Hence we speak of social revolution, not reform; of liberation, not development; of socialism, not the modernization of the prevailing system. ‘Reali… - Gustavo Gutiérrez

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Hence we speak of social revolution, not reform; of liberation, not development; of socialism, not the modernization of the prevailing system. ‘Realists’ call these statements romantic and utopian. And they should, for the rationality of these statements is of a kind quite unfamiliar to them. [https://archive.ph/5miDC<nowiki>]</nowiki>

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About Gustavo Gutiérrez

Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino (8 June 1928 – 22 October 2024) was a Peruvian theologian and Dominican priest regarded as the founder of Liberation theology. He was professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and a visiting professor at many major universities in North America and Europe.

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Native Name: Gustavo Gutiérrez-Merino Díaz
Alternative Names: Gustavo Gutierrez
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The world today is experiencing a profound and rapid socio-cultural transformation. But the changes do not occur at a uniform pace, and the discrepancies in the change process have differentiated the various countries and regions of our planet.

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The liberation of our continent means more than overcoming economic, social, and political dependence. It means, in a deeper sense, to see the becoming of mankind as a process of the emancipation of man in history. It is to see man in search of a qualitatively different society in which he will be free from all servitude, in which he will be the artisan of his own destiny.

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