The decolonial subject and the problem of non-Western authenticity

• Published in: Postcolonial studies Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 150 - 167
• Main Author: Vieira, Marco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 03.04.2019
• Subjects: Authenticity; decolonial thought; post-Western subjectivity; postcolonial psychology

It is argued in this paper that some decolonising strategies in the study of global politics are precluded by the problem of non-Western authenticity. I question the idea of an identifiable non-Western geo-cultural context that could significantly reconstitute what already is a post-Western subject....