Pluriversal politics : the real and the possible / Arturo Escobar ; translated by David Frye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Escobar, Arturo, 1951- author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Latin America in translation.

Latin America in translation

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples.

Politics and government.

Latin America--Politics and government--21st century.

Latin America.

Political culture--Latin America.

Political culture.

Indigenous peoples--Latin America--Politics and government.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xl, 192 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

"In Pluriversal Politics Arturo Escobar engages with the politics of the possible and how established notions of what is real and attainable preclude the emergence of radically alternative visions of the future. Reflecting on the experience, philosophy, and practice of indigenous and Afro-descendant activist-intellectuals and on current Latin American theoretical-political debates, Escobar chronicles the social movements mobilizing to defend their territories from large-scale extractive operations in the region. He shows how these movements engage in an ontological politics aimed at bringing about the pluriverse--a world consisting of many worlds, each with its own ontological and epistemic grounding. Such a politics, Escobar contends, is key to crafting myriad world-making stories telling of different possible futures that could bring about the profound social transformations that are needed to address planetary crises. Both a call to action and a theoretical provocation, Pluriversal Politics finds Escobar at his critically incisive best."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface to the English edition

Introduction : another possible is possible

Theory and the un/real : tools for rethinking "reality" and the possible

From below, on the left, and with the Earth : the difference stemming from Abya Yala/Afro/Latino América makes

The Earth-form of life : Nasa thought and the limits to the episteme of modernity

Sentipensar with the Earth : territorial struggles and the ontological dimension of the epistemologies of the South

Notes on intellectual colonialism and the dilemmas of Latin American social theory

Post-development @ 25 : on "being stuck" and moving forward, sideways, backward and otherwise (a conversation with Gustavo Esteva)

Cosmo/visions of the Colombian Pacific region and their socio-environmental implications : elements for a dialogue of visions

Beyond "regional development" : outline of a design model for civilizational transition in the Cauca River Valley, Colombia.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Escobar, Arturo, 1951- Essays. Selections. English. Pluriversal politics.

ISBN:

9781478012108

1478012102

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.