{"product_id":"struggles-for-liberation-in-abya-yala-paperback-softback-9781394181230","title":"Struggles for Liberation in Abya Yala (Paperback \/ softback) 9781394181230","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStruggles for Liberation in Abya Yala\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLuis Ruben Diaz Cepeda (Edited by), LR Díaz Cepeda (Author), Ernesto Rosen Velasquez (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781394181230, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 April 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 18.5 x 1.3 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresents struggles for liberation in the Americas from the perspectives of structural victims\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStruggles for Liberation in Abya Yala\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways people occupying different positionalities respond to various catastrophes while discussing how collective processes of struggle make new meanings and create new forms of relationality and subjectivity. Bringing together contributions by a diverse panel of well-established voices and rising scholars, this provocative volume challenges readers to resist, take direct collective action, organize, protest, and  give proper uptake to social movements that fight against injustice and life-threatening conditions. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOperating primarily within the context of “Abya Yala” — the term deployed by indigenous peoples to refer to the US, Latin America, and the Caribbean — the volume demonstrates and advances the explanatory and normative power of Philosophy of Liberation and the Decolonial Turn through theoretical analysis of current social changes  unfolding in the Americas. Throughout the book, academic scholars and on-the-ground activists illustrate the reach, impact, and implications of radical social transformations that support victims of the system. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffering perspectives from the people who have chosen to rebel and act in solidarity against the system that oppresses them, \u003ci\u003eStruggles for Liberation in Abya Yala:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses different struggles for social justice in the US, México and Latin America\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws from philosophical tradition with influence in Africana philosophy, feminism, critical race theory, ethics, and political philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTasks readers to fight for reparations, stand in solidarity with marginalized and indigenous peoples, and abolish dispossession\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCritiques the capitalist and colonial relationships that facilitate the exploitation of large segments of the population\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePromotes social mobilization through education and the decolonization of Westernized university and educational practices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn urgent call to action for all those seeking to fundamentally change the world, \u003ci\u003eStruggles for Liberation in Abya Yala\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for undergraduate and graduate students, educators and university lecturers, academic researchers and scholars, social and political activists, policymakers, journalists and media professionals, and general readers who are committed to liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors v\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErnesto Rosen Velásquez and Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I Theoretical Approaches 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Liberation Philosophy and the Search for Combative Decoloniality: A Fanonian Approach 11\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNelson Maldonado- Torres\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Decolonizing Understanding: A Utopian Reading of Aníbal Quijano’s Coloniality of Power and Knowledge 29\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlejandro Vallega\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Transmodernity as a Postulate: First Eurocentrism, Prejudice, and Critique 43\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnrique Téllez Fabiani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II Gender 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Reflections on the Erotics of Liberation: A Contemporary, Feminist Latin American Perspective 61\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAFyL Women Collective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Sylvia Wynter’s Gender and Genre for a Queer and Trans- inclusive Politics 73\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eElisabeth Paquette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III Education 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Struggles to Make Black Lives Matter 87\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eErnesto Rosen Velásquez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 In the Trap of Critique: Making Decolonization Metaphor 105\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie Rivera Berruz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Education in Latin America: Decolonization as an Ethical–Political Urgency 116\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNadia Heredia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Philosophy of Liberation Praxis in Mexico City 127\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGabriel Herrera Salazar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV Social Movements 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Experiences of Weaving: The Chilean Social Revolt as an Esthetic Proposal 141\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaloma Griffero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Migration Justice in Times of Pandemics in the Borderland of Ciudad Juárez\/El Paso 161\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuis Rubén Díaz Cepeda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Latin American Animal Ethics 173\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIván Sandoval-Cervantes and Amy Reed- Sandoval\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Zapata Revisited: Views on the Zapatista National Liberation Army 182\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eErnesto Castañeda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Decolonizing Peyote Politics in Mexico and Southwest U.S. 197\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOsiris Sinuhé González 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