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On a Genealogy of the Concept of “South–South Cooperation”

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Published/Copyright: May 17, 2023
Human Affairs
From the journal Human Affairs Volume 33 Issue 3

Abstract

This article presents some ideas for a genealogy of the concept of “South–South Cooperation”. It defends a definition of the concept, to the extent that there are several possible understandings of what South–South Cooperation means, which makes it important to make explicit which one we start from. Next, the article proposes an epistemological debate based on the reflections of the Congolese philosopher V.Y. Mudimbe, to relativize and historicize the very notion of “South”. Finally, it makes a brief review of the origins and paths taken by the concept.

Keywords: South–South Cooperation; Global South; dependency; history of concepts
Corresponding author: Fabricio Pereira da Silva, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) [Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro], Rua Paissandu, 155, 802, Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 22210085, Brazil, E-mail:
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Received: 2023-01-25
Revised: 2023-04-10
Accepted: 2023-05-01
Published Online: 2023-05-17
Published in Print: 2023-09-26

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https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2023-0013
Keywords for this article
South–South Cooperation; Global South; dependency; history of concepts

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