In The End of the Cognitive Empire Boaventura de Sousa Santos further develops his concept of the of the South in which he outlines a theoretical methodological and pedagogical framework for challenging the dominance of Eurocentric thought. As a collection of knowledges born of and anchored in the experiences of marginalized peoples who actively resist capitalism colonialism and patriarchy epistemologies of the South represent those forms of knowledge that are generally discredited erased and ignored by dominant cultures of the global North. Noting the declining efficacy of established social and political solutions to combat inequality and discrimination Santos suggests that global justice can only come about through an epistemological shift that guarantees cognitive justice.