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Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital

By Vivek Chibber

Book information

Publisher
Verso
Year
2013
ISBN
1844679764, 9781844679768
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10012033 bytes)
Pages
306\320
Orientation
no
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2013-07-06 00:25:46

Description

Postcolonial theory has become enormously influential as a framework for understanding the Global South. It is also a school of thought popular because of its rejection of the supposedly universalizing categories of the Enlightenment. In this devastating critique, mounted on behalf of the radical Enlightenment tradition, Vivek Chibber offers the most comprehensive response yet to postcolonial theory. Focusing on the hugely popular Subaltern Studies project, Chibber shows that its foundational arguments are based on a series of analytical and historical misapprehensions. He demonstrates that it is possible to affirm a universalizing theory without succumbing to Eurocentrism or reductionism.Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital promises to be a historical milestone in contemporary social theory.

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