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Beyond Eurocentrism

23 mins | Apr 16, 2022
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If you want decolonisation, go to the economics of Samir Amin. The Egyptian economist coined the term ‘Eurocentrism’ and thought of the problem not as cultural but as one of political economy. Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven, a lecturer in international development at King's College London, makes a fascinating case to use Amin's deep structural insights to go beyond cultural criticism.

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