Aníbal Quijano

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Aníbal Quijano
Quijano in August 2015
Born(1930-11-17)November 17, 1930
DiedMay 31, 2018(2018-05-31) (aged 87)
NationalityPeruvian
EducationNational University of San Marcos
OccupationSociologist
Known for
  • Coloniality of power
  • Coloniality of knowledge
Scientific career
FieldsDecoloniality
InstitutionsNational University of San Marcos; Ricardo Palma University; Binghamton University; National Autonomous University of Mexico


Aníbal Quijano (17 November 1930 – 31 May 2018) was a Peruvian sociologist and humanist thinker, known for having developed the concepts of "coloniality of power" and "coloniality of knowledge".[1] 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

Universidad de Chile, Latin American School of Economics (ESCOLATINA), and George Washington University
. He wrote numerous books and publications 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, Lima.
  • 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 James Petras and Maurice Zeitlin, eds Latin America: Reform Or Revolution. New York: Fawcett.
  • 1967: Contemporary Peasant Movements,. In Elites in Latin America, ed. S. Lipset and A. Solari. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 301–342.
  • 1969: (with Antonio García) Il Nuovo Marxismo Latinoamericano. A Cura de Giancarlo Santarelli. Milan: Feltrinelli.
  • 1969: Urbanisation, Changement Social et Dependance. Dependance Et Developpement En Amerique Latine. Paris: Anthropos.
  • 1969: Urbanization of Society in Latin America. Urbanization in Latin America. New York:
    Anchor Books
    .
  • 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:
    Monthly Review Press
    .
  • 1973: (with Francisco Weffort ) Die agrarreform in Perú. Gewalt und Ausbeutung. Lateinamerikas Landwirtschaft. Hamburg: 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. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
  • 1974: Marginal Pole and Marginal Labor Force in Latin America. Economy and Society, London: Routledge, No. 1, 1974
  • 1976: Crise Imperialista e Classe Operaria Na America Latina. Coimbra: Centelha.
  • 1976: Tendencies of the Working Class. Latin American Perspectives, Issue 8, vol. III, No. 1. Berkeley.
  • 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. Michael Löwy'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. Kassel: Gesamthochschulbibliothek.
  • 1989: Identidad y Utopía en América Latina. Quito: 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 Immanuel Wallerstein) Americanity as a concept. Or The Americas in the Modern World-System. In International Social Science Journal, No. 134, Nov. 1992, UNESCO, Paris.
  • 1994: Colonialité du Pouvoir et Democratie en Amerique Latine. Future Anterieur: Amérique Latine, Democratie Et Exclusion. Paris: L'Harmattan.
  • 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.
    Universidad Complutense
    .
  • 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. Stockholm
    : FRN.
  • 2000: Colonialidad y Clasificación Social.
    Journal of World Systems Research, vol. VI, No. 2, Fall/Winter, pp. 342–388. Giovanni Arrighi and Walter L. Goldfrank, eds. Colorado
    .
  • 2000: Coloniality of Power, Eurocentrism and Latin America. Nepantla, No. 3, Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
  • 2002: The Return of the Future and Questions about Knowledge.
    SAGE Publications, New Delhi
    .
  • 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, Buenos Aires. 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. Bogotá: Siglo del Hombre Editores.
  • 2010: 'Coloniality and Modernity/Rationality', Chapter 2, pp. 22 – 32, in Globalization and the Decolonial Option, ed. by Walter Mignolo & Árturo Escobar, Routledge, London & New York.
  • 2010: Die Paradoxien der eurozentrierten kolonialen Moderne, in Prokla – Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft 40 (1), Heft 158, 29–47.

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