Abstract

GROSFOGUEL, Ramón. Epistemic Racism, Epistemic Islamophobia and Colonial Social Sciences. Tabula Rasa [online]. 2011, n.14, pp.341-355. ISSN 1794-2489.

This article is about the way epistemic racism shapes contemporary discussions on Islamophobia. The first part is a discussion about epistemic racism in the world-system. The second part is on the Western male hegemonic identity politics and the fundamentalist responses to it. The third part is on epistemic Islamophobia and the social sciences.

Keywords : epistemic racism; islamophobia; colonial social sciences; social theory.

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