Knowledges Born in the Struggle: Constructing the Epistemologies of the Global South

ISBN-13: 9780367362119 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 254 str.

Boaventura de Sousa Santos; Maria Paula Meneses

Opis

There is no global social justice without global cognitive justice. The Global South consists of a constellation of knowledges born in the social struggles against capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy. Herein lies the foundation for an alternative way of thinking of alternatives.

Spis treści

Introduction. PART I: Unveiling the Eurocentric Roots of Modern Knowledge. 1 Global Social Thought via the Haitian Revolution, Gurminder K. Bhambra. 2 Making the Nation Habitable, Shahid Amin. PART II: Other Territories, Other Epistemologies: Amplifying the Knowledges of the South. 3 Thinking-Feeling with the Earth: Territorial Struggles and the Ontological Dimension of the Epistemologies of the South, Arturo Escobar. 4 On Finding the Cinerarium for Uncremated Ubuntu: On the Street Wisdom of Philosophy, Mogobe Ramose. 5 Problematic People and Epistemic Decolonization: Toward the Postcolonial in Africana Political Thought, Lewis R. Gordon. 6 Chacha-warmi: Another Form of Gender Equality, from the Perspective of Aymara Culture, Yanett Medrano Valdez. PART III: The Arts and the Senses in the Epistemologies of the South. 7 Toward an Aesthetics of the Epistemologies of the South: Manifesto in Twenty-Two Theses, Boaventura de Sousa Santos. 8 What’s in a Name? Utopia—Sociology—Poetry, Maria Irene Ramalho. 9 Food as a Metaphor for Cultural Hierarchies, Gopal Guru. 10 Tastes, Aromas, and Knowledges: Challenges to a Dominant Epistemology, Maria Paula Meneses. PART IV: Decolonizing Knowledge: The Multiple Challenges. 11 The Recolonization of the Indian Mind, Peter Ronald deSouza. 12 Epistemic Extractivism: A Dialogue with Alberto Acosta, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, Ramón Grosfoguel. 13 Decolonizing the University, Boaventura de Sousa Santos. Conclusion.