A Decolonial Critique of Feminist Epistemology Critique

This essay makes explicit the theoretical production of anti-racist and decolo- nial feminism as part of the bets to advance in a counter-hegemonic epistemology atten- tive to Eurocentrism, racism, and coloniality, not only in the production of knowledge in the social and human sciences in general, but concretely within feminist theorizing. The analysis starts by recognizing the previous contributions that nourish the production of theory of decolonial feminism, showing how it radicalizes and doubles the bet in its cri- tique of the theoretical and conceptual frameworks that support the most accepted and popularized truths as the “women’s point of view”. By means of concrete examples, the contribution shows the type of errors incurred, the operations through which the cate- gories, methodology, and points of view previously criticized are taken up again, without any intention of abandoning them or looking for alternatives to solve the problem.

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Author(s): Yuderkys Espinosa-Miñoso
Date Published: 2013
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Language: English

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