Intellectual Decolonisation - Critical Perspectives

This book puts contemporary calls for decolonisation in context. Featuring an interdisciplinary team of scholars from around the world, the book explores and critically assesses the diverse theoretical visions which inform calls for decolonisation of the mind today.

List of contents

1. Varieties of intellectual decolonisation: an introduction 2. From “dependency” to “decoloniality”? The enduring relevance of materialist political economy and the problems of a “decolonial” alternative 3. The problem of epistemological critique in contemporary Decolonial theory 4. Is being itself colonial? 5. “That other me, down and dreaming”: an animal perspective critique of decoloniality theory 6. Decolonising Sinology: on Sinology’s weaponisation of the discourse of race 7. Whither epistemic decolonisation? How to make experiences a source of moral justification 8. The decolonisation of the mind and history as an academic discipline 9. Decolonisation in Africa: love or litigation? Mandela as moral capital 10. Is decolonisation Africanisation? The politics of belonging in the truly African university 11. Intellectual decolonisation and the danger of epistemic closure: the need for a critical decolonial theory 12. My decoloniality is not your decoloniality: the new multiverse – an opinion piece 13. Decoloniality and right-wing nationalism in India: the case of J Sai Deepak

About the author

George Hull is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He writes on social and political philosophy, political ideologies, and intellectual history. He is the editor of Debating African Philosophy: Perspectives on Identity, Decolonial Ethics and Comparative Philosophy (2019).

Summary

This book puts contemporary calls for decolonisation in context. Featuring an interdisciplinary team of scholars from around the world, the book explores and critically assesses the diverse theoretical visions which inform calls for decolonisation of the mind today.

Product details

• Assisted by: George Hull (Editor), Hull George (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032853598
• ISBN: 978-1-03-285359-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: farbige Illustrationen, Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Development Studies, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity