"De Sousa Santos does a commendable job at providing a structured methodological guide for doing research pertaining to the epistemologies of the South and addresses pedagogical challenges anticipated with the advent of the proposed conceptual shift in the thinking of political change."

- Dieunedort Wandji, International Journal of Francophone Studies

<p>“<i>The End of the Cognitive Empire</i> is an outstanding book that takes forward Santos’s previous <i>Epistemologies of the South </i>by providing a more practical guide replete with real-world examples and experiences, many of them firsthand.”</p>

- Sam Halvorsen, Journal of Latin American Geography

“An extraordinary compilation of Sousa Santos’ theoretical and practical contributions, <i>The End of the Cognitive Empire</i>, is an addition to discussions about the epistemic foundations of social struggles across the globe. Divided into three parts, each is a profound reflection on how the knowledges questioning the North are articulated to advance an anti-capitalist, anti-patriarchal, and anti-colonial agenda…. [This book is] off interest to researchers and students in the social sciences, humanities, postcolonial studies, and empirical philosophers of science….”

- Leandro Rodriguez-Medina, Metascience

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.
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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.
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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
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“Boaventura de Sousa Santos is one of the most brilliant and original thinkers on theories of knowledge. This latest book offers us a further development of what he has been arguing for some time. He leaves the reader (at least, me) breathless in the range and relevance of the issues he discusses and actions he proposes. One does not have to agree with everything to be dazzled, and to rethink many things we assume. A must-read for whoever wants to change the world.”
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ISBN
9781478000006
Publisert
2018-09-05
Utgiver
Vendor
Duke University Press
Vekt
680 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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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.