Skip to main content
Taylor & Francis Group Logo
    Advanced Search

    Click here to search products using title name,author name and keywords.

    • Login
    • Hi, User  
      • Your Account
      • Logout
      Advanced Search

      Click here to search products using title name,author name and keywords.

      Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages.

      Chapter

      Final Thoughts
      loading

      Chapter

      Final Thoughts

      DOI link for Final Thoughts

      Final Thoughts book

      Final Thoughts

      DOI link for Final Thoughts

      Final Thoughts book

      ByBernd Reiter
      BookDecolonizing the Social Sciences and Humanities

      Click here to navigate to parent product.

      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2021
      Imprint Routledge
      Pages 5
      eBook ISBN 9781003240105
      Share
      Share

      ABSTRACT

      This chapter offers some final thoughts on the accomplishments and shortcomings of this book. Anti-elitism emerged as a common theme throughout all chapters of this book. Western civilization, once analyzed from a decolonial perspective, emerges as a movement to destroy communal bonds, along with other bonds previously connecting humans to each other, to nature, their past, and their gods. Once Western civilization transformed communities into individuals, rule could take hold in the form of some individuals claiming superior knowledge, often combined with superior strength. The usurpation of political power and its concentration in a few hands was a male endeavor, ending previously dominant gender equity. The more some individuals were able to concentrate political power in their hands, the less responsible average citizens became, leaving citizen duties and mutual responsibilities to the state. As this book was written during the COVID-19 epidemic, the lack of citizen responsibility became painfully evident. This chapter ends with a call to reconquer politics and bring it back into community control.

      T&F logoTaylor & Francis Group logo
      • Policies
        • Privacy Policy
        • Terms & Conditions
        • Cookie Policy
        • Privacy Policy
        • Terms & Conditions
        • Cookie Policy
      • Journals
        • Taylor & Francis Online
        • CogentOA
        • Taylor & Francis Online
        • CogentOA
      • Corporate
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
        • Taylor & Francis Group
      • Help & Contact
        • Students/Researchers
        • Librarians/Institutions
        • Students/Researchers
        • Librarians/Institutions
      • Connect with us

      Connect with us

      Registered in England & Wales No. 3099067
      5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG © 2022 Informa UK Limited