María Antonia Muñoz
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina
Abstract:
Despite internal differences, the decolonial turn draws on diagnosing the consequences of a historical articulation between capitalism, modernity, and coloniality as a matrix of global domination. This overarching analysis is followed by a discussion on decolonial subjects and their political strategies. This article engages with these perspectives to put them in tension. Despite the diversity within the field, two positions are described for argumentative purposes: the colonial difference and transmodernity. Lugones’ work is primarily referenced to systematize the first, while Castro-Gómez’ proposals, mediated by Dussel and Grosfoguel, are retrieved to support the second. The third option, associated with the return of identities, will be dealt with throughout the article but as an object of critique and dialogue. We have found that while some positions consider the possibility of eliminating modernity in conjunction with capitalism, coloniality, and patriarchy globally at in a future time, others propose starting from current struggles as antagonistic to that articulation.
Keywords: decolonial theory, political strategies, subjects.
