Colonialidade do poder como meio de conhecimento: em torno de seus limites e potencialidades explicativas

Given the growing importance of the decolonial turn both inside and outside the Latin American context, this article seeks to return to its roots, making a careful reading of the concepts of coloniality of power/raciality and historical-structural dependence in the thought of Aníbal Quijano. We perc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Silva, Lucas Trindade da
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Repositorio:Plural (São Paulo. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.usp.br:article/112458
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.usp.br/plural/article/view/112458
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Decoloniality
Coloniality
Raciality
Dependence
Decolonialidade
Colonialidade
Racialidade
Dependência
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Sumario:Given the growing importance of the decolonial turn both inside and outside the Latin American context, this article seeks to return to its roots, making a careful reading of the concepts of coloniality of power/raciality and historical-structural dependence in the thought of Aníbal Quijano. We perceive a mono-causal relationship between the persistence of raciality in politically emancipated societies (explanans) and the Latin American dependency (explanandum). Moreover, we conclude that it is fundamental to employ the decolonial contribution as a tool for conceptual formation or as a heuristic device in cooperation with other approaches of the racial issue in Latin America, such as Carlos Hasenbalg’s and Florestan Fernandes’