Introduction. “Learning to Learn from Below”: Understanding Subalternity

In a remarkable commentary on the “new” subaltern, Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak examines the question of “subaltern consciousness” not as subject consciousness but in terms of “social agency—institutionally validated action” taking democracy and development as the two most urgent concerns (Spivak 2012...

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Published inSouth Asia multidisciplinary academic journal Vol. 28; no. 28
Main Author Thapan, Meenakshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Association pour la recherche sur l'Asie du Sud (ARAS) 06.07.2022
Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud
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ISSN1960-6060
1960-6060
DOI10.4000/samaj.7965

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Summary:In a remarkable commentary on the “new” subaltern, Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak examines the question of “subaltern consciousness” not as subject consciousness but in terms of “social agency—institutionally validated action” taking democracy and development as the two most urgent concerns (Spivak 2012a). Spivak sets out to do this by “learning to learn from below.” If considered in its transparent, most direct state, this is the task that scholars must engage with so as to speak with the subalt...
ISSN:1960-6060
1960-6060
DOI:10.4000/samaj.7965