Format:
1 Online-Ressource (176 pages)
ISBN:
9781003240105
,
1003240100
,
9781000518740
,
1000518744
,
9781000518702
,
1000518701
Content:
Introduction1. Decolonizing Epistemology: Fuzzy Logic2. Decolonizing Citizenship: Candomblé Nationhood3. Decolonizing Republicanism: Maroon Republics4. First People of the Americas: Lessons on Democracy, Citizenship, and Politics5. The African Origins of Democracy6. Decolonizing Representation: Possession7. Decolonizing Markets, Development, and Economics8. Anti-ElitismFinal Thoughts
Content:
In Decolonizing the Social Sciences and the Humanities Bernd Reiter contributes to the ongoing efforts to decolonize the social sciences and humanities, by arguing that true decolonization implies a liberation from the elite culture that Western civilization has perpetually promoted. Reiter brings together lessons learned from field research on a Colombian indigenous society, a maroon society, also in Colombia, from Afro-Brazilian religion, from Spanish Anarchism, and from German Council democracy, and from analyzing non-Western ontologies and epistemologies in general. He claims that once these lessons are absorbed, it becomes clear that Western civilization has advanced individualization and elitism. The chapters present the case that human beings are able to rule themselves, and have done so for some 300,000 years, before the Neolithic Revolution. Self-rule and rule by councils is our default option once we rid ourselves of leaders and rulers. Reiter concludes by considering the massive manipulations and the heinous divisions that political elitism, dressed in the form of representative democracy, has brought us, and implores us to seek true freedom and democracy by liberating ourselves from political elites and taking on political responsibilities. Decolonizing the Social Sciences and the Humanities is written for students, scholars, and social justice activists across cultural anthropology, sociology, geography, Latin American Studies, Africana Studies, and political science
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032146027
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032146034
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032146036
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032146028
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781000518740
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032146036
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032146034
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1032146028
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032146027
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1032146036
Language:
English
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