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De-Westernisation: Key Concept Paper

Media, Conflict and Democratisation (MeCoDEM) (2015), 28 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 23-28

ISSN 2057-4002

"This paper outlines the main debates surrounding De-Westernisation, which addresses global imbalances in the creation and distribution of academic knowledge. In addition to providing a comprehensive overview of the field, the working paper suggests further steps in order to enrich a global set of philosophical, social and political theories. The paper foregrounds East and South Asia, as well as Africa, in its consideration of non-Western philosophical traditions." (Executive summary)