Constructing worlds otherwise : societies in movement and anticolonial paths in Latin America / Raúl Zibechi ; translated by George Ygarza Quispe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zibechi, Raúl, 1952- author.

Contributor:

Quispe, George Ygarza, translator.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Mundos otros y pueblos en movimiento : debates sobre anti-colonialismo y transición en América Latina. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Öcalan, Abdullah--Criticism and interpretation.

Öcalan, Abdullah.

Social movements--Latin America.

Social movements.

Anti-imperialist movements--Latin America.

Anti-imperialist movements.

Social change--Latin America.

Social change.

Indigenous peoples--Politics and government.

Indigenous peoples.

Latin America--Politics and government.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

215 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Societies in movement and anticolonial paths in Latin America

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : AK PRESS, 2024.

Chico, CA : AK PRESS, [2024]

Summary:

"Constructing Worlds Otherwise sets itself against the recolonization of Latin America by one-dimensional, ethnocentric perspectives that permeate the North American left and block fundamental social change in the Global South. In a provocative mix of polemic and on-the-ground analysis, Raúl Zibechi argues that it is time for radicals in the Global North to learn from the people their governments have colonized and oppressed for centuries. Through a survey of the most marginalized voices across Latin America-feminists, the Indigenous, people of African descent, and inhabitants of urban favelas and shantytowns-he introduces the Anglo world to a range of critical perspectives and new forms of struggle. For Zibechi, real change comes from 'societies in movement,' the people already fighting for their survival using egalitarian and traditional models of world-building, without the state, without official representatives, and without vanguards of political experts. His book contributes to global geographies of autonomous and anti-state thinking, with Zibechi placing his work in conversation with the ideological theorist of Kurdish resistance, Abdullah Öcalan, for a rich and dynamic survey of global movements of decolonization. Now more urgent than ever, this translation by George Ygarza Quispe comes at a time when the global left-struggling to expand its vision in a time of climate chaos and rising authoritarianism-finds itself at an impasse, desperate to animate and renew its critical imaginary"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Translator's note

Preface to the English edition

Introduction

Societies in movement opening anticolonial pathways

Challenging critical thought from below

Betting on diversity means rejecting unity and homogenization

Rethinking transition with Societies in movement

Cauca's indigenous guard : engines of care and transformative change

Imaginary dialogues with Öcalan : updating critical thinking

Epilogue: EXLN sowing without reaping.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1849355428

9781849355421

OCLC:

1407213250

Publisher Number:

99996100501