The fight for humanization: some historical references

Abstract

The main thesis of this text is the possibility of “resurrection”. The possibility to bring life to the labor force, in its latent state, of those who fought before us in order to overcome the perverse modes of production of ancestral life – feudal, enslaving, capitalist – of which we use ourselves to continue, in our time, in the permanent struggle, responding to the challenges and contradictions of concrete reality. This text also evokes some, but not all, of those who are references in social struggles in science, arts and philosophy, composing a historical trail that allows us to recognize and use, today, this legacy of humanity that humanizes us.