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    Decolonising the Human

    Reflections from Africa on difference and oppression

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    Author(s)
    Steyn, Melissa
    Mpofu, William
    Adejare, Gbenga S.
    Akanle, Olayinka
    Burnett, Cary
    Fasuyi, Jojola
    Hlabangane, Nokuthula
    Maseko, Robert
    Ndlovu, Morgan
    Ndlovu, Pinky Patricia
    Ndlovu, Sibonokuhle
    Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J
    Samaradiwakera-Wijesundara, Charmika
    Sibanda, Brian
    Sithole, Tendayi
    Zondi, Siphamandla
    Contributor(s)
    Steyn, Melissa (editor)
    Mpofu, William (editor)
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    "Decolonising the Human examines the ongoing project of constituting ‘the human’ in light of the durability of coloniality and the persistence of multiple oppressions. The ‘human’ emerges as a deeply political category, historically constructed as a scarce existential resource. Once weaponised, it allows for the social, political and economic elevation of those who are centred within its magic circle, and the degradation, marginalisation and immiseration of those excluded as the different and inferior Other, the less than human. Speaking from Africa, a key site where the category of the human has been used throughout European modernity to control, exclude and deny equality of being, the contributors use decoloniality as a potent theoretical and philosophical tool, gesturing towards a liberated, pluriversal world where human difference will be recognised as a gift, not used to police the boundaries of the human. Here is a transdisciplinary critical exploration of a wide range of subjects, including history, politics, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and decolonial studies. "
    URI
    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46908
    Keywords
    Decolonisation, race theory, indigenous knowledge systems, Ali Mazrui, Achille Mbembe, Walter Mignolo, Mahmood Mamdani, the human condition, human difference, dehumanisation
    DOI
    10.18772/22021036512
    ISBN
    9781776146512, 9781776146550, 9781776146529, 9781776146536
    Publisher
    Wits University Press
    Publisher website
    http://witspress.co.za/
    Publication date and place
    Johannesburg, 2021
    Classification
    Society and culture: general
    Social and ethical issues
    Pages
    264
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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