de Sousa Santos The End of the Cognitive Empire

The Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the South
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4780-0200-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 392 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Sousa Santos, Boaventura

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Boaventura de Sousa Santos is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Coimbra (Portugal), Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the author and editor of dozens of books, which include If God Were a Human Rights Activist and Epistemologies of the South: Justice against Epistemicide.