Criticizing decoloniality and its criticism

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https://doi.org/10.29340/en.v6n12.336

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decoloniality, post-imperialism, modernities, indigeneity of power, coloniality of power, nationality of power, globality/imperiality of power

Abstract

The practice of criticism is one of the main ways of refining the debates in the social sciences. In this
sense, David Lehmann’s text is welcome. Nevertheless, I am not totally in agreement with various aspects of his
criticism. I underscore, in particular, his negation of the historically objective character of racism and of its
consequences and his lack of consideration for the complexity of the articulations within and between them that
drive modern indigenous movements. His concepts about universalism also seem debatable. But I agree with his
opinion that there is a simplification of Western thought and modernity by decolonialists, a strong criticism also
made in recent years by one of the founders of decolonial thought, Santiago Castro-Gómez, which I present in my
text. Finally, I show my disagreement with what I call the heuristic hypertrophy of colonialism made by decolonialists
and introduce, in addition to the coloniality of power, the notions of indigeneity, nationality, globality, and
imperiality of power.

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Author Biography

  • Gustavo Lins Ribeiro, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

    Ph.D. in Anthropology (CUNY-1988). Professor of the Department of Cultural Studies, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Lerma and Emeritus Researcher of the National System of Researchers (CONACYT), Mexico. Professor Emeritus of the University of Brasilia. He was president of the Associação Brasileira de Antropologia, first president of the World Council of Anthropological Associations, vice-president of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences and is its Honorary Member. In 2021, he won the Franz Boas Award for Exemplary Contributions to Anthropology from the American
    Anthropology, from the American Anthropological Association. He wrote and edited 28 volumes (including translations) published in 9 countries, and more than 180 articles and chapters in 7 languages in all continents. His latest book is Other Globalizations (2018).

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2023-09-21

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Vol. 6 No. 12 (2023): Beyond coloniality. Discussion of some key concepts

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Criticizing decoloniality and its criticism. (2023). Encartes, 6(12), 35-48. https://doi.org/10.29340/en.v6n12.336