The Debate on Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
Published on 22. November 2016
304 pages
978-1-78478-698-4 (ISBN)
Description
Vivek Chibber's Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital was hailed on publication as "without any doubt . a bomb," and "the most substantive effort to dismantle the field through historical reasoning published to date." It immediately unleashed one of the most important recent debates in social theory, ranging across the humanities and social sciences, on the status of postcolonial studies, modernity, and much else. This book brings together major critics of Chibber's work to assess the adequacy of his argument from differing perspectives. Also included are Chibber's own spirited responses and reformulations in light of these criticisms.
With contributions by Partha Chatterjee, Gayatri Spivak, Bruce Robbins, Ho-fung Hung, William H. Sewell, Bruce Cumings, George Steinmetz, Michael Schwartz, David Pederson, Stein Sundstol Eriksen, and Achin Vanaik.
With contributions by Partha Chatterjee, Gayatri Spivak, Bruce Robbins, Ho-fung Hung, William H. Sewell, Bruce Cumings, George Steinmetz, Michael Schwartz, David Pederson, Stein Sundstol Eriksen, and Achin Vanaik.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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978-1-78478-698-4 (9781784786984)
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The Debate on Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
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Persons
Vivek Chibber is Professor of Sociology at New York University.
Rosie Warren is Assistant Editor at Verso Books, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Salvage.
Rosie Warren is Assistant Editor at Verso Books, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Salvage.
Content
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction: The Chibber Debate
- How Does the Subaltern Speak?: An Interview with Vivek Chibber
- Part I. Debates
- Chapter 1: Subaltern Studies and Capital
- Chapter 2: Subaltern Studies Revisited: A Response to Partha Chatterjee
- Chapter 3: Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
- Chapter 4: Making Sense of Postcolonial Theory: A Response to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
- Chapter 5: Subaltern-Speak
- Chapter 6: Reply to Bruce Robbins
- Part II. Review Symposium
- Chapter 7: Review Symposium on Vivek Chibber's Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
- Chapter 8: On Vivek Chibber's Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
- Chapter 9: Back to Basics? The Recurrence of the Same in Vivek Chibber's Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
- Chapter 10: On the Articulation of Marxist and Non-Marxist Theory in Colonial Historiography
- Chapter 11: Capitalist Development, Structural Constraint, and Human Agency in the Global South: An Appreciation of Vivek Chibber's Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
- Chapter 12: Minding Appearances: The Labor of Representation in Vivek Chibber's Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
- Chapter 13: Confronting Postcolonial Theory: A Response to Critics
- Part III. Commentaries
- Chapter 14: Subaltern Stakes
- Chapter 15: Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital, Review Essay
- Chapter 16: Looking for Resistance in All the Wrong Places? Chibber, Chakrabarty, and a Tale of Two Histories
- Credits
- References
- Notes
