Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface to the 2012 Edition ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xxv
5. Introduction. On Gnosis and the Imaginary of the Modern/Colonial World System 1
6. Part One. IN SEARCH OF AN OTHER LOGIC 47
7. Part Two. I AM WHERE I THINK: THE GEOPOLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE AND COLONIAL EPISTEMIC DIFFERENCES 89
8. Part Three. SUBALTERNITY AND THE COLONIAL DIFFERENCE: LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND KNOWLEDGES 215
9. AFTERWORD. An Other Tongue, An Other Thinking, An Other Logic 313
10. Bibliography 339
11. Index 367
12. Backmatter 373