Historia al revesHistory backwards

A veces pienso que nos deberian haber ensenado la historia de las cosas al reves. Eso incluye historia universal, historia del arte, de la musica, de la arquitectura, de la literatura...Por que no estudiar filosofia principiando por las corrientes de pensamiento actuales: Escabar profundamente en la teoria de como pensamos hoy, y porque pensamos asi, y luego empezar a ver de donde chingados viene nuestra forma de pensar, y luego de tener un marco de teoria que nos conecte con el pasado inmediato, escarbar esas otras corrientes, de donde vienen esas otras formas de pensar, y mientras avanzamos a la universidad, quizas, si es relevante, estudiar filosofia clasica griega. Lo mismo para todas las cosas que tenemos que estudiar. En vez de llegar a la universidad aburridos de oir teorias antiguas, sin ganas ya de aprender sobre las nuevas teorias que son mas relevantes para nuestros dias.

Estos dias estoy leyendo "The Art Firm", de Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, que examina corrientes filosoficas que son relevantes para la gerencia de las artes. Al leerlo, reconozco que la forma de pensar europea (en general) no considera ni siquiera remotamente el pensamiento de una sociedad que tiene que vivir dia a dia con extrema pobreza, injusticia y desigualdad. Me encantaria poder empezar desde ahi, y recorrer en forma regresiva las corrientes filosoficas nos han hecho ser como somos y pensar como pensamos hoy. Ciertamente no son los mismos caminos que en Europa...simplemente no hay espacio para comparar...
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Sometimes I think that we should have been taught the history of things backwards. That includes world history, art, music, architecture, literature history...Why not study the current philosophical trends? dig in in depth into the way we do think today, why do we think this way. After we have a broad understanding of that, we could start to study where the fuck did this way of thinking came from, and after we have a theoretical frame that connects us to the immediate past, dig into those other philosophical trends. As we advance in our education, perhaps, if it is relevant, we would end up studying the classical greek philosophers. This instead of arriving to college already bored of being forced to study ancient thought to which we have no relation whatsoever, and with no interest of learning current philosophical trends.

These days I've been reading "The Art Firm" by Pierre Guillet de Monthoux, which examines the philosophical trends that are relevant to arts management. As I read it, I realize that European thought (in general) does not consider even remotely the philosophical thought of societies and cultures dealing on a daily basis with extreme poverty, injustice and inequity. I would like to start from there, and go through the philosophical trends that make us be the way we are and think today. Certainly they are not the same paths...There is no room for comparison.