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Book SynopsisBoaventura de Sousa Santos further develops his concept of the epistemologies of the South, in which he outlines a theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical framework for challenging the dominance of Eurocentric thought while showing how an embrace of the forms of knowledge of marginalized groups can lead to global justice.
Trade Review"De Sousa Santos does a commendable job at providing a structured methodological guide for doing research pertaining to the epistemologies of the South and addresses pedagogical challenges anticipated with the advent of the proposed conceptual shift in the thinking of political change." -- Dieunedort Wandji * International Journal of Francophone Studies *
“The End of the Cognitive Empire is an outstanding book that takes forward Santos’s previous Epistemologies of the South by providing a more practical guide replete with real-world examples and experiences, many of them firsthand.”
-- Sam Halvorsen * Journal of Latin American Geography *
“An extraordinary compilation of Sousa Santos’ theoretical and practical contributions,
The End of the Cognitive Empire, is an addition to discussions about the epistemic foundations of social struggles across the globe. Divided into three parts, each is a profound reflection on how the knowledges questioning the North are articulated to advance an anti-capitalist, anti-patriarchal, and anti-colonial agenda…. [This book is] off interest to researchers and students in the social sciences, humanities, postcolonial studies, and empirical philosophers of science….” -- Leandro Rodriguez-Medina * Metascience *
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Introduction: Why the Epistemologies of the South? Artisanal Paths for Artisanal Futures 1
Part I. Postabyssal Epistemologies
1. Pathways toward the Epistemologies of the South 19
2. Preparing the Ground 37
3. Authorship, Writing, and Orality 53
4. What Is Struggle? What Is Experience? 63
5. Bodies, Knowledges, and Corazonar 87
Part II. Postabyssal Methodologies
6. Cognitive Decolonization: An Introduction 107
7. On Nonextractivist Methodologies 143
8. The Deep Experience of the Senses 165
9. Demonumentalizing Written and Archival Knowledge 185
Part III. Postabyssal Pedagogies
10. Gandhi, an Archivist of the Future 209
11. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Participatory Action Research, and Epistemologies of the South 247
12. From University to Pluriversity to Subversity 269
Conclusion: Between Fear and Hope 293
Notes 303
References 337
Index 365
