Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Can the Subaltern Speak? An understanding of contemporary relations of power‚ and of the Western intellectual’s role within them‚ requires an examination of the intersection of a theory of representation and the political economy of global capitalism. A theory of representation points‚ on the one hand‚ to the domain of ideology‚ meaning‚ and subjectivity‚ and‚ on the other hand‚ to the domain of politics‚ the state‚ and the law. The original title of this paper was
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and significant to explore the philosophical concern with truth from a vantage point that crosses traditions‚ instead of looking at it exclusively within one single philosophical tradition (i.e.‚ the Western philosophical tradition). Such exploration can not only enhance our understanding of the nature‚ scope and characteristics of the philosophical concern with truth but also provide alternative perspectives to our treatment of some of the involved issues. Clearly‚ the current essay has neither space
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Speak: Melinda and Tree “When the roots are deep‚ there is no reason to fear the wind.” This is a famous proverb of Africa. There might be a lot of similarities between human and tree. Therefore‚ people make comparisons between tree and human easily by their appearances due to their shape——bark is like their skin‚ a trunk with branches‚ just like human bodies and arms. In addition‚ people can also compare the way trees grow and die to the human life. Thus‚ trees are often used to symbolize of human’s
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to speak out of the women’s problems and needs. Their desires always get lost before the grand narratives of patriarchy‚ even the national history and narrative rarely recognize the major contribution of the females in the texts or document. Whenever the woman is portrayed‚ she is put in the second position below the man. She is always kept silent. Identifying this issue‚ Indian critic and feminist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak asks— can the subaltern speak? in her essay ‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’.
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Can the Subaltern Speak? – Summary Gayatri Spivak Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an unsettling voice in literary theory and especially‚ postcolonial studies. She has describes herself as a “practical deconstructionist feminist Marxist” and as a “gadfly”. She uses deconstruction to examine "how truth is constructed" and to deploy the assertions of one intellectual and political position (such as Marxism) to "interrupt" or "bring into crisis" another (feminism‚ for example). In her work‚ she combines
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“Can the Subaltern Speak” Response Spivak’s article‚ while difficult to get through‚ brings up many interesting points. She ultimately comes to the conclusion that the subaltern cannot speak. Yet in coming to that conclusion she explains reasons why they cannot. Early into the essay‚ Spivak asks the question‚ “Are those who act and struggle mute‚ as opposed to those who act and speak?” (70). She asks this question in response to Deleuze’s pronouncement that‚ “‘[a] theory is like a box of tools…
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inessential as opposed to the essential.” (Beauvoir 16) In the Indian context‚ women as gendered subalterns have a very limited role to play within the society. They are mere objects of desire to men. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in her essay “Can the Subaltern Speak?”‚ originally published in Cary Nelson and Lawrence Grossberg’s Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture (1988) says‚ “As object of colonialist historiography and as subject of insurgency‚ the ideological construction of gender keeps
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Rashed Abdulhak Mr. Ford Writing II 19 February 2013 Trees Can Kill as Well During the Middle Ages men clad in steel armor‚ or “knights”‚ were the tanks of that time. They could withstand most sword strokes and were able to charge at other knights. This resulted in both sides taking heavy casualties and battles being mostly won by sheer numbers. During the Hundred Year War England was always outnumbered by the French army. Due to England being a smaller country‚ most of its population were
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“The Trees” by Philip Larkin The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread‚ Their greenness is a kind of grief. Is it that they are born again And we grow old? No‚ they die too‚ Their yearly trick of looking of looking new. Is it written down in rings of grain. Yet still the unresting castles thresh In full grown thickness every May. Last year is dead‚ they seem to say‚ Begin afresh‚ afresh‚ afresh. Imagery to Larkin’s “The Trees” Voice
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the tree respectfully and economically‚ we have one of the greatest resources on the earth. - Frank Lloyd Wright Trees provide a range of benefits to society. These benefits are both tangible and non-tangible. Tangible benefits are marketable resources g g g that we can measure. Intangible benefits are difficult to measure‚ but improve our quality of life. 1 Most trees in cities or communities are planted to p p provide beauty or y shade‚ which are two excellent reasons for their
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