Globalisation and the challenge of coloniality of power

This article argues that coloniality of power poses a challenge for globalisation as a component of modernity. The challenge necessitates a programme of decoloniality for globalisation. The inherent potential of globalisation to elevate one culture as dominant and to residualise the rest is sufficie...

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Published in:The South African journal of international affairs 2022-04, Vol.29 (2), p.119-138
Main Authors: Chimakonam, Jonathan O, Enyimba, Maduka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
coloniality of power
conversational thinking
Cultural hegemony
cultural injustice
Culture
Decolonization
global cultural hegemony
Globalisation
Globalization
Hegemony
Literature reviews
Modernity
Power
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Summary:This article argues that coloniality of power poses a challenge for globalisation as a component of modernity. The challenge necessitates a programme of decoloniality for globalisation. The inherent potential of globalisation to elevate one culture as dominant and to residualise the rest is sufficient to warrant its problematisation despite its positive features. A review of the literature shows that some decolonial thinkers present globalisation as one of the phenomena associated with the coloniality of power. Indeed, as a form of global cultural hegemony, globalisation elevates one culture as an absolute while marginalising others. At the same time, globalisation has an inherent capacity to bring cultures into a conversation; potentially creating a less lopsided and more accommodating world. This article will discuss how the coloniality of power constitutes a problem for this more positive role for globalisation, and how this might be remedied.
ISSN:1022-0461
1938-0275
DOI:10.1080/10220461.2022.2077829