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Epistemologies of the South

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Epistemologies of the South

By Boaventura de Sousa Santos

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This book explores the concept of 'cognitive injustice': the failure to recognise the different ways of knowing by which people across the globe run their lives and provide meaning to their existence. Boaventura de Sousa Santos shows why global social justice is not possible without global cognitive justice. Santos argues that Western domination has profoundly marginalised knowledge and wisdom that had been in existence in the global South. She contends that today it is imperative to recover and...Show more

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9781612055459

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Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2014

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Epistemologies of the South

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