Gayatri Spivak: Ethics, Subalternity and the Critique of Postcolonial ReasonISBN: 978-0-7456-3285-8
Paperback
216 pages
January 2007, Polity
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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.