Local Histories/global Designs

Local Histories/global Designs
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9780691156095
ISBN-13 : 0691156093
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Book Synopsis Local Histories/global Designs by : Walter Mignolo

Download or read book Local Histories/global Designs written by Walter Mignolo and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Local Histories/Global Designs' is an extended argument about the '"coloniality' of power. In a shrinking world where sharp dichotomies, such as East/West and developing/developed, blur and shift, Walter Mignolo points to the inadequacy of current practices in the social sciences and area studies.


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