of Transmodernity as a dialectical triad between Modernity, Postmodernity and Transmodernity, being the last both continuation and overcoming of Postmodernism. On the other hand, the view of Enrique Dussel, who establishes Transmodernity as a utopian project that is transverse to modernity/postmodernity. This project is before modernity and transcends it as well, being a category of externality that seeks to raise the voice of non-European-American cultures, in order to establish symmetrical intercultural dialogues that carry features of their own culture immeasurable to the modern European project. This is how we’ll confront both concepts of Transmodernity in order to highlight its differences and contrapositions.