Boaventura (Hrsg.) de Sousa Santos

Knowledges Born in the Struggle

Constructing the Epistemologies of the Global South

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In a world overwhelmingly unjust and seemingly deprived of alternatives, this book claims that the alternatives can be found among us. These alternatives are, however, discredited or made invisible by the dominant ways of knowing. Rather than alternatives, therefore, we need an alternative way of thinking of alternatives. Such an alternative way of thinking lies in the knowledges born in the struggles against capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy, the three main forms of modern domination. In their immense diversity, such ways of knowing constitute the Global South as an epistemic subject. The epistemologies of the South are guided by the i… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Meneses, Maria Paula (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-00-070339-9
EAN: 9781000703399
Produktnummer: 31932039
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 298 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 4'761 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 10 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 9 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen

Über den Autor

Boaventura de Sousa Santos is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Distinguished Legal Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA). He has written extensively on globalization, sociology of law and the state, epistemology, and social movements. His most recent publication is The End of the Cognitive Empire: The Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the South (2018).Maria Paula Meneses, a Mozambican scholar, is currently principal researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra. At the heart of her research interests are the relations between knowledges, power, and societies. Her most recent book is Mozambique on the Move: Challenges and Reflections (with Sheila Khan and Bjorn Bertelsen 2018).