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Keywords
bien vivir
buen vivir
decoloniality
power
buen vivir
decoloniality
power
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“Bien Vivir” – Between “Development” and the De/Coloniality of Power. (2016). Alternautas, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.31273/alternautas.v3i1.1023 (Original work published 2022)
Abstract
The whole extensive historical formational process of the Global Coloniality of Power has entered a deep crisis. The “Bien Vivir”, an expression of the indigenous populations of Latin America, is shaping an alternative for social life that can only be realized as a De/Coloniality of Power.

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