Posholi, Lerato. (2020) Epistemic Decolonization as Overcoming the Hermeneutical Injustice of Eurocentrism. Philosophical papers, 49 (2). pp. 279-304.
Full text not available from this repository.
Official URL: https://edoc.unibas.ch/80985/
Downloads: Statistics Overview
Abstract
This paper is broadly concerned with the question of what epistemic decolonization might involve. It is divided into two parts. The first part begins by explaining the specifically epistemic problem to which calls for epistemic decolonization respond. I suggest that calls for decolonization are motivated by a perceived epistemic crisis consisting in the inadequacy of the dominant Eurocentric paradigm to properly theorize our modern world. I then discuss two general proposals, radical and moderate, for what epistemic decolonization might involve. In the second part, I argue that the inadequacy of Eurocentric epistemic resources constitutes a hermeneutical injustice caused by an irreducible form of epistemic oppression. I then argue that addressing this form of epistemic oppression requires thinking 'outside' of the Eurocentric paradigm because the paradigm might fail to reveal and address the epistemic oppression sustaining it. This lends further plausibility to the radical proposal that epistemic decolonization must involve thinking from 'outside' the Eurocentric paradigm, but also accommodates the moderate proposal that adopting critical perspectives on Eurocentric thought is an important part of epistemic decolonization.
Faculties and Departments: | 08 Cross-disciplinary Subjects > Europainstitut > Europainstitut > European Global Studies (Weber) |
---|---|
UniBasel Contributors: | Posholi, Lerato |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN: | 0556-8641 |
e-ISSN: | 1996-8523 |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
Identification Number: | |
Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2021 07:49 |
Deposited On: | 15 Apr 2021 07:49 |
Repository Staff Only: item control page