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This chapter presents a genealogy of the concepts of "Global South" and “South–South Cooperation”. It defends a definition of the concept, to the extent that there are several possible understandings of what South–South Cooperation means, which makes it important to make explicit which one we start from.
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The chapter proposes an epistemological debate based on the reflections of the Congolese philosopher V.Y. Mudimbe, to relativize and historicize the very notion of “South”. Finally, it makes a brief review of the origins and paths taken by the concept.
Fabricio Pereira da Silva
UNIRIO
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This page is a summary of: On a Genealogy of the Ideas of “Global South” and “South–South Cooperation”, August 2025, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004732919_012.
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