Self-Consciousness of the Dalits as “Subalterns”: Reflections on Gramsci in South Asia
Self-Consciousness of the Dalits as “Subalterns”: Reflections on Gramsci in South Asia
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达利特人作为“底层人”的自我意识:对南亚葛兰西的反思
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10.1080/08935696.2011.536342
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2011
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Cosimo Zene
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Cosimo Zene
In this article I reflect on Gramsci's category of the “subaltern,” taking into consideration recent contributions to this topic, particularly those offered by Joseph Buttigieg, Giorgio Baratta, and Marcus Green. The latter, besides presenting an eloquent critique of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's article “Can the Subaltern Speak?” allows me to return to Gramscian sources so as to carry out a radicalization of Gramsci's positions with reference to the experience of “Untouchables”/Dalits in South Asia. There is little doubt that inquiry into the “subaltern question” in India today cannot ignore the “Dalit question.” The case study referring to the Rishi-Dalits of Bangladesh accentuates still further the precarious position of these groups as subalterns, but also their aspiration to overcome subalternity.