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recognition redistribution
i am reading fraser again to incorporate parts of her argument in the first chapter on the relationship between class and other forms of identity in building a social movement. thus far, i have these issues with her argument:
1a. its not clear what she understands by class. is it a particular social category which got [...]
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Critique of subaltern studies
“The postmodern valorization of fragment in subaltern historiography hurts the cause of the unity of the oppressed and helps Hindu extremists” (Chakrabarty, Habitations, 2002, p. 18. he is paraphrasing the critiques of subaltern studies not saying this himself. Dipesh’s point is that-later in the book- that subaltern studies lost it trajectory by falling into bad [...]
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One of the panels that was on in the 2007 NCA a philosopher came to hear me speak. Ted George. He didn’t ask me anything but he asked one of the co-panelists who was presenting a paper on autoethnography a question she or any of the panelists could not wrap their heads around. [...]
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