Stephen Morton

Gayatri Spivak

Ethics, Subalternity and the Critique of Postcolonial Reason

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Produktbeschreibung

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivaks seminal contribution to contemporary thought defies disciplinary boundaries. From her early translations of Derrida to her subsequent engagement with Marxism, feminism and postcolonial studies and her recent work on human rights, the war on terror and globalization, she has proved to be one of the most vital of present-day thinkers. In this book Stephen Morton offers a wide-ranging introduction to and critique of Spivaks work. He examines her engagements with philosophers and other thinkers from Kant to Paul de Man, feminists from Cixous to Helie-Lucas and literary texts by Charlotte Bronte, J. M. Coetzee, Mahasweta Devi and Jean Rhys. Spivaks thought is also situated in relation to subaltern studies. Throughout the book, Morton interrogates the materialist basis of Spivaks thought and demonstrates the ethical and political commitment which lies at the heart of her work. Stephen Morton provides an ideal introduction to the work of this complex and increasingly important thinker.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polity Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 296g
• ISBN-13: 9780745632858
• ISBN-10: 0745632858
• Artikelnr.: 21508744

Autorenporträt

Stephen Morton is a lecturer in English Literature at the Univesity of Southampton

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One Postcolonial Criticism and Beyond
Chapter Two Deconstruction
Chapter Three Marxism and Post-Marxism
Chapter Four Subaltern Studies and the Critique of Representation
Chapter Five Transnational Feminism
Chapter Six From a Postcolonial Critique of Reason to A Critique of
Postcolonial Reason
Conclusion: Transnational Literacy, Subaltern Rights and the Future of
Comparative Literature
Notes
References
Index

Rezensionen

"Courage and vision have carried the bold message of GayatriSpivak's remarkable work from the realms of pedagogy to thereaches of political practice. Morton's study will enhanceour grasp of her exemplary oeuvre."

Homi K. Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg, HarvardUniversity

"Gayatri Spivak's refusal to settle for the quick fix, theempty piety, the mere abstract calculus, or the language ofexpediency has never appeared more salutary than it does today. Asviolence counters violence in the name of moral righteousness, thislucid book, like Spivak's own critique of postcolonialstudies, is a timely reminder of the complicity between imaginedliberal benevolence and the ruthless pursuit of global hegemony atany cost. If one slogan emerges from Stephen Morton'sanalysis it is the ever more pressing need to 'learn to learn fromthe subaltern'. This is a task requiring patience and the learningof subaltern languages as 'active cultural media', not as mereinstruments. Never has comparative literary and cultural studiesbeckoned so urgently."

Donna Landry, University of Kent at Canterbury