This article traces the genealogy of the idea of sustainable development in Latin America. It links perspectives from historical political ecology and the history of ideas to trace authors, conferences and major works that produced and disseminated socio-ecological knowledge relating to sustainable development in the region. Challenging the pretensions of ‘universality’ of this concept, the article presents the formulations of alternative development created by Latin American theorists that were influenced by the socio-political and socio-economic ideas prevalent in the region prior to the Brundtland report, and which established strong ties to issues of justice and rights. The North-South flow of ideas is palpable, however, there was also a South-North flow that enriched and challenged ideas such as the limits to growth through the Latin American World Model and the concept of ‘ecodevelopment’. This allowed for a Latin American construction of sustainable development that was different from other regions, and which eventually led to new formulations such as post-development, buen vivir and neo-extractivism. The article concludes that there were key moments, themes and contexts that led to a particular emphasis on socio-ecological justice that contrasts with ecological modernisation and environmental responsibility conceptual formulations that emerged more strongly in other regions.

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一个想法的历史地理学：拉丁美洲的可持续发展，1972-2022 年


本文追溯了拉丁美洲可持续发展理念的谱系。它将历史政治生态学和思想史的观点联系起来，以追溯产生和传播与该地区可持续发展相关的社会生态知识的作者、会议和主要作品。本文挑战了这一概念的“普遍性”，介绍了拉丁美洲理论家提出的替代性发展公式，这些理论受到布伦特兰报告之前该地区流行的社会政治和社会经济思想的影响，并与正义和权利问题建立了牢固的联系。南北思想的流动是显而易见的，然而，南北流动丰富并挑战了诸如通过拉丁美洲世界模式和“生态发展”概念实现的增长极限等思想。这使得拉丁美洲的可持续发展构建与其他地区不同，并最终导致了新的表述，如后发展、buen vivir 和新采掘主义。文章得出的结论是，有一些关键时刻、主题和背景导致特别强调社会生态正义，这与其他地区更强烈的生态现代化和环境责任概念形成鲜明对比。