Plurinationality: a history on the left bank

Abstract

This article presents a synthesis of the historical development of Plurinationality in political thought and relates this issue and its legal effects on the struggles and claims of the indigenous movement over the last few decades in Ecuador. Thus, at first, we try to rescue the origins of the development of this theme and, therefore, evaluate the contributions produced by critical thinking, especially some currents of Latin American Marxism for this perspective. Finally, it presents the understanding adopted by the indigenous movement itself in the interviews carried out with its leaders, in the documents produced by its organizations and in the elaborations engendered by the Kichwa intellectuals who have been developing the idea of Plurinationality desde abajo.