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Epistemologies of the South

Author : Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317260332

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This book explores the concept of 'cognitive injustice': the failure to recognise the different ways of knowing by which people across the globe run their lives and provide meaning to their existence. Boaventura de Sousa Santos shows why global social justice is not possible without global cognitive justice. Santos argues that Western domination has profoundly marginalised knowledge and wisdom that had been in existence in the global South. She contends that today it is imperative to recover and valorize the epistemological diversity of the world. Epistemologies of the South outlines a new kind of bottom-up cosmopolitanism, in which conviviality, solidarity and life triumph against the logic of market-ridden greed and individualism.

Epistemologies of the South

Author : Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317260349

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Epistemologies of the South by Boaventura de Sousa Santos Pdf

This book explores the concept of 'cognitive injustice': the failure to recognise the different ways of knowing by which people across the globe run their lives and provide meaning to their existence. Boaventura de Sousa Santos shows why global social justice is not possible without global cognitive justice. Santos argues that Western domination has profoundly marginalised knowledge and wisdom that had been in existence in the global South. She contends that today it is imperative to recover and valorize the epistemological diversity of the world. Epistemologies of the South outlines a new kind of bottom-up cosmopolitanism, in which conviviality, solidarity and life triumph against the logic of market-ridden greed and individualism.

Knowledges Born in the Struggle

Author : Boaventura de Sousa Santos,Maria Paula Meneses
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000704938

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Knowledges Born in the Struggle by Boaventura de Sousa Santos,Maria Paula Meneses Pdf

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 idea that another world is possible and urgently needed; they emerge both in the geographical north and in the geographical south whenever collectives of people fight against modern domination. Learning from and with the epistemic South suggests that the alternative to a general theory is the promotion of an ecology of knowledges based on intercultural and interpolitical translation.

The End of the Cognitive Empire

Author : Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478002000

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The End of the Cognitive Empire by Boaventura de Sousa Santos Pdf

In The End of the Cognitive Empire 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. As a collection of knowledges born of and anchored in the experiences of marginalized peoples who actively resist capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy, epistemologies of the South represent those forms of knowledge that are generally discredited, erased, and ignored by dominant cultures of the global North. Noting the declining efficacy of established social and political solutions to combat inequality and discrimination, Santos suggests that global justice can only come about through an epistemological shift that guarantees cognitive justice. Such a shift would create new, alternative strategies for political mobilization and activism and give oppressed social groups the means through which to represent the world as their own and in their own terms.

Another Knowledge Is Possible

Author : Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789604030

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Another Knowledge Is Possible by Boaventura de Sousa Santos Pdf

This is the third volume of the series Reinventing Social Emancipation: Towards New Manifestoes. Another Knowledge Is Possible explores the struggles against moral and cultural imperialism and neoliberal globalization that have taken place over the past few decades, and the alternatives that have emerged in countries throughout the developing world from Brazil and Colombia, to India, South Africa and Mozambique. In particular it looks at the issue of biodiversity, the confrontation between scientific and non-scientific knowledges, and the increasing difficulty experienced by great numbers of people in accessing information and scientific-technological knowledge.

Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South

Author : Anders Breidlid
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136224751

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Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South by Anders Breidlid Pdf

The book's focus is the hegemonic role of so-called modernist, Western epistemology that spread in the wake of colonialism and the capitalist economic system, and its exclusion and othering of other epistemologies. Through a series of case studies the book discusses how the domination of Western epistemology has had a major impact on the epistemological foundation of the education systems across the globe. The book queries the sustainability of hegemonic epistemology both in the classrooms in the global South as well as in the face of the imminent ecological challenges of our common earth, and discusses whether indigenous knowledge systems would better serve the pupils in the global South and help promote sustainable development.

Cosmopolitan Asia

Author : Sharmani Patricia Gabriel,Fernando Rosa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317372158

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Cosmopolitan Asia by Sharmani Patricia Gabriel,Fernando Rosa Pdf

One key concept in the large body of scholarship concerned with theorizing social relations is the idea of 'cosmopolitanism'. This book unpacks the idea of cosmopolitanism through the linked knowledges of the Global South. It brings into dialogue an inter-disciplinary team of local and transnational scholars who examine various temporal, cultural, spatial and political contexts in countries as different, yet connected, as Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Bangladesh, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The book also considers a wide range of subjects – present and historical, real, as represented in literature and in theatre, and as theorized in philosophy – across these diverse contexts, but always focusing on regions and places where inter-Asian intermingling has taken place. The conclusions arrived at are varied and considerably enrich social theorizing. The book reveals a cosmopolitanism that is much more specifically Asian than the cosmopolitanism usually associated with the West, demonstrates how concepts of 'nation', 'local' and 'globalization' play out in practice in Asian settings, and re-examines concepts such as migration, diaspora, and the construction of identities. The book has much to offer scholars engaged in history, literary studies, anthropology and cultural studies.

Global Epistemologies and Philosophies of Science

Author : David Ludwig,Inkeri Koskinen,Zinhle Mncube,Luana Poliseli,Luis Reyes-Galindo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000413816

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Global Epistemologies and Philosophies of Science by David Ludwig,Inkeri Koskinen,Zinhle Mncube,Luana Poliseli,Luis Reyes-Galindo Pdf

In bringing together a global community of philosophers, Global Epistemologies and Philosophies of Science develops novel perspectives on epistemology and philosophy of science by demonstrating how frameworks from academic philosophy (e.g. standpoint theory, social epistemology, feminist philosophy of science) and related fields (e.g. decolonial studies, transdisciplinarity, global history of science) can contribute to critical engagement with global dimensions of knowledge and science. Global challenges such as climate change, food production, and infectious diseases raise complex questions about scientific knowledge production and its interactions with local knowledge systems and social realities. As academic philosophy provides relatively little reflection on global negotiations of knowledge, many pressing scientific and societal issues remain disconnected from core debates in epistemology and philosophy of science. This book is an invitation to broaden agendas of academic philosophy by presenting epistemology and philosophy of science as globally engaged fields that address heterogeneous forms of knowledge production and their interactions with local livelihoods, practices, and worldviews. This integrative ambition makes the book equally relevant for philosophers and interdisciplinary scholars who are concerned with methodological and political challenges at the intersection of science and society.

The Rise of the Global Left

Author : Boaventura De Sousa Santos
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848137745

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The Rise of the Global Left by Boaventura De Sousa Santos Pdf

Leading sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos makes an impassioned case for the politicisation of the World Social Forum, arguing that its full potential as a force for social, economic and political change can be achieved only by taking a stand against neo-liberal globalization, war, famine and corruption. However, since its inception in Porto Alegre in 2001, the World Social Forum has refused to adopt political positions on world events, preferring instead to provide a platform that facilitates cooperation between diverse social movements. Through a detailed analysis of the WSF's history and organization, he demonstrates that it has always been an inherently political organization, and argues that if the WSF is able to realise its potential as an institution for a new form of politics, it will become a global power to be reckoned with in the 21st century.

The Pluriverse of Human Rights

Author : Boaventura de Sousa Santos,Bruno Sena Martins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Dignity
ISBN : 1032012226

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The Pluriverse of Human Rights by Boaventura de Sousa Santos,Bruno Sena Martins Pdf

"The impasse affecting human rights as a language used to express struggles for dignity reflects the epistemological and political exhaustion which blights the global North. Inspired by struggles from all corners of the world, this book offers a highly conditional response to the prevailing notion of human rights today"--

Decolonising the University

Author : BOAVENTURA DE SOUSA. SANTOS
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1527563960

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Decolonising the University by BOAVENTURA DE SOUSA. SANTOS Pdf

At each particular historical moment, the university appears as a heavy and rigid structure resisting changes, whereas, throughout time, it has actually undergone profound transformation. Often such changes have been drastic and almost always provoked by factors external to the university, be they of a religious, political or economic nature. This book explores the nature and dynamics of the transformation that the university is undergoing today. It argues that some of the projects of reform currently under way are so radical that the question of the future of the university may well turn into the question of whether the university has a future. A specific feature of this inquiry is the realisation that questioning the future of the university involves questioning its past as well.

Another Production Is Possible

Author : Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789603156

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Another Production Is Possible by Boaventura de Sousa Santos Pdf

This is the second volume, after Democratizing Democracy, of the collection Reinventing Social Emancipation: Towards New Manifestoes.Here, the author examines alternative models to capitalist developmentthrough case studies of collective land management, cooperatives ofgarbage collectors and women's agricultural cooperatives. He alsoanalyzes the changing capital-labor conflict of the past two decadesand the way labor solidarity is reconstituting itself under new formsfrom Brazil to Mozambique and South Africa.

The Epistemology of Resistance

Author : José Medina
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199929023

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This book explores the epistemic side of racial and sexual oppression. It elucidates how social insensitivities and imposed silences prevent members of different groups from listening to each other.

Researching South-South Development Cooperation

Author : Emma Mawdsley,Elsje Fourie,Wiebe Nauta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429859823

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Researching South-South Development Cooperation by Emma Mawdsley,Elsje Fourie,Wiebe Nauta Pdf

Over the last two decades the expanding role of Southern countries as development partners has led to tectonic shifts in global development ideas, practices, norms and actors. Researchers are faced with new questions around identity, power and positionality in global development. Researching South-South Development Cooperation examines this rapidly growing and complex phenomenon, asking to what extent existing assumptions, conceptual frameworks and definitions of 'development' need to be reframed in the context of researching this new landscape. This interdisciplinary book draws on voices from across the Global South and North to explore the epistemological and related methodological challenges and opportunities associated with researching South-South development cooperation, asking what these trends mean for the politics of knowledge production. Chapters are interspersed with shorter vignettes, which aim to share examples from first-hand participation in and observation of South-South development cooperation initiatives. This book will be of interest to anyone conducting research on development in the Global South, whether they are a practitioner or policy maker, or a student or researcher in politics, international development, area studies, or international relations.

Re-mapping World Literature

Author : Gesine Müller,Jorge J. Locane,Benjamin Loy
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110598292

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Re-mapping World Literature by Gesine Müller,Jorge J. Locane,Benjamin Loy Pdf

How can we talk about World Literature if we do not actually examine the world as a whole? Research on World Literature commonly focuses on the dynamics of a western center and a southern periphery, ignoring the fact that numerous literary relationships exist beyond these established constellations of thinking and reading within the Global South. Re-Mapping World Literature suggests a different approach that aims to investigate new navigational tools that extend beyond the known poles and meridians of current literary maps. Using the example of Latin American literatures, this study provides innovative insights into the literary modeling of shared historical experiences, epistemological crosscurrents, and book market processes within the Global South which thus far have received scant attention. The contributions to this volume, from renowned scholars in the fields of World and Latin American literatures, assess travelling aesthetics and genres, processes of translation and circulation of literary works, as well as the complex epistemological entanglements and shared worldviews between Latin America, Africa and Asia. A timely book that embraces highly innovative perspectives, it will be a must-read for all scholars involved in the field of the global dimensions of literature.