The The Critique of Coloniality: Eight Essays

La crítica de la colonialidad en ocho ensayos by Rita Segato provides an anthropological and critical perspective on the coloniality of power as theorized by Aníbal Quijano. The book explores urgent issues of gender, sexuality, race, and racism, and indigenous forms of life, and offers a decolonial perspective to reimagine anthropology as responsive to communities previously regarded as objects of ethnographic thought. It makes important contributions to our understanding of colonial and decolonial processes and is relevant to students and scholars in anthropology, Latin American studies, political theory, feminist and gender studies, indigenous studies, and anticolonial, post-colonial, and decolonial thought.

Format: Hardback
Length: 230 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive translation of Rita Segato's seminal book, La crítica de la colonialidad en ocho ensayos, provides an anthropological and critical exploration of the concept of power coloniality as theorized by Peruvian thinker Aníbal Quijano. Segato begins by providing a comprehensive overview of Quijano's conceptual framework, highlighting its power and richness and its relevance to a wide range of fields.

The following seven chapters present scenarios in which persistent colonial structures or forms of subjectivity can be identified. These essays address critical issues such as gender, sexuality, race, and racism, as well as indigenous forms of life. Through a decolonial lens, they seek to critically analyze coloniality and reimagine anthropology as responsive anthropology, a practice that is both accountable and useful to the communities previously regarded as the objects of ethnographic thought.

The Critique of the Coloniality makes significant and original contributions to our understanding of colonial and decolonial processes, drawing on the author's experiences in feminist and antiracist movements and struggles for indigenous and human rights. This book will appeal to students and scholars engaged in anthropology, Latin American studies, political theory, feminist and gender studies, indigenous studies, and anticolonial, post-colonial, and decolonial thought.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367759834