Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital

Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
AuthorVivek Chibber
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPostcolonialism
GenreSociology
PublisherVerso
Publication date
March 12th 2013
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages256
ISBN9781844679768

Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital is a 2013 book by the American sociologist and New York University professor Vivek Chibber.

Drawing from the radical Enlightenment tradition, this book serves as a critique of Postcolonial Theory.

Chibber focuses on the Subaltern Studies section of the theory, and demonstrates how its foundational arguments are based on a series of political and historical misunderstandings.