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Spivak, politics of pronunciation, and the search for a just democracy

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, the noted postcolonial scholar and global public intellectual, is perhaps best known for her piece, “Can the subaltern speak?,” in which she claims that elite systems of knowledge filter out subaltern voices so that even when the subaltern does speak, it’s not heard. Spivak’s May 21 lecture on Du Bois’s “vision of democracy” was aimed at underlining …

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JNU student did not identify himself as Dalit: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak on row over seminar

Disclaimer: In order to enable a free-wheeling conversation on the subject, the interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak was carried out with the understanding that she would get to approve the direct quotes that would be published. This led to other audience members breaking out in giggles, many who attended the talk said, adding that Ms. Spivak might have also had …

Jon Jones has indicated that he is open to a fight with Tom Aspinall after the Brit said it would be his dream to fight him following his stunning win at UFC London. 'I'm gonna go to Paris, I'm gonna sit in the front row and see Cyril Gane vs. Serghei Spivak, I'm gonna beat the winner & then I'm …

UFC Fight Night: Derrick Lewis vs Sergey Spivak - The Black Beast sets his sights on 2023 heavyweight title

Derrick Lewis’ goal is simple: next year’s heavyweight title; but for that, the immediate need is to find winning momentum. The first person standing in the veteran’s way is Sergey Spivak - his opponent in UFC Fight Night on Sunday. It’s been a crazy year and I don’t want to end my year with another loss, and I believe, by …

As scholar, critic, translator Gayatri Spivak turns 80, an extract from an exhilarating 1998 speech

I am deeply honoured that the Sahitya Akademi have decided to acknowledge my efforts to translate the fiction of Mahasweta Devi. At any rate, I proposed a translation of Mahasweta’s short story ‘Draupadi’ for Critical Inquiry, with the required essay on deconstruction plotted through a reading of the story. Not only did Mahasweta Devi not remain Gayatri Spivak’s way of …

Under California’s recall system, Democratic Gov. If there’s a big winner of California’s gubernatorial recall election, apart from the revitalized incumbent, it’s probably Joshua Spivak. Arguably the country’s foremost expert on the subject, Spivak cranked out a timely history, “Recall Elections: From Alexander Hamilton to Gavin Newsom,” and became the reigning authority on California’s madcap politics for dozens of news …

Critics of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom hope to force a gubernatorial recall election that would be just the fourth in the nation’s history. “Qualifying is the hard part.” Of the 19 states that allow for gubernatorial recall elections, Spivak explained, California makes it easiest to force a vote by setting a relatively low threshold. Once a recall measure qualifies, it …

Coast-to-coast and around the world, sighs of relief could be heard after the Trump administration threw in the towel, more or less, on its refusal to allow President-elect Joe Biden to begin the presidential transition. — Randi Spivak, Center for Biological Diversity As my colleague Doyle McManus reports, much of Trump’s last-minute policymaking appears aimed at bequeathing Biden a scorched-earth …