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| Anibal Quijano | |
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| Name | Anibal Quijano |
| Birth date | 17 November 1930 |
| Birth place | Lima |
| Death date | 31 May 2018 |
| Death place | Lima |
| Occupation | Sociologist, Peruan intellectual, theorist |
| Notable works | "Coloniality of Power", "Coloniality and Modernity/Rationality" |
| Era | 20th century, 21st century |
Anibal Quijano Anibal Quijano was a Peruan sociologist and intellectual best known for formulating the concept of the "coloniality of power" and for contributions to debates on modernity, decoloniality, globalization, and race. His work influenced scholars across Latin America, Europe, Africa, and North America and intersected with movements linked to Indigenous peoples, Afro-Latinx scholars, and postcolonial thinkers.
Quijano was born in Lima and grew up during a period shaped by Peruan political cycles and social movements including the aftermath of the Aprista Party era and the rise of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre's influence, the Revolution of 1968, and later the Shining Path insurgency contexts. He undertook undergraduate and graduate studies influenced by institutions such as the National University of San Marcos, the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and intellectual currents linked to José Carlos Mariátegui, José María Arguedas, Andrés Bello, and Simón Bolívar. His formation engaged with scholarship from Max Weber, Karl Marx, Frantz Fanon, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Michel Foucault.
Quijano held faculty and research positions at universities and institutes across Peru and Latin America, including ties to the National University of San Marcos, the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), and collaborations with scholars at the State University of New York (SUNY), University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, and University of Buenos Aires. He participated in networks such as the Proyecto de Investigación Social, the Carrera de Sociología programs, and international conferences hosted by institutions like the International Sociological Association and the Latin American Studies Association. He mentored students who later joined faculties at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, and other universities.
Quijano developed the notion of "coloniality of power" to analyze the persistence of colonial patterns in postcolonial societies, dialoguing with concepts from modernity, colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, and race. He argued that categories of race and social classification were central to structuring labor regimes and political hierarchies, building on debates by W.E.B. Du Bois, Stuart Hall, Albert Memmi, Aimé Césaire, and Aníbal Pinto. Quijano linked his analysis to the World-Systems Theory of Immanuel Wallerstein, critiques by Pierre Bourdieu, and epistemic critiques associated with Gustavo Esteva, Boaventura de Sousa Santos, and Walter Mignolo. His concept of "coloniality" inspired work on decoloniality, epistemic violence, subaltern studies, postcolonialism, and indigenous knowledges explored by scholars like Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Homi K. Bhabha, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, and Vine Deloria Jr..
Major essays and articles by Quijano appeared in journals and edited volumes alongside contributions from Aníbal Ponce-era intellectuals and contemporary theorists, including influential pieces such as "Colonialidad y Modernidad/Racionalidad" and "Coloniality of Power, Eurocentrism and Latin America". His writings were published in collections with editors from Duke University Press, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, and regional publishers in Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Madrid, and Santiago de Chile. He contributed to dialogues in volumes alongside Enrique Dussel, Raúl Fornet-Betancourt, Eduardo Galeano, Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, and Atilio Borón.
Quijano's ideas shaped scholarship across disciplines and regions, influencing debates in Latin American studies, Critical Race Theory, Sociology, Anthropology, History, and Political Science and informing activists in Zapatista communities, Movimientos Indígenas in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru, and intellectual circles linked to UNESCO and UN fora on indigenous rights. His work was cited by scholars at Columbia University, Yale University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Toronto, and influenced curricula at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), University of the Andes (Colombia), and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Critics engaged him from perspectives associated with Postcolonial Studies, Dependency Theory, Neoliberalism critiques, and World-Systems Theory debates, with responses from thinkers like Eduardo L. Dargent, Arturo Escobar, María Lugones, and Sergio Bagú.
Quijano received recognition from regional and international bodies, with honors and participation in programs sponsored by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONCYTEC), cultural awards from Peruan institutions, honorary invitations from the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), and fellowships linked to the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and academic chairs at FLACSO and the Centre for Advanced Studies in Sao Paulo.
Quijano lived primarily in Lima and engaged with intellectual circles in Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Quito, and Santiago. He passed away in Lima on 31 May 2018, leaving a legacy continued by students, colleagues, and movements across Latin America and the global academy.
Category:Peruvian sociologists Category:People from Lima Category:1930 births Category:2018 deaths