Carnalidad como principio político

This text proposes carnalidad as a new political principle, a possibility between solidarity and fraternity. While solidarity promotes support for those who are different, and fraternity is based on equality among members of the same group, carnalidad is understood as recognizing similarities among different people. These affinities are established across various dimensions that shape our social interactions: class, gender, group affiliation, preferences, values, existential conditions, among others. Carnalidad provides guides for more horizontal and realistic cooperation in contexts of inequality and injustice. The text draws on Mexican colloquial language and Latin American philosophy to offer a political conceptualization “from below”, anchored in contemporary urban popular experience. Finally, it argues that philosophical dialogue, as an educational practice, can foster dispositions of carnalidad, promoting an empathic and pluralistic form of citizenship.