Fundamental Concepts, Promises and Limitations of the South American Decolonial Thought
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https://doi.org/10.16947/fsmia.957084Keywords:
Decoloniality, Coloniality, Decolonization, Aníbal Quijano, Enrique Dussel, Walter D. MignoloAbstract
The article aims to introduce the decolonial thought developed in 1990s by a group of South American thinkers to Turkish readership in light of its representatives and basic concepts while producing an original criticism. They posit that albeit colonialism formally ended, former colonies still experience coloniality in subcategories of power, knowledge and being. To surpass this impasse, history since 1492 must be properly comprehended, European thought critiqued and knowledge production liberated. Led by Quijano, Dussel and Mignolo, decolonialists promise an alternative perspective, a comprehension of various dimensions of dominance, and change. However, their particular focus on South America, not providing a concrete alternative to the current matrix, and addressing this matrix only at an abstract level are some criticizable points.
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2021-06-30
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Fundamental Concepts, Promises and Limitations of the South American Decolonial Thought. (2021). FSM Scholarly Studies Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 17, 279-306. https://doi.org/10.16947/fsmia.957084
