Decolonizing the Social Sciences and the Humanities: An Anti-Elitism Manifesto

by Bernd Reiter

Book Overview

In Decolonizing the Social Sciences and the Humanities Bernd Reiter contributes to the ongoing efforts to decolonize the social sciences and humanities, by arguing that true decolonization implies a liberation from the elite culture that Western civilization has perpetually promoted.

Reiter brings together lessons learned from field research on a Colombian indigenous society, a maroon society, also in Colombia, from Afro-Brazilian religion,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032146028
• ISBN13: 9781032146027
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"