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Johann Ruysch world map (1507-1508)

Anti-Eurocentric Eurocentrism?

This essay by guest author Ben Brent investigates the subtle ways in which Eurocentrism can be reproduced in what otherwise appear to be anti-Eurocentric, decolonial theory. Distinguishing between “shallow” and “foundational” anti-Eurocentrism, the decentering approach pursued by some anti-Eurocentric authors is analysed in juxtaposition with the stronger position which forms the kernel of much decolonial theorising. A more “foundational” anti-Eurocentrism does, however, entail its own … Read more

II: Emancipatory Spectres

Contributions to the INTER-Scene do not necessarily reflect the views or politics of the editorial or advisory board. All submissions are considered in their unique contributions to stimulate debate, dissensus and collaboration amongst contributing authors and traditions of thought. If you would like to submit a response article to one of our guest submissions, please email [email protected] In 2008, Chris Anderson, co-editor and founder at … Read more

Picture of a reproduction of a lithograph by Odilon Redon, 1879.

I: Global Theory and its Ghosts

An essay which utilises short fiction and music to reflect on the teleological determinism characteristic of historical Eurocentric theorising which aspired to a global universality. How can we think theory in the ruins of such meta-narratives? Does theory still retain an emancipatory function? Can global thought also mean an excavation of wreckages, or giving voice to revisiting spectres from the past? Can such ghosts meaningfully contest the ‘capitalist realism’ which threatens the subsumption of futurity nd utopian imagining today?

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