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Author |
: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 464 |
Release |
: 1999-06-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674177642 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674177649 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Critique of Postcolonial Reason by : Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Are the “culture wars” over? When did they begin? What is their relationship to gender struggle and the dynamics of class? In her first full treatment of postcolonial studies, a field that she helped define, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, one of the world’s foremost literary theorists, poses these questions from within the postcolonial enclave. “We cannot merely continue to act out the part of Caliban,” Spivak writes; and her book is an attempt to understand and describe a more responsible role for the postcolonial critic. A Critique of Postcolonial Reason tracks the figure of the “native informant” through various cultural practices—philosophy, history, literature—to suggest that it emerges as the metropolitan hybrid. The book addresses feminists, philosophers, critics, and interventionist intellectuals, as they unite and divide. It ranges from Kant’s analytic of the sublime to child labor in Bangladesh. Throughout, the notion of a Third World interloper as the pure victim of a colonialist oppressor emerges as sharply suspect: the mud we sling at certain seemingly overbearing ancestors such as Marx and Kant may be the very ground we stand on. A major critical work, Spivak’s book redefines and repositions the postcolonial critic, leading her through transnational cultural studies into considerations of globality.
Author |
: Stephen Morton |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 193 |
Release |
: 2003-09-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134583843 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134583842 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak by : Stephen Morton
Spivak's work is essential, but very difficult to understand - this is the first student guide to her work, filling a glaring gap in the market Spivak is compulsory study on undergraduate literary theory courses. Her work covers feminism, deconstruction and post-colonialism, all core topics in literary theory Spivak is also central to the study of post-colonial literatures, which is one of the three most popular undergraduate modules in the UK Extremely clear structure. It concentrates on one idea per chapter A key addition to the Routledge Critical Thinkers series, providing clear introductions to key thinkers for students of literary studies
Author |
: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0857422081 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780857422088 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Readings by : Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
The postcolonial moment has passed, but the need to locate and confront shifting forms of oppression remains imperative. For Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, such a task should be activated through long-term practice in the ethics of reading. In"Readings," Spivak elaborates a utopian vision: imaginative training for epistemological performance, to develop a will for peaceful social justice in coming generations. Teaching as she reads, she demonstrates modes in which such a vision might be apprehended. She celebrates Frantz Fanon s appropriation of Hegel. Preparing herself to read, she pays close attention to signposts of character, action and place in J. M. Coetzee s"Summertime" and Elizabeth Gaskell s"North and South."Re-reading two of her own essays, she addresses changes in her thinking and practice over the course of her career.Now, in her fifth decade of teaching, Spivak passes on her lessons through anecdote, interpretation, warning and instruction, to students and teachers of literature. She writes, I urge students of English to understand that utopia does not happen, and yet to understand, also, their importance to the nation and the world. Indeed, I know how hard it is to sustain such a spirit in the midst of a hostile polity, but I urge the students to consider the challenge. "
Author |
: Stephen Morton |
Publisher |
: Polity |
Total Pages |
: 210 |
Release |
: 2007-02-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780745632841 |
ISBN-13 |
: 074563284X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gayatri Spivak by : Stephen Morton
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivaks seminal contribution to contemporary thought defies disciplinary boundaries. From her early translations of Derrida to her subsequent engagement with Marxism, feminism and postcolonial studies and her recent work on human rights, the war on terror and globalization, she has proved to be one of the most vital of present-day thinkers. In this book Stephen Morton offers a wide-ranging introduction to and critique of Spivaks work. He examines her engagements with philosophers and other thinkers from Kant to Paul de Man, feminists from Cixous to Helie-Lucas and literary texts by Charlotte Bronte, J. M. Coetzee, Mahasweta Devi and Jean Rhys. Spivaks thought is also situated in relation to subaltern studies. Throughout the book, Morton interrogates the materialist basis of Spivaks thought and demonstrates the ethical and political commitment which lies at the heart of her work. Stephen Morton provides an ideal introduction to the work of this complex and increasingly important thinker.
Author |
: Rosalind C. Morris |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2010-03-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231512855 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0231512856 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Can the Subaltern Speak? by : Rosalind C. Morris
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's original essay "Can the Subaltern Speak?" transformed the analysis of colonialism through an eloquent and uncompromising argument that affirmed the contemporary relevance of Marxism while using deconstructionist methods to explore the international division of labor and capitalism's "worlding" of the world. Spivak's essay hones in on the historical and ideological factors that obstruct the possibility of being heard for those who inhabit the periphery. It is a probing interrogation of what it means to have political subjectivity, to be able to access the state, and to suffer the burden of difference in a capitalist system that promises equality yet withholds it at every turn. Since its publication, "Can the Subaltern Speak?" has been cited, invoked, imitated, and critiqued. In these phenomenal essays, eight scholars take stock of the effects and response to Spivak's work. They begin by contextualizing the piece within the development of subaltern and postcolonial studies and the quest for human rights. Then, through the lens of Spivak's essay, they rethink historical problems of subalternity, voicing, and death. A final section situates "Can the Subaltern Speak?" within contemporary issues, particularly new international divisions of labor and the politics of silence among indigenous women of Guatemala and Mexico. In an afterword, Spivak herself considers her essay's past interpretations and future incarnations and the questions and histories that remain secreted in the original and revised versions of "Can the Subaltern Speak?" both of which are reprinted in this book.
Author |
: Gayatri Spivak |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 345 |
Release |
: 2013-10-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135217129 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135217122 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Spivak Reader by : Gayatri Spivak
Among the foremost feminist critics to have emerged to international eminence over the last fifteen years, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak has relentlessly challenged the high ground of established theoretical discourse in literary and cultural studies. Although her rigorous reading of various authors has often rendered her work difficult terrain for those unfamiliar with poststructuralism, this collection makes significant strides in explicating Spivak's complicated theories of reading.
Author |
: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 394 |
Release |
: 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135070571 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135070571 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis Outside in the Teaching Machine by : Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is one of the most pre-eminent postcolonial theorists writing today and a scholar of genuinely global reputation. This collection, first published in 1993, presents some of Spivak’s most engaging essays on works of literature such as Salman Rushdie's controversial Satanic Verses, and twentieth century thinkers such as Jacques Derrida and Karl Marx. Spivak relentlessly questions and deconstructs power structures where ever they operate. In doing so, she provides a voice for those who can not speak, proving that the true work of resistance takes place in the margins, Outside in the Teaching Machine.
Author |
: Sangeeta Ray |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
Release |
: 2009-03-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1444310887 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781444310887 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak by : Sangeeta Ray
This book introduces and discusses the works of leading feminist postcolonialist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, by exploring the key concepts and themes to emerge from them. Focuses on the key themes to emerge from Spivak’s work, such as ethics, literature, feminism, pedagogy, postcoloniality, violence, and war Assesses Spivak’s often contentious relationship with feminist and postcolonial studies Considers the significance of her work for other fields, such as ethnography, history, cultural studies and philosophy
Author |
: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 624 |
Release |
: 2013-05-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674072381 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674072383 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Aesthetic Education in the Era of Globalization by : Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
During the past twenty years, the worldÕs most renowned critical theoristÑthe scholar who defined the field of postcolonial studiesÑhas experienced a radical reorientation in her thinking. Finding the neat polarities of tradition and modernity, colonial and postcolonial, no longer sufficient for interpreting the globalized present, she turns elsewhere to make her central argument: that aesthetic education is the last available instrument for implementing global justice and democracy. SpivakÕs unwillingness to sacrifice the ethical in the name of the aesthetic, or to sacrifice the aesthetic in grappling with the political, makes her task formidable. As she wrestles with these fraught relationships, she rewrites Friedrich SchillerÕs concept of play as double bind, reading Gregory Bateson with Gramsci as she negotiates Immanuel Kant, while in dialogue with her teacher Paul de Man. Among the concerns Spivak addresses is this: Are we ready to forfeit the wealth of the worldÕs languages in the name of global communication? ÒEven a good globalization (the failed dream of socialism) requires the uniformity which the diversity of mother-tongues must challenge,Ó Spivak writes. ÒThe tower of Babel is our refuge.Ó In essays on theory, translation, Marxism, gender, and world literature, and on writers such as Assia Djebar, J. M. Coetzee, and Rabindranath Tagore, Spivak argues for the social urgency of the humanities and renews the case for literary studies, imprisoned in the corporate university. ÒPerhaps,Ó she writes, Òthe literary can still do something.Ó
Author |
: Graham Riach |
Publisher |
: CRC Press |
Total Pages |
: 106 |
Release |
: 2017-07-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351350235 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351350234 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Analysis of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's Can the Subaltern Speak? by : Graham Riach
A critical analysis of Spivak's classic 1988 postcolonial studies essay, in which she argues that a core problem for the poorest and most marginalized in society (the subalterns) is that they have no platform to express their concerns and no voice to affect policy debates or demand a fairer share of society’s goods. A key theme of Gayatri Spivak's work is agency: the ability of the individual to make their own decisions. While Spivak's main aim is to consider ways in which "subalterns" – her term for the indigenous dispossessed in colonial societies – were able to achieve agency, this paper concentrates specifically on describing the ways in which western scholars inadvertently reproduce hegemonic structures in their work. Spivak is herself a scholar, and she remains acutely aware of the difficulty and dangers of presuming to "speak" for the subalterns she writes about. As such, her work can be seen as predominantly a delicate exercise in the critical thinking skill of interpretation; she looks in detail at issues of meaning, specifically at the real meaning of the available evidence, and her paper is an attempt not only to highlight problems of definition, but to clarify them. What makes this one of the key works of interpretation in the Macat library is, of course, the underlying significance of this work. Interpretation, in this case, is a matter of the difference between allowing subalterns to speak for themselves, and of imposing a mode of "speaking" on them that – however well-intentioned – can be as damaging in the postcolonial world as the agency-stifling political structures of the colonial world itself. By clearing away the detritus of scholarly attempts at interpretation, Spivak takes a stand against a specifically intellectual form of oppression and marginalization.