The Radio and the Plant

Lars Hulgård

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-51366-4_6

The Radio and the Plant

Lars Hulgård^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A comparison of Jürgen Habermas’ and Boaventura de Sousa Santos’ approach to colonialism and their relevance for framing a pathway towards sustainability. Through a longitudinal study of reactions to modernization and epistemicide it is concluded that whereas Habermas’ theory of colonization is limited by a Eurocentric methodological and ontological framework, Santos does not fully follow the potential of his own framework for understanding how hierarchies of knowledge and power are core elements in ongoing processes of colonization. By comparing and applying respectively a Habermasian and Santos framework to situations of colonization, it is concluded that Habermas’ theory of colonization is relevant for understanding the institutional mechanisms at play, whereas Santos’ framework is aimed at identifying ways of breaking free from Eurocentric modernity

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Sustainability in Unsustainable Society : Concepts, Critiques and Counter-Narratives
Editors	Jo Krøjer, Luise Li Langergaard
Number of pages	14
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2023
Pages	93-106
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-51368-8, 978-3-031-51365-7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-51366-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-51366-4_6
Publication status	Published - 2023

Series	Ethical Economy
Number	67
ISSN	2211-2707

Keywords

Colonialism
Epistemicide
Eurocentrism
European modernity
Inuits
Krenak

UN SDGs

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