The debate on postcolonial theory and the specter of capital / edited by Rosie Warren ; contributions from Partha Chatterjee, Bruce Cumings, Stein Sundstøl Eriksen, Ho-fung Hung, David Pederson, Bruce Robbins, Michael Schwartz, William H. Sewell, Jr., Gayatri Spivak, George Steinmetz, Achin Vanaik, and Vivek Chibber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chibber, Vivek, 1965- author.

Contributor:

Warren, Rosie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chibber, Vivek, 1965---Criticism and interpretation.

Chibber, Vivek.

Postcolonialism.

Physical Description:

298 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Verso, 2017.

Summary:

Vivek Chibber's Posicohnial 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 moat 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 efficacy of his Argument from differing perspectives. Included are Chibber's own spirited responses and reformulations in light of these criticisms. With contributions by Partly Chatterjee, Gayatri Spivak, Bruce Robbing, Ho-fung Hung, William H. Sewell, Jr., Bruce Cumings, George Steinmetz, Michael Schwartz, David Pederson, Stein Sundstøl Eriksen, and Achin Vanaik. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Debates

1 Subaltern Studies and Capital / Partha Chatterjee Chatterjee, Partha 31

2 Subaltern Studies Revisited: A Response to Partha Chatterjee / Vivek Chibber Chibber, Vivek 49

3 Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital / Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty 71

4 Making Sense of Postcolonial Theory: A Response to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak / Vivek Chibber Chibber, Vivek 91

5 Subaltern-Speak / Bruce Robbins Robbins, Bruce 103

6 Reply to Bruce Robbins / Vivek Chibber Chibber, Vivek 115

Part II Review Symposium

7 Review Symposium on Vivek Chibber's Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital / Ho-fung Hung Hung, Ho-fung 123

8 On Vivek Chibber's Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital / William H. Sewell, Jr. Sewell, William H., Jr. 125

9 Back to Basics? The Recurrence of the Same in Vivek Grubber's Postcolonial Theory AND the Specter of Capital / Bruce Cumings Cumings, Bruce 131

10 On the Articulation of Marxist and Non-Marxist Theory in Colonial Historiography / George Steinmetz Steinmetz, George 139

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 / Michael Schwartz Schwartz, Michael 149

12 Minding Appearances: The Labor of Representation in Vivek Chibber's Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital / David Pedersen Pedersen, David 159

13 Confronting Postcolonial Theory: A Response to Critics / Vivek Chibber Chibber, Vivek 169

Part III Commentaries

14 Subaltern Stakes-Timothy Brennan 183

15 Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital, Review Essay-Stein / Sundstøl Eriksen Eriksen, Sundstøl 203

16 Looking for Resistance in All the Wrong Places? Chibber, Chakrabarty, and a Tale of Two Histories / Viren Murthy Murthy, Viren 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273).

Other Format:

Online version: Chibber, Vivek, 1965- author. Debate on postcolonial theory and the specter of capital

ISBN:

9781784786960

1784786969

9781784786953

1784786950

OCLC:

956263797