Anibal Quijano
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1 author picked Anibal Quijano as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Not so much the book that I have read but most, if not all, of the essays that will be contained therein. These are true classics written by one of the greatest minds of the 20th century: Anibal Quijano.
The words of caution expressed by this world-famous Peruvian intellectual resonate with me today, precisely because they presaged the age of “untruth” that we are living in.
Quijano was something that we rarely find these days: A true humanist who coined pivotal concepts such as “coloniality of power” and “coloniality of knowledge” that are celebrating a much-deserved global revival as…
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