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Decolonizing Knowledge
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Decolonizing Knowledge
Looking Back, Moving Forward
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Interdisciplinary scholars rethink strategies for moving contemporary decolonization politics forward by revisiting the writings of the mid-20th century anti-colonial movements' leading intellectuals.
Decolonizing Knowledge draws on intellectual histories of anti-colonial thinkers who developed their ideas of decolonization through practical engagement with struggles for freedom from colonialism. Reading works by J.P.S. Uberoi, Frantz Fanon, Aimé Césaire, C.L.R. James and Andaiye, among others, interdisciplinary activist scholars reflect on the meaning of decolonization that emerged from anti-colonial struggles of the past and its relevance today.
Each chapter in the volume reflects on one or more texts from anti-colonial thinkers of the past to draw out the meaning of decolonization as conceptualized by earlier generations, providing key insights from their thinking and examining their relevance for contemporary struggles for racial, gender and class justice. With authors writing from multiple disciplines, these essays straddle a range of themes from theory and practice, art and literature, gender and violence, and political economy, to address a subject that is preoccupying academia and activists in the 21st century.
Decolonizing Knowledge is an intervention into contemporary debates on decolonizing curricula and universities, arguing that these calls need to be firmly engaged in wider social practices for justice, and that they can learn much from those who wrote on the topic amid the 20th century's many struggles for freedom.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction (Radha D'Souza, University of Westminster, UK, and Sunera Thobani, University of British Columbia, Canada)
2. Decolonizing knowledge: Science, scientists and science education (Radha D'Souza, University of Westminster, UK)
3. Decolonization, feminist politics and 'the Muslim woman's question': Reading Fanon in the context of the Afghan and Gaza wars (Sunera Thobani, University of British Columbia, Canada)
4. On ethnographic refusal: Indigeneity, 'voice' and colonial citizenship (Audra Simpson, Columbia University, USA)
5. Fire: The decolonial pedagogy of subversion in Césaire and Djonga (Angelica de Freitas e Silva, Agência de Iniciativas Cidadãs/AIC, Brazil)
6. Class and struggle: Cabral, Rodney and the complexities of culture in Africa (David Austin, John Abbott College and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Canada)
7. The politics and place of Rajani Palme Dutt (Tanroop Sandhu, Queen Mary University of London, UK)
8. Labour super-exploitation, Black liberation and communist thought (Andrew Higginbottom, Kingston University, UK)
9. Before intersectionality: Difference, exploitation and emancipation in Ruy Mauro Marini, Walter Rodney and Andaiye (Amanda Latimer, Kingston University, UK)
10. From statehood to democratic confederalism: Decolonization and Abdullah Öcalan's solution to the Kurdish question (Behnam Amini, York University, Canada)
11. Reflecting on coloniality of power, colonial violence and decolonization through the University of Rojava (Jan Yasin Sunca, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Index
Product details
| Published | Jun 26 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 296 |
| ISBN | 9798765125458 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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