El desafío antillano o la presencia haitiana en la representación dominicana
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inmigración
transculturación
civilización
conflicto cultural
identidad nacional
immigration
transculturation
civilization
cultural clash
national identity
transculturación
civilización
conflicto cultural
identidad nacional
immigration
transculturation
civilization
cultural clash
national identity
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Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
Este ensayo, de naturaleza bibliográfica y proceder inductivo, sustenta que, en la República Dominicana, la población experimenta una versión antillana del “choque de civilizaciones”, dado el impacto socio-cultural e institucional de la inmigración irregular procedente mayoritariamente de Haití. No se trata ya de la idea occidental genérica, tal y como la expuso Samuel P. Huntington, sino de la presunción de hispanidad y de modernidad occidental que voluntariamente adopta el pueblo dominicano desafiado por la supuesta barbarie presente a su alrededor tras su imagen del haitiano. Al igual que el insigne profesor adujo que el nacionalismo nos lleva indefectiblemente a la barbarie, esta es resentida, cada día, en la isla antillana, por efecto de la presencia de una inmigración en condiciones de irregularidad que procede de una Haití, sumida en su propia agonía. El proceso estudiado incluye los principales hitos culturales e históricos que configuran, a nivel antropológico, la conciencia y la comprensión del dominicano respecto a su otro, el haitiano. Finalizada la evaluación, queda por responder, ante un avenir incierto de ambos grupos étnicos, lo que aquí se denomina como la cuestión cartesiana subyacente a la capacidad de respuesta civilizadora del pueblo dominicano.
This essay, of a bibliographical nature and inductive procedure, argues that in the Dominican Republic, the population experiences an Antillean version of the “clash of civilizations”, given the socio-cultural and institutional impact of irregular immigration, mostly from Haiti. It is no longer a question of the generic Western idea, as Samuel P. Huntington put it, but of the presumption of ‘Hispanicness’ and Western modernity that the Dominican people voluntarily adopt, challenged by the supposed barbarism present around them behind their image of the Haitian. Just as the distinguished professor argued that nationalism inevitably leads us to barbarism, this barbarism is resented, every day, on the Antillean island, due to the presence of immigration in irregular conditions coming from a Haiti, immersed in its own agony. The process studied includes the main cultural and historical milestones that configure, at an anthropological level, the conscience and understanding of the Dominican regarding his other, the Haitian. Once the evaluation is complete, what remains to be answered, given the uncertain future of both ethnic groups, is what is here called the Cartesian question underlying the capacity for civilizing response of the Dominican people.
This essay, of a bibliographical nature and inductive procedure, argues that in the Dominican Republic, the population experiences an Antillean version of the “clash of civilizations”, given the socio-cultural and institutional impact of irregular immigration, mostly from Haiti. It is no longer a question of the generic Western idea, as Samuel P. Huntington put it, but of the presumption of ‘Hispanicness’ and Western modernity that the Dominican people voluntarily adopt, challenged by the supposed barbarism present around them behind their image of the Haitian. Just as the distinguished professor argued that nationalism inevitably leads us to barbarism, this barbarism is resented, every day, on the Antillean island, due to the presence of immigration in irregular conditions coming from a Haiti, immersed in its own agony. The process studied includes the main cultural and historical milestones that configure, at an anthropological level, the conscience and understanding of the Dominican regarding his other, the Haitian. Once the evaluation is complete, what remains to be answered, given the uncertain future of both ethnic groups, is what is here called the Cartesian question underlying the capacity for civilizing response of the Dominican people.
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Science and Society; Vol. 50 No. 1 (2025): Science and Society; 129-153
Ciencia y Sociedad; Vol. 50 Núm. 1 (2025): Ciencia y Sociedad; 129-153
2613-8751
0378-7680
10.22206/cys.2025.v50i1
Ciencia y Sociedad; Vol. 50 Núm. 1 (2025): Ciencia y Sociedad; 129-153
2613-8751
0378-7680
10.22206/cys.2025.v50i1