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Decoloniality and phenomenology: The geopolitics of knowing and epistemic/ontological colonial differences

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Mignolo, WD
Published in: Journal of Speculative Philosophy
January 1, 2018

I attempt a dialogue between phenomenology (Husserl) and decoloniality (Quijano), understanding that both are theoretical frames by means of which transcendental phenomenology and the lifeworld, on the one hand, and modernity/coloniality, on the other, came into being. Phenomenology and transcendental consciousness/lifeworld are mutually constitutive. One cannot exist without the other; and so it is for the mutual constitution of decoloniality and modernity/coloniality. There cannot be modernity/coloniality without decoloniality, and vice versa. The axis around which the dialogue I attempt here turns is the geopolitics of knowledge and colonial difference, structuring and ranking all spheres of life.

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Journal of Speculative Philosophy

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1527-9383

ISSN

0891-625X

Publication Date

January 1, 2018

Volume

32

Issue

3

Start / End Page

360 / 387

Related Subject Headings

  • 5003 Philosophy
  • 2203 Philosophy
 

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Mignolo, W. D. (2018). Decoloniality and phenomenology: The geopolitics of knowing and epistemic/ontological colonial differences. Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 32(3), 360–387. https://doi.org/10.5325/jspecphil.32.3.0360
Mignolo, W. D. “Decoloniality and phenomenology: The geopolitics of knowing and epistemic/ontological colonial differences.” Journal of Speculative Philosophy 32, no. 3 (January 1, 2018): 360–87. https://doi.org/10.5325/jspecphil.32.3.0360.
Mignolo WD. Decoloniality and phenomenology: The geopolitics of knowing and epistemic/ontological colonial differences. Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 2018 Jan 1;32(3):360–87.
Mignolo, W. D. “Decoloniality and phenomenology: The geopolitics of knowing and epistemic/ontological colonial differences.” Journal of Speculative Philosophy, vol. 32, no. 3, Jan. 2018, pp. 360–87. Scopus, doi:10.5325/jspecphil.32.3.0360.
Mignolo WD. Decoloniality and phenomenology: The geopolitics of knowing and epistemic/ontological colonial differences. Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 2018 Jan 1;32(3):360–387.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Speculative Philosophy

DOI

EISSN

1527-9383

ISSN

0891-625X

Publication Date

January 1, 2018

Volume

32

Issue

3

Start / End Page

360 / 387

Related Subject Headings

  • 5003 Philosophy
  • 2203 Philosophy