decolonialization

Anti-Cartesian Meditations: About the Origin of the Philosophical Anti-Discourse of Modernity

Enrique Dussel dussamb@servidor.unam.mx  Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana – Iztapalapa, México Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Abstract: Descartes is considered the first modern philosopher. If modernity is interpreted in the way decolonial thought or liberation philosophy interpret it, we would have to redefine the 16th century and the philosophers of that century as the origin of modern […]

Decolonization and the Decolonial Turn

Nelson Maldonado-Torres nmt@berkeley.edu University of California, Berkeley, USA Abstract: This article outlines two issues related to the decolonialization of the being and of knowledge. The first topic deals with the current validity of decolonialization, and the second one with the idea of a decolonial turn. This second topic entails the discussion about the idea of […]

Returning the Ball to the Field: Dialogues with Walter Mignolo

Pablo Iglesias Turrión pi211@cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge, UK y Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España Jesús Espasandín López chusespasandin@yahoo.es Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España Iñigo Errejón Galván ierrejon@cps.ucm.es University of California, Los Angeles, USA y Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Espa Abstract: This article originated with discussions maintained with Walter D. Mignolo during the summer course titled […]