Latino/as in the World-system: Decolonization Struggles in the 21st Century U.S. Empire [Paperback]

Contributors Immanuel Wallerstein, Enrique Dussel, Walter Mignolo, Agustin Lao, Lewis Gordon, James V. Fenelon, Roberto Hernandez, James Cohen, Santiago Slabosky, Susanne Jonas, and Thomas Reifer. By the mid-twenty-first century, white Euro-Americans will be a demographic minority in the United States and Latino/as will be the largest minority (25 percent). These changes bring about important challenges at the heart of the contemporary debates about political transformations in the United States and around the world. Latino/as are multiracial (Afro-latinos, Indo-latinos, Asian-latinos, and Euro-latinos), multi-ethnic, multireligious (Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, indigenous, and African spiritualities), and of varied legal status (immigrants, citizens, and illegal migrants). This collection addresses for the first time the potential of these diverse Latino/a spiritualities, origins, and statuses against the landscape of decolonization of the U.S. economic and cultural empire in the twenty-first century. Some authors explore the impact of Indo-latinos and Afro-latinos in the United States and others discuss the conflicting interpretations and political conflicts arising from the Latinization of the United States.Addresses the potential of diverse Latino/a spiritualities, origins, and status against the landscape of decolonization of the US economic and cultural empire in the twenty-first century. This book explores the impact of Indo-latinos and Afro-latinos in the United States.Part I Introduction; Introduction Latin@s and the Euro-American Menace, Ram?n Grosfoguel, Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Jos? David Sald?var; Part II Latin@s in World-Historical Perspective; Chapter 1 Latin@s: Whats in a Name?, Immanuel Wallerstein; Chapter 2 Ser Hispano, Enrique Dussel; Chapter 3 Huntingtons Fears, Walter D. Mignolo; Part III Decolonization, Afro-Latin@s, and the African Diaspora; Chapter 4 Afro-Latin@ Difference and the Politics of Decolonization, Agust?n Lao-Monl3’