Aníbal Quijano (17 November 1928 – 31 May 2018) was a Peruvian sociologist and humanist thinker, known for having developed the concepts of "

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" and "

coloniality of knowledge Coloniality of knowledge is a concept that Peruvian sociologist Anibal Quijano developed and adapted to contemporary decolonial thinking. The concept critiques what proponents call the Eurocentric system of knowledge, arguing the legacy of colo ...

". His body of work has been influential in the fields of decolonial studies and critical theory.

Education and academic career

Quijano received a Bachelor's degree from the

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(UNMSM), where he enrolled in various courses on Latin American history, anthropology, sociology and law. He later obtained a Master's degree at the

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(FLACSO) in Santiago de Chile. He subsequently returned to Lima to study for a PhD at the University of San Marcos, which he completed in 1964. His PhD examined the emergence of rural-to-urban Indigenous migrants in Peru and the changing roles and contexts of ethnic identity in Latin America. Until 1995, he was senior lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences of San Marcos. He became a professor of the Department of Sociology at

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, New York. Quijano held several positions as a visiting professor in the

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at universities worldwide:

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(Paris),

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, National University of Ecuador,

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(UNAM),

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, Latin American School of Economics (ESCOLATINA), and

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. He published works on colonialism, politics, democracy, globalization and other social issues.

Works

*1965: ''La emergencia del grupo cholo y sus implicaciones en la sociedad peruana,'' Ph.D. diss., Universidad de San Marcos,

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. *1965: ''El movimiento campesino peruano y sus líderes,'' América Latina, year 8, no.4 (Oct–Dec). *1967: ''Tendencies in Peruvian Development and in the Class Struggle''. In

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and Maurice Zeitlin, eds Latin America: Reform Or Revolution.

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: Fawcett. *1967: ''Contemporary Peasant Movements,''. In Elites in Latin America, ed. S. Lipset and A. Solari. New York:

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, pp. 301–342. *1969: (with Antonio García) ''Il Nuovo Marxismo Latinoamericano''. A Cura de Giancarlo Santarelli.

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: Feltrinelli. *1969: ''Urbanisation, Changement Social et Dependance''. Dependance Et Developpement En Amerique Latine.

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: Anthropos. *1969: ''Urbanization of Society in Latin America''. Urbanization in Latin America. New York:

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. *1970: ''La Formation du Monde de la Marginalite Urbaine''. Espaces et Societes, No. 1, Paris. *1971: ''Nationalism and Capitalism in Perú: a study in neo-imperialism''. New York:

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. *1973: (with Francisco Weffort ) ''Die agrarreform in Perú. Gewalt und Ausbeutung''. Lateinamerikas Landwirtschaft.

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: Hoffman und Campe *1974: ''Crisis Imperialista y clase obrera en America Latina''. Lima *1974: ''Perú: from the conciliation to the confrontation'' in Latin America and United States, Changing Political Relations.

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. *1974: ''Marginal Pole and Marginal Labor Force in Latin America''.

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: Routledge
No. 1, 1974
*1976: ''Crise Imperialista e Classe Operaria Na America Latina''.

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: Centelha. *1976: ''Tendencies of the Working Class''. Latin American Perspectives, Issue 8, vol. III, No. 1.

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. *1978: ''Imperialismo, clases sociales y estado en el Perú, 1890–1930: El Perú en la crisis de los años 30,'' Mosca Azul Ed. 136p. *1980: ''Caractère et Perspective de l’actuel régime militaire au Perou''.

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's Le Marxisme En Amerique Latine de 1909 a Nos Jours: Une Anthologie. Paris *1986: ''Die Enterstehung einer Marginalen Welt in den Latein Amerikanischen Stadten''. Soziale Bewegungen und Raumliche Strukturen In Latein Amerika.

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: Gesamthochschulbibliothek. *1989: ''Identidad y Utopía en América Latina''.

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: Ediciones El Conejo. *1989: ''The paradoxes of modernity''. International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society. Vol. 3, No. 2. New York: Winter. *1991: ''Colonialidad y Modernidad/Racionalidad''. Perú Indígena, vol. 13, No. 29, pp. 11–20. Lima: Instituto Indigenista Peruano *1992: (with

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) ''Americanity as a concept. Or The Americas in the Modern World-System''. In International Social Science Journal, No. 134, Nov. 1992,

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, Paris. *1994: ''Colonialité du Pouvoir et Democratie en Amerique Latine''. Future Anterieur: Amérique Latine, Democratie Et Exclusion. Paris:

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. *1995: ''El Fujimorismo y el Peru,'' Seminario de Estudios y Debates Socialistas. Lima, 48p. *1998: ''Work in a turning point?''. In ISA Bulletin 75–76, Spring.

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. *1998: ''Colonialidad, Poder, Cultura y Conocimiento en América Latina''. In Anuario Mariateguiano, vol. IX, No. 9, pp..113–122. Lima: Amauta. *1999: ''Coloniality and Modernity/Rationality''. In Goran Therborn, ed. Globalizations and Modernities.

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: FRN. *2000: ''Colonialidad y Clasificación Social''. Journal of World Systems Research, vol. VI, No. 2, Fall/Winter, pp. 342–388.

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and Walter L. Goldfrank, eds.

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2000: ''Coloniality of Power, Eurocentrism and Latin America''.
Nepantla, No. 3,

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. *2002: ''The Return of the Future and Questions about Knowledge''.

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, London:

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. *2006. ''Estado-nación y movimientos indígenas en la región Andina: cuestiones abiertas''. En OSAL, Observatorio Social de America Latina, año VI, no. 19. CLACSO, Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales,

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. Julio. *2007: 'Colonialidad y clasificación social'. En: Santiago Castro-Gómez y Ramón Grosfoguel (eds). El giro decolonial. Reflexiones para una diversidad epistémica más allá del capitalismo global.

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: Siglo del Hombre Editores. *2010: 'Coloniality and Modernity/Rationality', Chapter 2, pp. 22 – 32, in ''Globalization and the Decolonial Option'', ed. by

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& Árturo Escobar,

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, London & New York. *2010: ''Die Paradoxien der eurozentrierten kolonialen Moderne,'' in Prokla – Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft 40 (1), Heft 158, 29–47.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quijano, Anibal 1930 births 2018 deaths Peruvian sociologists Peruvian humanists Critical theorists Postcolonial theorists Binghamton University faculty National University of San Marcos alumni Academic staff of the National University of San Marcos

Education and academic career

Works

See also

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