Inflexiones y dilemas ético - políticos del capitalismo en el Centro Sur de Chile: A propósito de la globalización forestal

Abstract

The scenario of global capitalism translated into "sustainable forest management" acquires today special ethical and political complexity in the economic and cultural diversity of South Central Chile. After a media event that puts in evidence the racist understandings that highlight the inter-ethnic coexistence in the country, some limitations of the main certification system that controls the sustainability of forest market are revealed. The case in study, allows to analyze the local challenges of of globalization of the capitalism in Chile from the sight of sociocultural anthropology and political and intercultural philosophy.