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This chapter foregrounds the necessity of rethinking dominant epistemologies and ontologies in the study and practice of social movements, emphasizing that contemporary antisystemic struggles challenge the hegemonic modern world-system and its underlying discourses. It highlights how marginalized movements, particularly those of women and indigenous peoples, articulate epistemic struggles that disrupt normalized narratives of power, statehood, and identity, calling for a paradigm shift toward recognizing alternative knowledges and forms of resistance. The chapter also critiques mainstream social science for perpetuating epistemic violence and advocates for a decolonized, pluralistic dialogue to foster cognitive and social emancipation.