Living Phenomenology as a Decolonial Practice

This paper examines phenomenology as a living form of thought with significance for decolonial epistemic practice. After discussing how phenomenology addresses concerns of living thought, the author outlines disciplinary decadence as a form of colonial epistemic practice and offers his theory of tel...

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Main Author: Lewis R. Gordon
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/9/6/175
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spelling doaj-art-08fcae2c81ab4e3389565bfc4c0c42dd2025-08-20T02:57:17ZengMDPI AGPhilosophies2409-92872024-11-019617510.3390/philosophies9060175Living Phenomenology as a Decolonial PracticeLewis R. Gordon0Philosophy Department, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USAThis paper examines phenomenology as a living form of thought with significance for decolonial epistemic practice. After discussing how phenomenology addresses concerns of living thought, the author outlines disciplinary decadence as a form of colonial epistemic practice and offers his theory of teleological suspensions of disciplinarity among the decolonial epistemic practices that could be devoted not only to the decolonization of thought but also ideas pertaining to normative life.https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/9/6/175epistemic decolonizationdisciplinary decadencephenomenologyteleological suspension of disciplinarity
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Living Phenomenology as a Decolonial Practice
Philosophies
epistemic decolonization
disciplinary decadence
phenomenology
teleological suspension of disciplinarity
title Living Phenomenology as a Decolonial Practice
title_full Living Phenomenology as a Decolonial Practice
title_fullStr Living Phenomenology as a Decolonial Practice
title_full_unstemmed Living Phenomenology as a Decolonial Practice
title_short Living Phenomenology as a Decolonial Practice
title_sort living phenomenology as a decolonial practice
topic epistemic decolonization
disciplinary decadence
phenomenology
teleological suspension of disciplinarity
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