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Unsettling the Coloniality of Being/Power/Truth/Freedom

Sylvia Wynter
Themes:
ColonialismDecolonization
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Caribbean

Jamaica

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Philosophy

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Essay interrogating how Western humanism excluded colonized peoples from the category of 'human'.

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Foundational decolonial philosophy text; develops 'Man1' and 'Man2' framework

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Essay interrogating how Western humanism excluded colonized peoples from the category of 'human'. Foundational decolonial philosophy text; develops 'Man1' and 'Man2' framework

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