Decolonising Intercultural Education - 9781138671898

Taylor & Francis

Decolonising Intercultural EducationColonial differences, the geopolitics of knowledge, and inter-epistemic dialogue\nAuthor(s): Robert Aman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138671898, 978-1138671898\nSynopsis\nAt the centre of Decolonising Intercultural Education is a simple yet fundamental question: is it possible to learn from the Other? This book argues that many recent efforts to theorise interculturality restrict themselves to a variety of interpretations within a Western framework of knowledge, which does not necessarily account for the epistemological diversity of the world. \n\nThe book suggests an alternative definition of interculturality, framed not in terms of cultural differences, but in terms of colonial difference. It brings analysis of the Latin American concept of interculturalidad into the picture and explores the possibility of decentring the discourse of interculturality and its Eurocentric o.