· 2012
Outside in the Teaching Machine
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- 2012year
Short summary
This collection presents essays by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak deconstructing power structures in literature and philosophy, advocating for marginalized voices.
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Key points
- The collection includes Spivak's essays on literary works like 'Satanic Verses'.
- It examines twentieth-century thinkers such as Jacques Derrida and Karl Marx.
- Spivak's central theme is the deconstruction of power structures.
- The work emphasizes giving a voice to those who cannot speak.
- Resistance is presented as occurring in the margins.
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Abstract
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is one of the most pre-eminent postcolonial theorists writing today and a scholar of genuinely global reputation. This collection, first published in 1993, presents some of Spivak’s most engaging essays on works of literature such as Salman Rushdie's controversial Satanic Verses, and twentieth century thinkers such as Jacques Derrida and Karl Marx. Spivak relentlessly questions and deconstructs power structures where ever they operate. In doing so, she provides a voice for those who can not speak, proving that the true work of resistance takes place in the margins, Outside in the Teaching Machine.
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