Politics of Decolonial Investigations

Walter D. Mignolo's book "The Politics of Decolonial Investigations" explores how coloniality has shaped the world from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first century. He argues that Western civilization and Eurocentric thought have erased non-European languages and practices, and that coloniality has led to the emergence of decolonial politics. The book emphasizes the importance of epistemic reconstitution to liberate ourselves from canonized knowledge and ways of knowing.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 736 pages
\n Publication date: 27 August 2021
\n Publisher: Duke University Press
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Walter D. Mignolo's groundbreaking work, "The Politics of Decolonial Investigations," delves into the intricate workings of coloniality across centuries, examining its diverse manifestations from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century. Through the lens of decolonial border thinking, Mignolo unveils how Western civilization's self-serving narratives and Eurocentric hegemony have eradicated non-European languages, living practices, and ways of knowing. He also traces the geopolitical roots of racialized and gendered classifications, modernity, globalization, and cosmopolitanism, all of which are interconnected within the framework of coloniality. By drawing on the insights of theorists and decolonial practitioners from the Global South and the Global East, Mignolo demonstrates how coloniality has sparked the emergence of decolonial politics, which involves disengaging from Western knowledge and subjectivities. He emphasizes the urgent need for epistemic reconstitution, reclaiming categories of thought and praxes that have been marginalized in the process of constructing Western civilization and modernity. Mignolo underscores that the dismantling of the West's long-standing hegemony and its distorted legacies is underway in various aspects of human existence. He highlights the relevance of decolonial investigations both within and outside academia, as a means to liberate ourselves from canonized knowledge, ways of knowing, and practices of living.

\n Weight: 1058g\n
Dimension: 153 x 230 x 46 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781478001492\n \n