Introductory notes to the notion of coloniality of power in Aníbal Quijano

Abstract

In this article, I will attempt to address conceptualizations and theoretical developments of the Peruvian sociologist and thinker Aníbal Quijano (1930-2018) with regard to his conceptual category of the coloniality of power and its possible potentialities in the field of thought and political praxis. Although the intellectual production of the aforementioned author is prolific, I have decided to limit myself to his contributions related to the coloniality of power and the pattern of modern power as well as its implications regarding the coloniality and decoloniality of power/knowledge.