Author/Authors
Gordon, Lewis R. University of Connecticut, USA
Title Of Article
Disciplinary Decadence and the Decolonisation of Knowledge
شماره ركورد
21969
Abstract
In celebration of the fortieth anniversary of CODESRIA, an institution from the Global South devoted to taking responsibility for the production of social science knowledge, this article explores what it means to pursue such a task under the threat of colonial imposition at methodological and disciplinary levels, which, the author argues, carries dangers of disciplinary decadence marked by the fetishisation of method. The author offers alternatives through what he calls ‘a teleological suspension of disciplinarity, and raises the question not only of the decolonisation of knowledge but also norms.
From Page
81
JournalTitle
Africa Development
To Page
92
JournalTitle
Africa Development
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