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The Global South and world dis/order

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Mignolo, WD
Published in: Journal of Anthropological Research
January 1, 2011

The "Global South" is a fashionable expression. It appears in academic journals, in the title of university academic centers, among activists around the world. I argue that from the perspective of capitalism and expansion of Western values, the "Global South" is the location to be developed economically and liberated from non-democratic regimes. From the perspective of the emerging political society, the "Global South" is where liberation from Western democratic rhetoric to justify economic takeover and cultural management is taking place. I show how the very concept of "Global South" came about, replacing that of the "Third World" after the collapse of the Soviet Union. I end the article by mapping five trajectories, discernible in the present, that are orienting global futures and I further argue that they cannot be understood properly without understanding the economic, political, and epistemic conflict that make the "Global South" a current location of global conflicts. Copyright © by The University of New Mexico.

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Journal of Anthropological Research

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0091-7710

Publication Date

January 1, 2011

Volume

67

Issue

2

Start / End Page

165 / 188

Related Subject Headings

  • Anthropology
  • 4401 Anthropology
  • 4301 Archaeology
  • 2101 Archaeology
  • 1601 Anthropology
 

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Mignolo, W. D. (2011). The Global South and world dis/order. Journal of Anthropological Research, 67(2), 165–188. https://doi.org/10.3998/jar.0521004.0067.202
Mignolo, W. D. “The Global South and world dis/order.” Journal of Anthropological Research 67, no. 2 (January 1, 2011): 165–88. https://doi.org/10.3998/jar.0521004.0067.202.
Mignolo WD. The Global South and world dis/order. Journal of Anthropological Research. 2011 Jan 1;67(2):165–88.
Mignolo, W. D. “The Global South and world dis/order.” Journal of Anthropological Research, vol. 67, no. 2, Jan. 2011, pp. 165–88. Scopus, doi:10.3998/jar.0521004.0067.202.
Mignolo WD. The Global South and world dis/order. Journal of Anthropological Research. 2011 Jan 1;67(2):165–188.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of Anthropological Research

DOI

ISSN

0091-7710

Publication Date

January 1, 2011

Volume

67

Issue

2

Start / End Page

165 / 188

Related Subject Headings

  • Anthropology
  • 4401 Anthropology
  • 4301 Archaeology
  • 2101 Archaeology
  • 1601 Anthropology