International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. Том 10. 2003. С. 203-220
The author seeks to clarify the genesis of the conceptual apparatus of Latin American identity discourse within the "ontological stage" boundaries-i.e. the formation period of national concepts of world and a man. The author argues that the best way to discuss this issue is to investigate the dependence of the identification apparatus of historical and cultural context that influences the definitions included in it.