The philosophical testament of Thalía Fung

A call for political philosophy from the Global South

     In my commentary of December 1, 2023, I wrote of Dr. Thalía Fung, founder of the Cuban Society of Philosophical Investigations, who passed from earthly life on November 20, 2023, at the age of 89.  I wrote of her life and work, with special emphasis on her final project on the revolutionary subject.  (See “Dr. Thalía Muklan Fung Riverón: Science and revolution from Cuba and from the Global South,” December 1, 2023).

     In today’s commentary, I review La ciencia política enfoque Sur, [Political Science from the South], which I view as Dr. Fung’s political-philosophical testament.  It was published in Havana by Editora Politica in 2014.  In what follows, I try to be faithful to what Dr. Fung wrote, introducing my own interjections only in a couple of places in which I felt that clarification would be useful.  I reserve until my next commentary a review of her interpretations of the Cuban Revolution, to which she was committed in word and deed throughout her life.  It will be poste…