Decolonizing Knowledge: Looking Back, Moving Forward

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Edited collection examining decolonizing knowledge through interdisciplinary lenses. Chapters address science and science education, feminist politics, reading Fanon amid contemporary conflicts, ethnographic refusal and colonial citizenship, decolonial pedagogy and subversion, class and struggle in African contexts, politics and place of Rajani Palme Dutt, labor, Black liberation and communist thought, pre-intersectional theories of difference and emancipation, Kurdish decolonization and democratic confederalism, and reflections on coloniality of power, violence, and decolonization through the University of Rojava.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages297

Reading Time12 h 28 min

Decolonizing Knowledge Decolonizing Knowledge Looking Back, Moving Forward Edited by Radha D’Souza and Sunera Thobani BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC Bloomsbury Publishing Inc, 1385 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK Bloomsbury Publishing Ireland, 29 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 AY28, Ireland BLOOMSBURY, BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published in the United States of America 2025 Copyright © 2025 Radha D’Souza and Sunera Thobani Each chapter © Contributors For legal purposes the Preface on p. x and the acknowledgement paragraphs on pp. xi–xii constitute an extension of this copyright page. Cover design by Daniel Benneworth-Gray Cover image: Sankofa bird symbol All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be: i) reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by means of any information storage or retrieval system without prior permission in writing from the publishers; or ii) used or reproduced in any way for the training, development or operation of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including generative AI technologies. The rights holders expressly reserve this publication from the text and data mining exception as per Article 4(3) of the Digital Single Market Directive (EU) 2019/790 . Bloomsbury Publishing Inc does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any third-party websites referred to or in this book. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN: PB: 979-8-7651-2545-8 HB: 979-8-7651-2546-5 ePDF: 979-8-7651-2548-9 eBook: 979-8-7651-2547-2 Typeset by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India For product safety related questions contact [productsafety@bloomsbury.com](productsafety@bloomsbury.com). [To find out more about our authors and books visit www.bloomsbury.com](To find out more about our authors and books visit www.bloomsbury.com)[ ](To find out more about our authors and books visit www.bloomsbury.com)and sign up for our newsletters. In memory of Aziz Choudry Contents Notes on contributors Preface 1 Introduction Radha D’Souza and Sunera Thobani 2 Decolonizing knowledge: Science, scientists and science education Radha D’Souza 3 Decolonization, feminist politics and the ‘Muslim woman’s question’: Reading Fanon in the context of the Afghan and Gaza wars Sunera Thobani 4 On ethnographic refusal: Indigeneity, ‘voice’ and colonial citizenship Audra Simpson 5 Fire: The decolonial pedagogy of subversion in Césaire and Djonga Ang

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