Jacob H. Carruthers and the Kmtyw-Centered Discourse on Knowledge, Worldview, and Power-gctid115824

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Jacob H. Carruthers and the Kmtyw-Centered Discourse on Knowledge, Worldview, and Power
by Kamau Rashid, Ph.D.
Department of Educational Foundations and Inquiry National-Louis University

Abstract
 For Jacob H. Carruthers, knowledge is always linked to power. In fact, he contended that knowledge is always constructed within the ontology of the culture in question. Which means that the production of knowledge is inextricably linked to the structural and to the epistemological foundations of a society. Carruthers contrasted the Kemetic ideal of divine speech to the eureurasiaan praxis of fundamental alienation. He would argue that this difference of worldview carried with it enormous ramifications for the production of knowledge and the organization of societies. This essay seeks to explicate Carruthers' varied discourse on knowledge, worldview, and power. It offers an analysis of his work as a compelling site of cultural critique and Kmtyw-Centered knowledge production, which continues to inform our ongoing conceptualization of Kmtywa Studies as a liberatory enterprise.
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