Constructing the Pluriverse

<div>The contributors to <i>Constructing the Pluriverse</i> critique the hegemony of the postcolonial Western tradition and its claims to universality by offering a set of pluriversal approaches to understanding the coexisting epistemologies and practices of the different worlds and problems we inhabit and encounter. Moving beyond critiques of colonialism the contributors rethink the relationship between knowledge and power offering new perspectives on development democracy and ideology while providing diverse methodologies for non-Western thought and practice that range from feminist approaches to scientific research to ways of knowing expressed through West African oral traditions. In combination these wide-ranging approaches and understandings form a new analytical toolbox for those seeking creative solutions for dismantling Westernization throughout the world.<br><br>Contributors. Zaid Ahmad Manuela Boatc? Hans-Jürgen Burchardt Raewyn Connell Arturo Escobar Sandra Harding Ehsan Kashfi Venu Mehta Walter D. Mignolo Ulrich Oslender Issiaka Ouattara Bernd Reiter Manu Samnotra Catherine E. Walsh Aram Ziai<br> </div>