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Decolonial Thinking and the Quest for Decolonising Human Rights.

Authors :
Barreto, José-Manuel
Source :
Asian Journal of Social Science. 2018, Vol. 46 Issue 4/5, p484-502. 19p.
Publication Year :
2018

Abstract

This article offers an answer to the questions about what does it mean to think decolonially, and of how it is possible to decolonise human rights. It describes decolonial thinking as a material dialectics of a critique of Eurocentrism, a rescue of Third-World perspectives, and a dialogue between the two. It then takes this threefold movement of consciousness and political action to the field of human rights, and thematises some exemplars of each of the three moments, and of models of the decolonisation of human rights, including that of re-writing their history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15684849
Volume :
46
Issue :
4/5
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Asian Journal of Social Science
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
132071154
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685314-04604006