Rights of Nature#.22Buen Vivir.22

Sumak Kawsay ( Kichwa, regionally and in old spelling also sumac causai or Sumaj causai ) or Sumaq Kawsay ( Southern Quechua ), Alli Kawsay ( Kichwa, even alli causai, ali ali causai or causaigu ) and Allin Kawsay ( Southern Quechua ), suma qamaña ( Aymara ), buen vivir bien vivir or (Spanish ) or bem viver (Portuguese ) ( " good life " or " living well " about the meaning of " auskömmliches together" ) is a central principle in the worldview of the indigenous peoples of the Andean region.

Conceptual delimitation

Sumak Kawsay aims shown in simplified form in material, social and spiritual satisfaction for all members of the community, but not at the expense of other members and not at the expense of natural resources, and can be used as "living together in diversity and harmony with nature " is understood as stated in the preamble of the Ecuadorian Constitution.

Under sumac Kawsay and Alli Kawsay ( ku ) is understood at the individual level, a person "good life".

Sumak Kawsay has points of contact with the Western model of sustainable development, but knows no linear concept of development as a developing country is about going to express. This, as well as in his understanding of nature differs sumak Kawsay also fundamentally different from socialist or communist ideals. Some indigenous representatives are of the view that sumak Kawsay can not be understood by people in modern societies.

Buen vivir as a national objective

Together with the Pachamama thought was enshrined as a national objective in the Constitution of Ecuador and thereby internationally known sumak Kawsay 2008 at a central location (Preamble and Article 3). As the initiator of the President of the Constituent Assembly, Alberto Acosta applies. 2009 took the concept as suma qamaña also in the Constitution of Bolivia (Part 1, Title I, Chapter II, Article 8). A similar path is internationally only Bhutan with its focus on gross national happiness. While this is where state policy, buen vivir in particular competes in the Constitution of Bolivia ( and in the Bolivian and Ecuadorian politics of the day anyway ) with opposing principles, aiming, for example, on a reinforced exploitation of national resource base.

International reception

Among other statements, the World Social Forum in Belém, adopted in 2009 (Brazil ) a call to "Good Life" with the motto " We never want to be better, we want to live well ." At the World Social Forum 2010 in Porto Alegre was buen vivir a broader international discussion as an alternative target instead of economic growth for the first time and has set in opposition to capitalism and real socialism. Critics of globalization in Europe will discuss the question of whether elements of buen vivir also for developed countries may be relevant or whether the danger of " romanticizing indigenous way of life " is.

Practice

One way to " live well " beyond the state or market collectively, the " symmetrical reciprocity " of the Ayni:

" The observance of the rules of symmetrical reciprocity [ the ] Ayni and their integration with the new constitution of the commons ' could provide synergistic effects. "

Use of the term by Christian churches

In terms of a godly life and inner peace sumac is Kawsay or Alli Kawsay also used by Christian churches. Thus Hebrew שלום ( Shalom ) - German peace - in the Old Testament in a Kichwa Bible translation for Chimborazo consistently translated Sumaj causai and in another for Imbabura with ( casilla ) ali causaigu while the resurrected Jesus in the Gospel of John 's disciples with ¡ Sumaj causai cancunahuan cachun! or Quiquingunapaca, casilla ali causaigu tiachun, " Peace be with you ", Εἰρήνη ὑμῖν (Jn 20,19 EU) welcomed, as in a translation of the New Testament for Cuzco from 1947: Allinkausay qankunawan kachun. Also in the Quechua-speaking Catholic Mass in Cuzco is the Dona nobis pacem Agnus Dei for ( Give Us Peace ): Allin kausayta qowayku.