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Puerto Rican decolonial philosopher

Nelson Maldonado-Torres (born 1971, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican philosopher and professor in Philosophy at University of Connecticut-Storrs. He received his PhD from Brown University in Religious Studies. His work has been influential in contributing to ideas about decoloniality decolonizing epistemology, and in critiquing Western liberalism and Eurocentrism. He is influenced by the works of Frantz Fanon, Emmanuel Levinas, and Enrique Dussel.

He critiques the notion of representational politics as being enough to contribute to systemic change. His work has been described as "animated by an ethic of decolonial love." He is also noted for contributing to discourse on the decolonial turn.

Career

He was the head of the Caribbean Philosophical Association from 2008 to 2013. He was one of the signatories to support the creation for a Latina/o Academy of Arts and Sciences in the United States.

Publications

Books

  • Against War: Views from the Underside of Modernity (2008)
  • La descolonización y el giro de(s)colonial (2012)

Select articles

  • "On the coloniality of being: Contributions to the development of a concept" (2007)
  • "Thinking through the decolonial turn: Post-continental interventions in theory, philosophy, and critique—An introduction" (2011)
  • "Outline of ten theses on coloniality and decoloniality" (2016)

References

  1. Shaughnessy, Tristan. "Professor Nelson Maldonado-Torres Makes the Case for Ethnic Studies". The Inquirer. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  2. "Author Maldonado-Torres to Lead Hispanic Heritage Month Program Monday | News | University of Wyoming". www.uwyo.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  3. Mostrador, El (2022-10-22). "Alexander Ortiz Ocaña y el decolonialismo: "Hay una trampa en la pretensión y en la intención humanista de la pedagogía"". El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  4. Naidu-Hoffmeester, Rivonia (2017). "Why the decoloniality struggle surprised South Africans".
  5. ^ Maldonado-Torres, Nelson. "Black Faces in High Places". LA Progressive. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  6. Moses, John A. "Against War: Views from the Underside of Modernity–By Nelson Maldonado‐Torres." (2011): 444-445.
  7. Erdel, Timothy Paul (2011-11-01). "Against War: Views from the Underside of Modernity". Faith and Philosophy. 28 (4): 483–487. doi:10.5840/faithphil201128451.
  8. Wanzer-Serrano, Darrel (2015-01-02). "Against War: Views from the Underside of Modernity". Quarterly Journal of Speech. 101 (1): 324–327. doi:10.1080/00335630.2015.994895. ISSN 0033-5630.
  9. Cal, Russell (2022-11-07). "Nelson Maldonado-Torres: Sobre a Colonialidade doSer and El Mostrador | Philosophy Department". Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  10. Maldonado-Torres, Nelson; Cavooris, Robert, "The Decolonial Turn", New Approaches to Latin American Studies, doi:10.4324/9781315158365-8/decolonial-turn-nelson-maldonado-torres-robert-cavooris, retrieved 2022-11-17
  11. Grosfoguel, Ramón (2007-03-01). "The Epistemic Decolonial Turn". Cultural Studies. 21 (2–3): 211–223. doi:10.1080/09502380601162514. ISSN 0950-2386.
  12. ^ Martel, Michelle. "Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Ph.D." latcar.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  13. Maldonado-Torres, Nelson (2008-03-19). Against War: Views from the Underside of Modernity. Duke University Press.

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