La constitución temporal de América en el siglo XVI El pasado del futuro

The notion of the 'New World', associated with the fourth continent (America), is not spatial, but temporal. This means that, without designating a specific part of the world, the New World refers to a world to come and, consequently, to a process of fundamental transformation affecting and reconfiguring all parts of the world. The proposal is that the concept of the world as a universal unity and experiential totality on Earth only emerged with America. This perspective suggests that the universal concept of the world is a consequence of America. However, the New World in question is not yet the world in which only a single humanity lives — that is, the world that emerges with America. Rather, the New World will emerge from this complete world.

Joachim Michael