Resumen de Génesis y horizontes de estudio de la teoría de las capacidades
The Capabilities Approach has gained preponderance over the past years as a framework for the construction of the political, economical and philosophical life. The following text presents three important aspects of this approach: a) Define and stress the importance of the Capabilities Approach; b) Explain its genesis both historically as well as philosophically;
c) Exhibit the scope of options this approach provides to different kind of topics such as human rights, social justice and gender equity. This analysis allows us to redirect the Political Philosophy because it places human being as the center of discussions, in contrast to prevailing contractarian views that had molded most of the twentieth century thought. Nussbaum �influenced by Sen� offers a specific vision that has displaced the disappointment of postmodern deconstructionism toward a more optimistic position closer to the classical philosophy.
