In this talk presented by MA Critical Theory and the Arts, Nivedita Majumdar will critically review one of the central claims of postcolonial theory: that it upholds the social agency of dominated ...

- A term that commonly refers to persons who are socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure. openDemocracy’s Discourses exhibition and discussion series is ...

- A term that commonly refers to persons who are socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure. Who are the subaltern? Do they have the ability to politically and ...

Vivek Chibber's critique (Postcolonial Theory and the Spectre of Capital) of the Subaltern Studies school deals largely with the early work of three authors - Ranajit Guha, Dipesh Chakrabarty and ...

The discipline of history in India developed in colonial times. This is well known. But what is remarkable is the sheer richness of its flowering in the post-independence period. Ranajit Guha, who ...