Boaventura de Sousa Santos

The End of the Cognitive Empire: The Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the South

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Produktbeschreibung

Boaventura de Sousa Santos further develops his concept of the "epistemologies of the South," in which he outlines a theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical framework for challenging the dominance of Eurocentric thought while showing how an embrace of the forms of knowledge of marginalized groups can lead to global justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9781478000150
• ISBN-10: 1478000155
• Artikelnr.: 49342171

Autorenporträt

Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Inhaltsangabe

Preface  vii
Introduction: Why the Epistemologies of the South? Artisanal Paths for
Artisanal Futures  1
Part I. Postabyssal Epistemologies
1. Pathways toward the Epistemologies of the South  19
2. Preparing the Ground  37
3. Authorship, Writing, and Orality  53
4. What Is Struggle? What Is Experience?  63
5. Bodies, Knowledges, and Corazonar  87
Part II. Postabyssal Methodologies
6. Cognitive Decolonization: An Introduction  107
7. On Nonextractivist Methodologies  143
8. The Deep Experience of the Senses  165
9. Demonumentalizing Written and Archival Knowledge  185
Part III. Postabyssal Pedagogies
10. Gandhi, an Archivist of the Future  209
11. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Participatory Action Research, and
Epistemologies of the South  247
12. From University to Pluriversity to Subversity  269
Conclusion: Between Fear and Hope  293
Notes  303
References  337
Index  365