Encountering the Pluriverse

Looking for Alternatives in Other Worlds

Bibliographic Data

ID10439596
AuthorsAmaya Querejazu (0000-0001-9565-9083, Universidad de los Andes, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume59
Issue2
Publication date2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Brasileira de Política Internacional (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-7329 • E-ISSN: 1983-3121
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0034-7329201600207
OpenAlexW2550570499
SCIELO_PIDS0034-73292016000200206
LanguageEN
Citations received53
References cited16

The lack of ontological pluralism in International Relations has been a strong determinant of the general scope of the discipline and its objects of study, as well as all that is rendered irrelevant to the study of the "international". IR has marginalized difference not only by disciplining epistemologies, but also by rejecting other ontologies, particularly those which belong to indigenous peoples, by relegating them to the realm of myths, legends and beliefs. The roots of ontological marginalization are deeply seeded, so much so that they are present in virtually every field of science (social or not). In order to understand this concern with ontology, we need to refer to the modern age, specifically its Western and now liberal manifestations. The main objective of this article is to put the ontological question on the table. It is argued that the "truth" of one-world, one reality and one universe is also a myth, showing how it has hidden many worlds and many realities. The concept of the pluriverse is used to show how - from different ontological positions, particularly relational cosmovisions like the Andean worldview -, alternatives actually appear. The text is divided into three parts: the first one depicts the pluriverse and what it implies and enables, the second describes how the pluriverse has been occulted by the myth of modernity, and the third part is an attempt to illustrate how relational ontologies contribute to the theoretical constitution of the global

Constitution · Epistemology · Indigenous · International relations · Modernity · Mythology · Ontology · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Realm · Sociology · International Development and Aid · International Relations in Latin America · Latin American Cultural Politics · Law · Philosophy

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