DOI: https://doi.org/10.25058/20112742.n35.01
Ramon Grosfoguel
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9051-1573
University of California, Berkeley, USA
grosfogu@berkeley.edu
Abstract:
This essay is an introduction to the implicit theoretical positions presupposed when we say “decolonial Afro-Caribbean thought.” It discusses the spacIal, theoretical and epistemological presuppositions that defines de field of study in this special issue. The Caribbean is redefined as the Greater Caribbean, not as a Geography, but as a socio-historical-cultural experience coming from the plantations of racial capitalism. In addition, it discusses the Decolonial Manifesto of Aimé Césaire as a foundationl text of Afro-Caribbean Decolonial Thought.
Keywords: Afro-Caribbean decolonisl thought, Caribbean, Aimé Césaire, epistemic extractivism, Greater Caribbean, modern civilization, racial capitalism.
