“…7 Although the decolonial project involves a rather heterogeneous array of methodological approaches, normative concerns and political projects, two main elements can be emphasised: it takes colonialism, empire and racism as its object; and it seeks to establish alternative ways of thinking about the world and political praxis, based on the ideas of plurality, positionality and the impact that the inclusion of 'difference' can have on knowledge (Bhambra et al, 2018). But whereas the concept of decoloniality has been widely incorporated by sociology, the concept of post-theory seems to have been more generally used by the 'new humanities' in favour of eclecticism and in opposition to a conception of theory based on grand narratives and as an end in itself (Valente, 2021). The idea of posttheory, though it cannot be understood as a straightforward opposition to theory, emphasizes theorization as a process of 'mutual contamination between theory and empiria' (Laclau, 1999, p. xii), takes into account the philosophical critique of some of the main concepts of the modern philosophical canon (subject, identity, truth and so on), and assumes a more pragmatic orientation towards the problems and particularities of 'real life' (Turnbull, 2003).…”