On Decoloniality

Klappentext In On Decoloniality Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh explore the hidden forces of the colonial matrix of power, its origination, transformation, and current presence, while asking the crucial questions of decoloniality's how, what, why, with whom, and what for. Interweaving theory-praxis with local histories and perspectives of struggle, they illustrate the conceptual and analytic dynamism of decolonial ways of living and thinking, as well as the creative force of resistance and re-existence. This book speaks to the urgency of these times, encourages delinkings from the colonial matrix of power and its "universals" of Western modernity and global capitalism, and engages with arguments and struggles for dignity and life against death, destruction, and civilizational despair. Zusammenfassung Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh introduce the concept of decoloniality by providing a theoretical overview and discussing concrete examples of decolonial projects in action.

Auteur

Walter D. Mignolo is William H. Wannamaker Professor of Romance Studies in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Literature at Duke University and is the author and editor of several books, including The Darker Side of Western Modernity: Global Futures, Decolonial Options, also published by Duke University Press.

Catherine E. Walsh is Senior Professor in the Area of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar in Ecuador and the author and editor of numerous books, most recently, Pedagogías decoloniales: Prácticas insurgentes de resistir, (re)existir y (re)vivir, Tomo II.

Résumé
Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh introduce the concept of decoloniality by providing a theoretical overview and discussing concrete examples of decolonial projects in action.

Contenu

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
I. Decoloniality In/As Praxis / Catherine E. Walsh

1. The Decolonial For: Resurgences, Shifts, and Movements 15
2. Insurgency and Decolonial Prospect, Praxis, and Project 33
3. Interculturality and Decoloniality 57
4. On Decolonial Dangers, Decolonial Cracks, and Decolonial Pedagogies Rising 81
   Conclusion: Sowing and Growing Decoloniality in/as Praxis: Some Final Thoughts 99
   II. The Decolonial Option / Walter D. Mignolo
5. What Does It Mean to Decolonize? 105
6. The Conceptual Triad: Modernity/Coloniality/Decoloniality 135
7. The Invention of the Human and the Three Pillars of the Colonial Matrix of Power (Racism, Sexism, and Nature) 153
8. Colonial/Imperial Differences: Classifying and Inventing Global Orders of Lands, Seas, and Living Organisms 177
9. Eurocentrism and Coloniality: The Question of the Totality of Knowledge 194
10. Decoloniality Is an Option, Not a Mission 211
    Concluding Remarks: Colonial Wounds, Decolonial Healings, Re-existences, Resurgences 227
    After-Word(s) 245
    Bibliography 259
    Index 279