Geopolitics and Decolonization: Perspectives from the Global South (Global Critical Caribbean Thought) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786610884 ISBN 13: 9781786610881

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2019

Synopsis

Gathering researchers from or towards Global South epistemologies, this book enriches the debate on crucial questions for liberation in the South and the improvement of South relations. It argues that coloniality and colonialism are not outdated phenomena of the historical past, but contemporary marks that remain repressed. The dominance of Eurocentric paradigm in the social sciences explains the long-lasting detachment between thinkers and politicians from the Global South, which have been historically presented according to their respective relations with the West (Europe and North America). The dialogue on common problems and challenges to people and societies in the South, largely derived from their colonial past and condition, is still sparing. This book actively promotes and demonstrates the value of intercultural dialogue and debate amongst voices from within the Global South on issues to do with decoloniality, cultural rights, law and politics.

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About the Authors

Fernanda Frizzo Bragato is Professor of Human Rights and Coordinator of the Law Graduate Program at Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil.

Lewis R. Gordon is Professor of Philosophy and Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut, visiting Professor at the University of the West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, Nelson Mandela, visiting Professor at Rhodes University, South Africa, European Union Visiting Chair in Philosophy at Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, France, and Writer-in-Residence at Birkbeck School of Law. His most recent book is What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought (2015).

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786610884
• ISBN 13: 9781786610881
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262
• Editor: Bragato Fernanda Frizzo