A Critique of Postcolonial Reason

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A Critique of Postcolonial Reason is a seminal theoretical work by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that interrogates how Western philosophy, literature, and colonial discourse construct and silence the subaltern.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
postcolonial studies work ⓘ
theoretical work ⓘ
academicDiscipline cultural studies ⓘ
literary theory ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
postcolonial studies ⓘ
aimsTo interrogate Western literature ⓘ
interrogate Western philosophy ⓘ
interrogate colonial discourse ⓘ
show how the subaltern is silenced ⓘ
author Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak ⓘ
centralConcept othering ⓘ
representation ⓘ
subaltern ⓘ
voice ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
critiques Enlightenment rationality ⓘ
Eurocentrism ⓘ
Western metaphysics ⓘ
colonial discourse ⓘ
humanist universalism ⓘ
focusesOn European philosophy ⓘ
Western literary canon ⓘ
construction of the subaltern ⓘ
epistemic violence ⓘ
imperialism ⓘ
silencing of the subaltern ⓘ
genre critical theory ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
postcolonial theory ⓘ
hasPart section on culture ⓘ
section on history ⓘ
section on literature ⓘ
section on philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Jacques Derrida ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
Michel Foucault ⓘ
subaltern studies collective ⓘ
linked to: subaltern studies
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Western philosophy ⓘ
colonial discourse ⓘ
deconstruction ⓘ
postcolonialism ⓘ
representation of the subaltern ⓘ
subaltern studies ⓘ
notableFor analysis of subaltern representation ⓘ
influence on postcolonial theory ⓘ

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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak → notableWork → A Critique of Postcolonial Reason ⓘ
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak → doctoralThesis → A Critique of the Postcolonial Reason: Toward a History of the Vanishing Present ⓘ
linked to: A Critique of Postcolonial Reason