Three Paths to Decolonizing Philosophy in Contexts of Conviviality-Inequality: Hegel’s Eurocentrism as Case Study

Abstract

This paper proposes a systematization of the theoretical strategies to combat the epistemic coloniality of philosophy in a world marked by acute structural inequalities. First, we group these strategies in three categories: a) the conversion of marginalized into hegemonic knowledges; b) the inversion between marginalized and hegemonic knowledges; and c) subversion of hegemonic by marginalized knowledges. We then illustrate this categorization with different ways of dealing with the Eurocentrism of Hegel’s philosophy of history. In addition to deepening the understanding of epistemic decolonization, this systematization contributes to strengthening the intersectionality between projects that, while focused on distinct dimensions of coloniality, share a core of methodological practices.