Intellectual Decolonisation: Critical Perspectives

Author:   George Hull (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
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Pages:   232
Publication Date:   18 October 2024
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Author:   George Hull (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.610kg
ISBN:  

9781032853598


ISBN 10:   103285359
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   18 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Varieties of intellectual decolonisation: an introduction 2. From “dependency” to “decoloniality”? The enduring relevance of materialist political economy and the problems of a “decolonial” alternative 3. The problem of epistemological critique in contemporary Decolonial theory 4. Is being itself colonial? 5. “That other me, down and dreaming”: an animal perspective critique of decoloniality theory 6. Decolonising Sinology: on Sinology’s weaponisation of the discourse of race 7. Whither epistemic decolonisation? How to make experiences a source of moral justification 8. The decolonisation of the mind and history as an academic discipline 9. Decolonisation in Africa: love or litigation? Mandela as moral capital 10. Is decolonisation Africanisation? The politics of belonging in the truly African university 11. Intellectual decolonisation and the danger of epistemic closure: the need for a critical decolonial theory 12. My decoloniality is not your decoloniality: the new multiverse – an opinion piece 13. Decoloniality and right-wing nationalism in India: the case of J Sai Deepak

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With Intellectual Decolonisation: Critical Perspectives, editor and author George Hull has furnished an indispensable resource for both a broad understanding and radical critique of the identitarian logic and the ethno-nationalist and authoritarian dangers of Decoloniality Theory. Comprehensive and fair-minded, this is ideology-critique at its vital best. Professor Emeritus Neil Larsen Department of Comparative Literature, University of California, Davis Author, ‘The Jargon of Decoloniality’ The debate on university and intellectual decolonisation is long on anger and emotion and insufficiently grounded in theoretical reflection and critical scrutiny. Too many advocates of decolonisation have been allowed to dabble in crude essentialist understandings of identity without academic challenge, resulting in a discourse that is too often immersed in racial and ethnic tropes that can easily be harnessed for the political cause of Fascism or its variants. There is also insufficient attention paid in this debate to the transnational dynamics of colonialism and decoloniality, with the result that it again can easily be harnessed to serve the cause of relatively privileged groups within national settings. Here is a book that lays this bare and exposes the philosophical inadequacies of certain theoretical traditions and the strengths of others. A necessary read for all those interested in the study of decolonisation and the agenda of building inclusive and transformed universities. Professor Adam Habib Vice-chancellor, SOAS, University of London


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George Hull is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He writes on social and political philosophy, political ideologies, and intellectual history. He is the editor of Debating African Philosophy: Perspectives on Identity, Decolonial Ethics and Comparative Philosophy (2019).

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