Postcolonial theory and the specter of capital
- London : Verso, 2013
- xii,306 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Postcolonialism Abstact labor Absolute surplus value Bourgeoisic, colonial Class struggle Democracy Eurocentrism Feudalism Hegemony Liberalism Modernization Nationalism Orientalism Power relation Rationality Social division Working class