Abstract

GROSFOGUEL, Ramon. Afro-Caribbean Decolonial Thought: A Short Introduction. Tabula Rasa [online]. 2020, n.35, pp.11-33.  Epub Feb 26, 2021. ISSN 1794-2489.  https://doi.org/10.25058/20112742.n35.01.

This essay is an introduction to the implicit theoretical positions presupposed when we say “decolonial Afro-Caribbean thought.” It discusses the spacIal, theoretical and epistemological presuppositions that defines de field of study in this special issue. The Caribbean is redefined as the Greater Caribbean, not as a Geography, but as a socio-historical-cultural experience coming from the plantations of racial capitalism. In addition, it discusses the Decolonial Manifesto of Aimé Césaire as a foundationl text of Afro-Caribbean Decolonial Thought.

Keywords : Afro-Caribbean decolonisl thought; Caribbean; Aimé Césaire; epistemic extractivism; Greater Caribbean; modern civilization; racial capitalism..

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