| Sumario: | The Mexican philosopher Bolivar Echeverría highlights four approaches within the ethos of capitalist modernity. The first approach is the realist, which is currently dominant, and is commonly associated with clarity. The second is the baroque, which is known for its contradictions and ambiguity. According to Hegel’s theory of recognition (Honneth / Habermas), rational coexistence between cultures is only possible within the realistic approach. This theory parts from the assumption that bourgeois society is doubtfully capable of recognition (it reads racism as something accidental and not structural). The baroque ethos, which is illustrated in Latin America, implies the possibility of living with others without recognizing them in Hegelian terms, thus opening up avenues for cultural mestizaje. The lack of clarity of this ethos is the foundation for a certain kind of intercultural coexistence that thrives in spite of its structural impossibility.
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