Crossing the walls between disciplines in the 21st century

Abstract

These unpublished dialogues were constructed throughout 2024, is a document that attempts to contribute to the complex and diverse terrain of the History of Ideas of the XXI Century. Once again, it highlights the importance of the study of the contributions of our time. Theoretical and intellectual intervention in the present implies a live approach to the diverse conceptual tools that are being woven. The intellectual work of today will represent and crystallize into the foundations of the intellectual academy of tomorrow. What is our duty and responsibility as intellectuals in our present situation? Breaking down the walls of the Social Sciences and Humanities is the goal of these dialogues. This document brings together two generations, two voices and trajectories, on the one hand, an initial trajectory, an intellectual of 29 years of Chilean nationality who has consolidated new possibilities of building intellectual communities globally, on the other side, we have one of the most recognized intellectuals of the French academy, at 85 years old, preceded by a fundamental contribution in various disciplines. A meeting that makes it possible to understand that there is a persistence in common struggles, spaces from the common that are built from the difference. These dialogues are the representation of the crossings and openings that are necessary to generate in the academy today. There are no ivory towers that can contribute, we have in front of us common battles that require encounter, solidarity and political and social commitment. It is important to break down the walls of the social sciences and humanities today, to get out of the trenches.