Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak ve Postkolonyal Teori Üzerine Notlar

Yıl 2023, Sayı: 19, 292 - 307, 10.12.2023

Arif Akbaş

https://doi.org/10.46250/kulturder.1370220

Öz

Bu makalede ünlü Hint filozofu ve entelektüeli Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’ın yapıtları yorumlayıcı yaklaşım çerçevesinde tartışılıp incelenmiştir. Spivak, Hintli bir bilim kadını, edebiyat teorisyeni ve feminist eleştirmendir. En etkili postkolonyal entelektüellerden biri olarak kabul edilen Spivak, en çok “Madun Konuşabilir mi?” adlı makalesiyle tanınmaktadır. Spivak, postkolonyal teorinin kurucularından biri olarak kabul edilir. Çalışmaları 19. ve 20. yüzyıl edebiyatı, feminizm ve Marksizm, yapısöküm ve küreselleşmeye odaklanmaktadır. Postkolonyal teori (postkolonyalizm), sömürgeciliğin kültürel mirasının analizinden oluşan disiplinlerarası bir araştırma alanıdır. Postkolonyal teorinin başlıca temsilcileri Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak ve Homi Baba’dır. Postkolonyal teori çıkışı itibariyle post-yapısalcılıkla da yakından ilişkilidir. Spivak’ın önderliğindeki Subaltern Çalışma Grubu yaklaşımın geliştirilmesinde etkili olmuştur. Postkolonyal çalışmalar, 1980’li yıllarda Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde, daha sonra Avrupa’da sömürgeciliğin bıraktığı kültürel mirasa tepki olarak ortaya çıkan bir araştırma alanıdır. Spivak’ın çalışmaları postmodern söylemin eleştirel yaklaşımının bir parçasıdır. Çalışmamız ülkemizde yeterince tanınmayan bir konuyu ve ismi ele almış olması itibariyle değerlidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, postkolonyal teori, yapısöküm, küreselleşme, feminizm

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Notes on Postcolonial Theory

Öz

In this article, the works of the famous Indian philosopher and intellectual Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak are discussed and examined within the framework of interpretive approach. Spivak is an Indian scholar, literary theorist and feminist critic. Considered one of the most influential postcolonial intellectuals, Spivak is best known for her work in “Can the Subaltern Speak?” She is known for her article. Spivak is considered one of the founders of postcolonial theory. Her work focuses on 19th and 20th century literature, feminism and Marxism, deconstruction and globalization. Postcolonial theory (postcolonialism) is an interdisciplinary field of research consisting of the analysis of the cultural legacy of colonialism. The main representatives of postcolonial theory are Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak and Homi Baba. Postcolonial theory is closely related to post-structuralism in terms of its origin. The Subaltern Working Group, led by Spivak, was instrumental in the development of the approach. Postcolonial studies are a field of research that emerged in the 1980s in the United States and later in Europe as a reaction to the cultural legacy left by colonialism. Spivak's works are part of the critical approach of postmodern discourse. Our study is valuable because it deals with a subject and name that is not well known in our country.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, postcolonial theory, deconstruction, globalization, feminism

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