关键词: ］北方知识南方化, 认知正义, 社会正义, 广义南方, 全球治理

Abstract: The “southernization of northern knowledge” is both an international political reality and a typical countermodernity intellectual movement, challenging the epistemic and hegemonic dominance of the Global North from an epistemological perspective. At the de facto level, this phenomenon reveals the tension between cognitive justice and social justice. The Global Norths conception of cognitive justice is, in essence, a form of cognitive injustice, which in turn leads to the failure to fully realize social justice within both the Global North and the Global South. At the de jure level, the ideal form of “southernization of northern knowledge” lies in the coupling of cognitive and social justice, facilitated by the rise of the “broad Global South”—a coalition encompassing marginalized groups in both the Global South and the Global North. Through informal international law as a primary medium, the force in the South enhances and integrates the two dimensions of justice, thereby reshaping the global governance architecture. By fostering North-South collaboration, integrating international legal norms, and strengthening the dissemination of knowledge in the South, the global knowledge system can evolve toward diversity and inclusivity, making a more equitable, rational, and sustainable global order possible.

Key words: southernization of northern knowledge, cognitive justice, social justice, broad Global South, global governance