Prof. Allain Brossat: Alain Brossat is an Emeritus Professor at the department of philosophy of Paris 8 University as well as a Professor at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He is also co-sponsor of the International Summer Universities network that has set on foot seven Summer Universities from 2005 on – the ICCS being one of the main supporters of this network. His research focuses on eurocentrism, hegemony, the construction of narratives, decoloniality, the crisis of the West. He is the author of over 20 books. See: http://www.srcs.nctu.edu.tw/srcs_en/teachers_cv_12_e.htm