Decolonizing the Social Sciences and the Humanities
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-14603-4 (ISBN)
Reiter brings together lessons learned from field research on a Colombian indigenous society, a maroon society, also in Colombia, from Afro-Brazilian religion, from Spanish Anarchism, and from German Council democracy, and from analyzing non-Western ontologies and epistemologies in general. He claims that once these lessons are absorbed, it becomes clear that Western civilization has advanced individualization and elitism. The chapters present the case that human beings are able to rule themselves, and have done so for some 300,000 years, before the Neolithic Revolution. Self-rule and rule by councils is our default option once we rid ourselves of leaders and rulers. Reiter concludes by considering the massive manipulations and the heinous divisions that political elitism, dressed in the form of representative democracy, has brought us, and implores us to seek true freedom and democracy by liberating ourselves from political elites and taking on political responsibilities.
Decolonizing the Social Sciences and the Humanities is written for students, scholars, and social justice activists across cultural anthropology, sociology, geography, Latin American Studies, Africana Studies, and political science.
Bernd Reiter is Professor of Classical and Modern Languages and Literature at Texas Tech University, and the editor of Routledge’s Decolonizing the Classics book series. Prior to joining academia, he worked as a social worker and NGO consultant in Brazil and in Colombia. He earned his Ph.D. in comparative politics from the City University of New York’s Graduate Center and has been a visiting scholar in Germany, Brazil, Colombia, and Spain. He is recipient of the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Public Policy, Brazil 2021-2022 award. Reiter’s work focuses on race, democracy, citizenship, and decolonization. His publications include The Dialectics of Citizenship (2013), Bridging Scholarship and Activism (2014), The Crisis of Liberal Democracy and the Path Ahead (2017), and Constructing the Pluriverse (2018).
Introduction 1. Decolonizing Epistemology: Fuzzy Logic 2. Decolonizing Citizenship: Candomblé Nationhood 3. Decolonizing Republicanism: Maroon Republics 4. First People of the Americas: Lessons on Democracy, Citizenship, and Politics 5. The African Origins of Democracy 6. Decolonizing Representation: Possession 7. Decolonizing Markets, Development, and Economics 8. Anti-Elitism Final Thoughts
Erscheinungsdatum | 04.01.2022 |
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Zusatzinfo | 2 Halftones, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 453 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 1-032-14603-6 / 1032146036 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-14603-4 / 9781032146034 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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