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Decolonizing Epistemologies builds upon the contributions of liberation and postcolonial theories in both philosophy and theology. Gathering the work of three generations of Latina/o theologians and philosophers who have taken up the task of transforming their respective disciplines, it seeks to facilitate the emergence of new knowledge by reflecting on the Latina/o reality in the United States as an epistemic locus: a place from which to start as well as the source of what is known and how it is known. The task of elaborating a liberation and decolonial epistemology emerges from the questions and concerns of Latina/os as a minoritized and marginalized group. Refusing to be rendered invisible by the dominant discourse, the contributors to this volume show the unexpected and original ways in which U.S. Latina/o social and historical loci are generative places for the creation of new matrices of knowledge. Because the Latina/o reality is intrinsically connected with that of other oppressed groups, the volume articulates a new point of departure for the self-understanding not only of Latina/os but also possibly for other marginalized and oppressed groups, and for all those seeking to engage in the move beyond coloniality as it is present in this age of globalization.

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• Full title: Decolonizing Epistemologies
• Subtitle: Latina/o Theology and Philosophy
• Author: Eduardo Mendieta
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780823241354
• ISBN: 0823241351
• ID: 04941212
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Weight: 557 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. November 2011

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