The dominant epistemology for studying racism and critical potential of historically forgotten epistemologies Cover Image

GENEZA IN OMEJITVE DOMINANTNE EPISTEMOLOGIJE PREUČEVANJA RASIZMA TER KRITIČNI POTENCIAL ZGODOVINSKO UTIŠANIH ALTERNATIVNIH EPISTEMOLOGIJ
The dominant epistemology for studying racism and critical potential of historically forgotten epistemologies

Author(s): Blaž Vrečko
Subject(s): Epistemology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Social differentiation, Nationalism Studies, Sociology of Culture, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Slovensko sociološko društvo (in FDV)
Keywords: racism; epistemology; Hannah Arendt; Oliver Cox; Franz Fanon;

Summary/Abstract: The rise of racist phenomena both globally and locally is perceived ever more as a crucial issue in the present socio-political context. This has led to the substantial growth of intellectual considerations on the phenomena, even in local contexts where racisms have rarely been analysed. The article critically analyses the central issues of the dominant epistemology of most existing research and reductionist understandings of racisms, their historical developments and persistence in liberaldemocratic capitalistic societies organised as nation states. By reflecting on the genesis and fundamental coordinates of the dominant epistemology and utilising the insights of alternative epistemologies, a framework is established for a more nuanced understanding of racisms that mirrors the complexity of these phenomena.

  • Issue Year: 36/2020
  • Issue No: 93
  • Page Range: 7-31
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Slovenian