Local histories/global designs : coloniality, subaltern knowledges, and border thinking /
This book is an extended argument on the "coloniality" of power by one of the most innovative scholars of Latin American studies. In a shrinking world where sharp dichotomies, such as East/West and developing/developed, blur and shift, Walter Mignolo points to the inadequacy of current pra...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2000]
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| Series: | Princeton studies in culture/power/history.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book is an extended argument on the "coloniality" of power by one of the most innovative scholars of Latin American studies. In a shrinking world where sharp dichotomies, such as East/West and developing/developed, blur and shift, Walter Mignolo points to the inadequacy of current practice in the social sciences and area studies. He introduces the crucial notion of "colonial difference" into study of the modern colonial world. He also traces the emergence of new forms of knowledge, which he calls "border thinking." |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 371 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400842834 (electronic bk.) 1400842832 (electronic bk.) |