Abstract

YON-DOMINGUEZ, Lola. Identity and Memory. Decolonial Rewritings of History. Diánoia [online]. 2024, vol.69, n.93, pp.127-154.  Epub Nov 01, 2024. ISSN 0185-2450.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iifs.18704913e.2024.93.2076.

One of the most common criticisms of the decolonial turn is that it presents essentialist and ahistorical views of identities. This essay addresses this issue by analyzing some fundamental texts of the decolonial current. On the one hand, I show that although the decolonial turn takes up the traditional theme of Latin American identity, to label this thought as essentialist originates in a simplistic and homogenizing reading. On the other hand, my hypothesis is that the core issue lies in a “regime of historicity” (Hartog 2015), characterized by the prominence of the past in discourses on cultural identity.

Keywords : identities; essentialism; decolonial turn; Enrique Dussel; Aníbal Quijano.

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