Current political-epistemic insurgencies in the Americas: left turns, anti-imperial turns, de-colonial turns

Authors

  • Agustín Lao-Montes Universidad de Massachusetts

Keywords:

Insurgencies, epistemic, Latin America, decolonial

Abstract

This article outlines an analysis of the actual worldwide situation, making a general inquiry of the most important epistemic political insurgencies in Latin America. The author presents a series of key questions which must reference the collective task of constructing the decolonial shift as both an epistemic and ethical-political alternative.

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Author Biography

Agustín Lao-Montes, Universidad de Massachusetts

Profesor Universidad de Massachusetts.

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Lao-Montes, A. (2016). Current political-epistemic insurgencies in the Americas: left turns, anti-imperial turns, de-colonial turns. Comentario Internacional. Journal of the Andean Center of International Studies, (7), 173–185. Retrieved from https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/138

Issue

No. 7 (2007): La descolonización y el giro des-colonial

Section

Central Issue

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