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From the mentality of ‘Rajpath’ to the sentiment of ‘Kartavya Path’

Sociology Syllabus Topic- Paper-1 [Politics and Society] {ideology, Sociological theories of power, civil society,}
Paper-2 [Unit- (A)Introducing Indian Society] {Perspective on the Study of Indian Society}
[Unit- (C)Social Changes in India]{Social Movements in Modern India- Ethnicity and Identity movement, Women's movement, Backward classes & Dalit movement.]

Subaltern

In postcolonial studies and critical theory, the term subaltern designates and identifies the colonial populations who are socially, politically, and geographically excluded from the hierarchy of power of an imperial colony and the metropolitan homeland of an empire. Antonio Gramsci coined the term subaltern to identify the cultural hegemony that excludes and displaces specific people and social groups from the socioeconomic institutions of society, to deny their agency and voices in colonial politics
the feminist scholar Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak cautioned against an over-broad application of the term subaltern, because of the word:
Subaltern is not just a classy word for "oppressed", for Other, for somebody who's not getting a piece of the pie ... . In post-colonial terms, everything that has limited or no access to cultural imperialism is subaltern — a space of difference. Now, who would say that's just the oppressed? The working class is oppressed. It's not subaltern...
Many people want to claim [the condition of] subalternity. They are the least interesting and the most dangerous. I mean, just by being a discriminated-against minority on the university campus; they don't need the word 'subaltern' ... . They should see what the mechanics of the discrimination are. They're within the hegemonic discourse, wanting a piece of the pie, and not being allowed, so let them speak, and use the hegemonic discourse. They should not call themselves subalterns

Ms Spivak in 1985, published her landmark essay ''Can the Subaltern Speak?'' about the inability of the powerless to express themselves. This essay established Spivak among the ranks of feminists who consider history, geography, and class when thinking about women. In "Can the Subaltern Speak?", Spivak discusses the lack of an account of the Sati practice, leading her to reflect on whether the subaltern can even speak. Spivak writes about the process, the focus on the Eurocentric Subject as they disavow the problem of representation; and by invoking the Subject of Europe, these intellectuals constitute the subaltern 'Other of Europe' as anonymous and mute. In all her work, Spivak's main effort has been to try to find ways of accessing the subjectivity of those who are being investigated. She is hailed as a critic who has feminized and globalized the philosophy of deconstruction, considering the position of the subaltern (a word used by Antonio Gramsci as describing ungeneralizable fringe groups of society who lack access to citizenship).

Spivak coined the term "strategic essentialism", which refers to a sort of temporary solidarity for social action. For example, women's groups have many different agendas that potentially make it difficult for feminists to work together for common causes. "Strategic essentialism" allows for disparate groups to accept temporarily an "essentialist" position that enables them able to act cohesively

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