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How Does the Subaltern Speak?
Chibber, Vivek
http://www.jacobinmag.com/2013/04/how-does-the-subaltern-speak/Publisher: Jacobin Year Published: 2013 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX18862 Vivek Chibber argues that postcolonial theory discounts the enduring value of Enlightenment universalism at its own peril. Focusing particularly on the strain of postcolonial theory known as subaltern studies, Chibber makes a strong case for why we can -- and must -- conceptualize the non-Western world through the same analytical lens that we use to understand developments in the West. He offers a sustained defense of theoretical approaches that emphasize universal categories like capitalism and class. His work constitutes an argument for the continued relevance of Marxism in the face of some of its most trenchant critics. Subject Headings |