Rousseau strikes again
‘Indians’, anthropologists and the limits of decoloniality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17812690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thiago Pinho (0000-0003-4147-6331, Mathematics Research Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 174-189 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perifèria Revista d investigació i formació en Antropologia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1885-8996 • E-ISSN: 1885-8996 |
| Publisher | Autonomous University of Barcelona (PUBLISHER • ES) |
| DOI | 10.5565/rev/periferia.1065 |
| OpenAlex | W7125458582 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Following an interdisciplinary path, and especially a decolonial approach, the aim of this essay is to investigate some of the developments of poststructuralism in the anthropological field, observing its effects and contradictions. What are the advantages and, above all, the risks of this philosophical approach in the hands of the contemporary anthropologist? Is there perhaps some kind of Westernizing vice being reproduced between the lines of their ethnographies? If the answer is yes, how can we address the problem by adopting a truly decolonial stance, rather than relying on a generic and simplified interpretation? This essay is a product of philosophical anthropology, with the main source of information being secondary data, particularly ethnographies. By analyzing ethnographic texts, from the Ontological Turn to Vitalist and Phenomenological Anthropologies, those and other questions will be addressed, at least as an appetizer, or perhaps an invitation to future investigations
Decoloniality · Ethnography · Ontology · Philosophical anthropology · Philosophical methodology · Product (mathematics) · Vitalism · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Legal and cultural studies analysis
| Highly cited | No |
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