Santiago Castro-Gómez
scastro@javeriana.edu.co
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana/ Instituto Pensar (Colombia)
Abstract:
Contrary to most of the statements associated with postcolonial studies and to some versions of the modernity/coloniality perspective, this article argues for the relevance of a hierarchic theory of power, inspired by Foucault’s lesser commonly read Lessons in the College of France, to understand the articulations along different planes of the modern/colonial world system.
Keywords: postcolonial studies, hierarchic theory, coloniality, world system, Foucault.
