Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital

Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital

Postcolonial theory has become enormously influential as a framework for understanding the Global South. In this devastating critique, mounted on behalf of the radical enlightenment tradition, the author offers the most comprehensive response yet to postcolonial theory. Focusing on the hugely popular subaltern studies project, the author shows that its foundational arguments are based on a series of analytical and historical misapprehensions. The author demonstrates that it is possible to affirm a universalizing theory without succumbing to Eurocentrism or reductionism.