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A rtigo Heterodox Autonomy Doctrine: realism and purposes, and its relevance1 Doutrina da Autonomia Heterodoxa: realismo e objetivos, e sua relevância RA úl BeRnAl-MezA* Rev. Bras. Polít. Int. 56 (2): 45-62 [2013] Even though making a comparative analysis with other authors’ conceptua­ lization of autonomy is not the main goal of this text, there are references to Escudé (Peripheral realism, 1992; 1995), Russell and Tokatlian (Relational Autonomy, 2002), and Vigevani and Cepaluni (Autonomy through diversification , 2007). Escudé uses the concept of autonomy to support his theoretical proposal, whereas Russell and Tokatlián, and Vigebano and Cepaluni follow the traditional conception of autonomy that started with Jaguaribe and continued with Puig. The methodological proposal to analyze the relevance of Puig’s doctrine is to compare it to the different visions of regionalism that are now in force in Latin America. Autonomy and integration: past and present Surely many of you wonder what is the point of thinking about autonomy and integration in this global world. We must begin by clarifying our point of view around this—allegedly—global world. There is a clear confrontation between the analysis over globalization and its reality, distinguishing between the process (in global capitalism the current era of mundialization) and the ideology that is part of this era. It implies a vision of the world that did not exist in previous stages of historical capitalism. Our world is that of capitalist world order. Why should one think over these issues? In the first place, because the bonds of domination­dependency have been modified in their ethos—their 1 This paper results from research developed at the Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Te