Decolonial and Ontological Challenges in Social and Anthropological Theory

In this article, I examine the conceptual and methodological points of convergence divergence two intellectual currents frequently referred to as decolonial ontological turns in social anthropological theory. Salient considered are ways both theoretical projects unsettle modernity’s dominant epistemological foundations by seriously engaging potential thinking with alterity (ethical dimension) from exteriority (geopolitical dimension). compare their subversive contributions, examining, particular, Enrique Dussel’s analectical hermeneutic approach Eduardo Viveiros de Castro’s ethnographic method controlled equivocation. Lastly, discuss how theories approaches complement each other’s efforts destabilize Western philosophical foundations.