The Ontological Politics in the Theories of the South

In the last decade a project around theories of the south has emerged in the global debates of the discipline. The several contributions fluctuate around a geopolitical critique of the mainstream theoretical debates in sociology, claiming for the inclusion of processes and categories originated in the southern experiences. Although not declaring a necessary connection to the “ontological turn”, most theories and empirical examples arising from these literature can be read as ontofomative.  The paper analyses two main questions: a) the different degrees in which the ontological turn appears in the theories of the south; b) the possible contributions of these theories to the broader debates in the discipline.