 In a word, Zea considers philosophy an instrument of liberation. He strongly objected to a Eurocentric account of human nature, history, and reason—a critique that would evolve more fully decades later with postmodernism and post-colonialism. During most of the second half of the 20th century, Zea promoted “Latin American philosophy”, understood as an academic discipline that combines the interdisciplinary study of society, thought, and history in this region of the world.