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Decolonisation of higher education: Dismantling epistemic violence and Eurocentrism in South Africa

open access: yesTransformation in Higher Education, 2016
Since the end of the oppressive and racist apartheid system in 1994, epistemologies and knowledge systems at most South African universities have not considerably changed; they remain rooted in colonial, apartheid and Western worldviews and ...
Savo Heleta
exaly   +3 more sources

The Critique of Eurocentrism, The Dislocation of Kemalism and Opening up New Political Spaces After the 1980s

open access: diamondİçtimaiyat
In this article, I examine the relationship between the fall of Kemalism and the rise of critical thinking about Orientalism and Eurocentrism after the 1980s in Türkiye.
Ali Kaya
doaj   +3 more sources

Eurocentrism in Samuel P. Huntington’s Concept of the Clash of Civilisations

open access: yesPolish Political Science Yearbook, 2022
The article is dedicated to an issue of Eurocentrism in American political scientist Samuel P. Huntington’s concept of the clash of civilisations. The arguments presented indicate that Huntington’s concept is pure Eurocentric. I start by mentioning a few
Mateusz Kufliński
doaj   +1 more source

Euro-Centrism vs. International Thinking

open access: yesPolitikon, 2006
The journey of the concept of Europe has been from myth to legend to war to stability. European unity is based, essentially, on the recognition of historic and linguistic diversity, the cultural variety and the national roots that make it unique.
Elona Nazaj
doaj   +5 more sources

Eurocentrism

open access: yes, 2023
The term Anthropocene was criticized for its tendency to simplify space and time, through over-universalizing language. Climate change narratives are overwhelmingly white, Eurocentric and masculine. The wealthy minority of the world’s population is responsible for the effects of the Anthropocene, while the consequences fall disproportionately on the ...
Braidotti, Rosi, Casper-Hehne, Hiltraud
openaire   +4 more sources

Uncovering the Experiences of Engaging Indigenous Knowledges in Colonial Structures of Schooling and Research

open access: yesEngaged Scholar Journal, 2021
In response to the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action (TRC, 2015), a school board teamed with university educators and educational partners to generate a professional learning series to support educators’ engagement with Indigenous knowledges.
Mairi McDermott   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Criticizing Eurocentrism: Limitations and Alternatives

open access: yesİnsan & Toplum, 2013
Eurocentrism is a grand narrative changing with time and transforming under different contexts. Many critics of this grand narrative have not yet managed to go beyond what they have criti- cized.
Kerem Karaosmanoğlu   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decolonizing the “Universal” Human Rights Regime: Questioning American Exceptionalism and Orientalism

open access: yesReOrient, 2018
This article aims to decolonize the discourse of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through the lens of Critical Muslim Studies, arguing that such systems of “international norms” are Eurocentric in character and hegemonic in practice.
Hakimeh Saghaye-Biria
doaj   +1 more source

Eurocentrism and International Thinking - a brief introduction

open access: yesPolitikon, 2006
International thinking – a nice expression, widely used by political and economical leaders and easily found on all major newspapers nowadays. But has it been always like that? Globalisation is considered to be a rather new development in history.
Thomas M. Fesich
doaj   +1 more source

A REVIEW OF CRITICS AGAINST THE CALL FOR INDIGENOUS SOCIOLOGY IN TURKEY

open access: yesİmgelem, 2021
The call for indigenous sociology is a discussion that reflects reactions to the Eurocentric character of Western sociology and alternative proposals.
Fahri Çakı
doaj   +1 more source

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