Constructing the Pluriverse: The Geopolitics of Knowledge

The contributors to this volume explore how non-Western, pluriversal approaches to core questions in the social sciences and humanities can help to dramatically rethink the relationship between knowledge and power.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 14 September 2018
Publisher: Duke University Press

The contributors to Constructing the Pluriverse challenge the dominance of the postcolonial Western tradition and its claims to universality by presenting a collection of "pluriversal" approaches to understanding the coexisting epistemologies and practices of diverse worlds and problems.

Beyond critiques of colonialism, the contributors reexamine the relationship between knowledge and power, offering fresh perspectives on development, democracy, and ideology. They provide a diverse range of methodologies for non-Western thought and practice, spanning from feminist approaches to scientific research to ways of knowing expressed through West African oral traditions.

In combination, these comprehensive approaches and understandings form a powerful analytical toolbox for those seeking innovative solutions to dismantle Westernization across the globe.

Zaid Ahmad, Manuela Boatcă, Hans-Jürgen Burchardt, Raewyn Connell, Arturo Escobar, Sandra Harding, Ehsan Kashfi, Venu Mehta, Walter D. Mignolo, Ulrich Oslender, Issiaka Ouattara, Bernd Reiter, Manu Samnotra, Catherine E. Walsh, Aram Ziai are among the contributors to Constructing the Pluriverse.

Weight: 518g
Dimension: 152 x 228 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781478000167