Post-Colonial Theory and the Specter of Capitalism

Postcolonial theory has been an important framework for understanding the Global South. It is also a very popular school of thought because it rejects the universal categories of the Enlightenment. In this book, which also includes important names such as Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Homi Bhabha, Ranajit Guha, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Vivek Chibber offers the most comprehensive discussion of post-colonial theory. He brings a serious criticism to postcolonial theory, emphasizing that the fundamental arguments that inspired Subaltern Studies are based on a series of analytical and historical misunderstandings. Focusing on cultural identities and mixtures, postcolonial theory has rejected the broader context of capitalist relations and thus limited its focus to Western academia specializing in growth and profit from free-crime sentiment. Chibber's book simply debunks misconceptions, situating post-colonialism from the cultural hills down to the very heart of the capitalist process to which it belongs. A book we have been waiting for a long time, dispersing the stale aroma of so-called radical academic structures with a fresh atmosphere...
-Slavoj ?i?ek-
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 461

Year of Print: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: İletişim Publishing

First Print Year: 2016

Language Turkish