Epistemology and Domination: Problems with the Coloniality of Knowledge Thesis in Latin American Decolonial Theory

Paul Anthony Chambers

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dc.creator	Paul Anthony Chambers
dc.date	2020
dc.date.accessioned	2022-03-17T17:59:27Z
dc.date.available	2022-03-17T17:59:27Z
dc.identifier	http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=21868580006
dc.identifier.uri	http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/49647
dc.description	Latin American decolonial theory is built around the thesis of the coloniality of knowledge, which claims that the socio-political domination of Latin America and other regions of the global periphery by European countries and the United States is directly related to the initial colonial imposition and subsequent cultural reproduction of so-called Western epistemology and science. I argue that the epistemological claims of four decolonial thinkers (Aníbal Quijano, Walter Mignolo, Enrique Dussel, Santiago Castro-Gómez) that make up the coloniality of knowledge thesis are problematic for several reasons: they are based on distorted and simplistic readings of Descartes, Hume and other Enlightenment figures; they make contentious generalizations about so-called Western epistemology; and they ultimately lead to epistemic relativism, which is a problematic basis for the social sciences and, contrary to decolonial aspirations, renders the subaltern unable to speak.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
dc.relation	http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=218
dc.rights	Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais
dc.source	Dados - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Brasil) Num.4 Vol.63
dc.subject	Sociología
dc.subject	Coloniality
dc.subject	decolonial theory
dc.subject	Descartes
dc.subject	epistemology
dc.subject	science
dc.title	Epistemology and Domination: Problems with the Coloniality of Knowledge Thesis in Latin American Decolonial Theory
dc.type	artículo científico