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About Gayatri C. Spivak

Gayatri C. Spivak

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is a literary theorist and cultural critic. She is a professor at Columbia University, where she cofounded the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society. Her areas of focus include 19th- and 20th-century literature, the politics of culture, feminism, Marxism, and globalization. She has published numerous academic and literary books.
Latest Posts | By Gayatri C. Spivak
Law Is Not Justice
3 years ago

Law Is Not Justice

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It is my conviction that as long as there is economic inequality among nation-states, tremendous apartheid in access to soul-making—as opposed to only income-producing—education on a raced-classed-gender basis; and, given …
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A Bit on Theory
9 years ago

A Bit on Theory

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“Is Theory Critical?” was a question recently put to some of us publicly. I myself interpreted this question institutionally and practically: how can we ask for continued funding when the …
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