European colonization played a major role in the acquisition,
formation, and destruction of different ways of knowing. Recently,
many scholars and activists have come to ask: Are there ways in which
knowledge might be decolonized? Epistemic Decolonization examines a
variety of such projects from a critical and philosophical
perspective. The book introduces the unfamiliar reader to the wide
variety of approaches to the topic at hand, providing concrete
examples along the way. It argues that the predominant contemporary
approach to epistemic decolonization leads one into various
intractable theoretical and practical problems. The book then closely
investigates the political and scientific work of Frantz Fanon and
Amílcar Cabral, demonstrating how their philosophical commitments can
help lead one out of the practical and theoretical issues faced by the
current, predominant orientation, and concludes by forging links
between their work and that of some contemporary
feministepistemologists.
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A Critical Investigation into the Anticolonial Politics of Knowledge
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783030499624
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Springer Nature
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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