The contributors to
Constructing the Pluriverse critique the hegemony of the postcolonial Western tradition and its claims to universality by offering a set of "pluriversal" approaches to understanding the coexisting epistemologies and practices of the different worlds and problems we inhabit and encounter. Moving beyond critiques of colonialism, the contributors rethink the relationship between knowledge and power, offering new perspectives on development, democracy, and ideology while providing diverse methodologies for non-Western thought and practice that range from feminist approaches to scientific research to ways of knowing expressed through West African oral traditions. In combination, these wide-ranging approaches and understandings form a new analytical toolbox for those seeking creative solutions for dismantling Westernization throughout the world.
Contributors. Zaid Ahmad, Manuela Boatca, Hans-Jurgen Burchardt, Raewyn Connell, Arturo Escobar, Sandra Harding, Ehsan Kashfi, Venu Mehta, Walter D. Mignolo, Ulrich Oslender, Issiaka Ouattara, Bernd Reiter, Manu Samnotra, Catherine E. Walsh, Aram Ziai
About the AuthorBernd Reiter is Professor of Political Science at the University of South Florida; author of
The Crisis of Liberal Democracy and the Path Ahead and
The Dialectics of Citizenship: Exploring Privilege, Exclusion, and Racialization; and coeditor of
Bridging Scholarship and Activism: Reflections from the Frontlines of Collaborative Research and
The Making of Brazil's Black Mecca: Bahia Reconsidered.
Book InformationISBN 9781478000167
Author Bernd ReiterFormat Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Duke University PressPublisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 476g