Local histories/global designs [ coloniality, subaltern knowledges, and border thinking

Explores the crucial notion of "colonial difference" in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which author calls "border thinking". This title expands the horizons of debates under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by...

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Main Author: Mignolo, Walter D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press , 2012
Series:Princeton studies in culture/power/history
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Online Access:http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/iviewer/PUPB0001636/userkey/pc/1/0/read.html
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Summary:Explores the crucial notion of "colonial difference" in the study of the modern colonial world and traces the emergence of an epistemic shift, which author calls "border thinking". This title expands the horizons of debates under way in postcolonial studies of Asia and Africa by dwelling in the genealogy of thoughts of South/Central America.
Physical Description:1 online resource : ill.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-365) and index
ISBN:0691156093
9780691156095
9781400845064