Ethnic Studies in the United States as decolonial studies within the overall university system westernized

This article is an analysis of the Westernized university and its Eurocentric fundamentalism in relation to the subaltern struggles of racialized groups in the United States and its impact on the formation of ethnic studies in the university’s epistemic structure. The article goes on to discuss ques...

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Main Author: Ramón Grosfoguel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México 2013-01-01
Series:Ra Ximhai
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Online Access:http://uaim.mx/webraximhai/Ej-26articulosPDF/01-RamonGrosfogue.pdf
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spelling doaj-1427c96a44df494fb41c24119ccd8cb72020-11-24T23:19:41ZengUniversidad Autónoma Indígena de MéxicoRa Ximhai1665-04412013-01-01911734Ethnic Studies in the United States as decolonial studies within the overall university system westernizedRamón GrosfoguelThis article is an analysis of the Westernized university and its Eurocentric fundamentalism in relation to the subaltern struggles of racialized groups in the United States and its impact on the formation of ethnic studies in the university’s epistemic structure. The article goes on to discuss questions of epistemic racism/sexism and the dilemmas that ethnic studies programs confront today in particular forms of disciplinary colonization, liberal multiculturalism and identity politics.http://uaim.mx/webraximhai/Ej-26articulosPDF/01-RamonGrosfogue.pdfUniversityEurocentrismDecolonial ThinkingMulticulturalismIdentity Politics.
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author Ramón Grosfoguel
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Ethnic Studies in the United States as decolonial studies within the overall university system westernized
Ra Ximhai
University
Eurocentrism
Decolonial Thinking
Multiculturalism
Identity Politics.
author_facet Ramón Grosfoguel
author_sort Ramón Grosfoguel
title Ethnic Studies in the United States as decolonial studies within the overall university system westernized
title_short Ethnic Studies in the United States as decolonial studies within the overall university system westernized
title_full Ethnic Studies in the United States as decolonial studies within the overall university system westernized
title_fullStr Ethnic Studies in the United States as decolonial studies within the overall university system westernized
title_full_unstemmed Ethnic Studies in the United States as decolonial studies within the overall university system westernized
title_sort ethnic studies in the united states as decolonial studies within the overall university system westernized
publisher Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México
series Ra Ximhai
issn 1665-0441
publishDate 2013-01-01
description This article is an analysis of the Westernized university and its Eurocentric fundamentalism in relation to the subaltern struggles of racialized groups in the United States and its impact on the formation of ethnic studies in the university’s epistemic structure. The article goes on to discuss questions of epistemic racism/sexism and the dilemmas that ethnic studies programs confront today in particular forms of disciplinary colonization, liberal multiculturalism and identity politics.
topic University
Eurocentrism
Decolonial Thinking
Multiculturalism
Identity Politics.
url http://uaim.mx/webraximhai/Ej-26articulosPDF/01-RamonGrosfogue.pdf
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