Anibal Quijano

By Anibal Quijano, Walter D. Mignolo (editor), Rita Segato (editor) , Catherine E. Walsh (editor)

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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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When I was writing this book, several of my friends jokingly called it the Nazi baby book, with one insisting it would make a great title. Nazi Babies – admittedly, that is a catchy title, but that’s not exactly what my book is about. SS babies would be slightly more…

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