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Decolonial Theory

Decolonial Theory is a critical theoretical framework within postcolonial and anticolonial thought that seeks to dismantle the epistemic, ontological, and political hierarchies established by colonial modernity by foregrounding subjugated knowledges, particularly those of Afro-Latinx, Indigenous, and Global South communities, in order to reenvision emancipatory social relations beyond Western hegemonic paradigms.

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847

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445

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2017–2026

453

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Publications

679

Mimesis and alterity: a particular history of the senses

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 3.3K citations

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ON THE COLONIALITY OF BEING

Nelson Maldonado‐Torres · Cultural Studies · 2007 · 2.7K citations

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Epistemic Disobedience, Independent Thought and Decolonial Freedom

Walter D. Mignolo · Theory Culture & Society · 2009 · 2.2K citations

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Decolonizing the university: New directions

Achille Mbembé · Arts and Humanities in Higher Education · 2016 · 1.2K citations

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Decolonizing Post-Colonial Studies and Paradigms of Political-Economy: Transmodernity, Decolonial Thinking, and Global Coloniality

Ramón Grosfoguel · TRANSMODERNITY Journal of Peripheral Cultural Production of the Luso-Hispanic World · 2011 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Authors

847

  1. SJ
    Sabelo J. Ndlovu‐Gatsheni

    University of South Africa, South Africa

    12 publications · 1K citations

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  2. NM
    Nelson Maldonado‐Torres

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    11 publications · 4K citations

    11

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  3. WD
    Walter D. Mignolo

    Duke University, United States

    12 publications · 4.1K citations

    11

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  4. UD
    Urmitapa Dutta

    University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States

    7 publications · 382 citations

    7

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  5. MZ
    Michalinos Zembylas

    Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus

    7 publications · 462 citations

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Institutions

445

  1. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    18 h-index

    34 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    13 h-index

    18 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    11 publications

    1K citations

  4. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. University of Johannesburg

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    293 citations

  6. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    870 citations

  8. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    311 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 15 publications · 5.8K citations

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  2. Postcolonial Studies

    12 publications · 2K citations

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  3. Third World Quarterly

    8 publications · 634 citations

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  5. International Affairs

    8 publications · 416 citations

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