Decolonizing the Social Sciences and the Humanities: An Anti-Elitism Manifesto

ISBN-13: 9781032146034 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 160 str.

Bernd Reiter

Opis

In Decolonizing the Social Sciences and the Humanities Bernd Reiter contributes to the ongoing efforts to decolonize the social sciences and humanities, by arguing that true decolonization implies a liberation from the elite culture that Western civilization has perpetually promoted.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Decolonizing Epistemology: Fuzzy Logic  2. Decolonizing Citizenship: Candomblé Nationhood  3. Decolonizing Republicanism: Maroon Republics  4. First People of the Americas: Lessons on Democracy, Citizenship, and Politics  5. The African Origins of Democracy  6. Decolonizing Representation: Possession  7. Decolonizing Markets, Development, and Economics  8. Anti-Elitism  Final Thoughts

O autorze

Bernd Reiter is Professor of Classical and Modern Languages and Literature at Texas Tech University, and the editor of Routledge’s Decolonizing the Classics book series. Prior to joining academia, he worked as a social worker and NGO consultant in Brazil and in Colombia. He earned his Ph.D. in comparative politics from the City University of New York’s Graduate Center and has been a visiting scholar in Germany, Brazil, Colombia, and Spain. He is recipient of the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Public Policy, Brazil 2021-2022 award. Reiter’s work focuses on race, democracy, citizenship, and decolonization. His publications include The Dialectics of Citizenship (2013), Bridging Scholarship and Activism (2014), The Crisis of Liberal Democracy and the Path Ahead (2017), and Constructing the Pluriverse (2018).