Epistemic Violence: Postcolonial Concepts| Gayatri Spivak| Postcolonialism

[@connormcnee3560]

A beautiful explanation of a horrifying concept. From my naive perspective, Spivak is up there as one of the most impressive and inspirational erudites of our world, and yet I find your channel to be one of the most approachable and open means for understanding and appreciating the teachings of those such as her and her philosophical peers. Many of the most powerful concepts are diluted by overly verbose academic literature, and you do the world a service by presenting them in a clear and understandable way. Thank you very much, and I wish you all the best in your upcoming new chapter.

[@masoodraja]

Thank you so much!!

[@edmundozaragoza1453]

Lol becuase its easy to write like that such as yourself. Put simply homeboy said it straight to the point. Much appreciation.

[@bigraibasumatary2716]

Thank you so much Sir, for explaining this in such an easy and understandable way. 🤗

[@masoodraja]

You are most welcome

[@traceycroxford8880]

Thank you ,very interesting and informative. Peace & Love too

[@masoodraja]

You are welcome.

[@akashtiwari5729]

Thank you, sir. Insightful indeed :) please do suggest some articles on epistemic injustice/ violence... especially from the Indian sub-continent. Best wishes

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. I would suggest reading Spivak carefully.

[@keneayadeta1511]

Prof. I loved your conception and presentation of sectarianism ( right and left). I appreciate!!

[@masoodraja]

Thank you

[@kashifkaifee]

I was so into the talk that I start imagining the term in some of my real life scenarios

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. I guess it has real-life ramifications both in individual and collective terms.

[@Aakhilsonu]

Thank you

[@masoodraja]

You are welcome.

[@LiveTVUpdates]

That's very well explained sir. I would like to have your views on whether transculturalism/transnationalism is a solution or curse to the post colonial regions. Regards

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. I prefer not to offer any conclusive solutions.

[@rajeshwarin8646]

Hello sir, could you please provide us with a list of all the secondary sources you discuss in this video? It would really help some of us. Thank you so much for these videos. They are so useful.

[@masoodraja]

The source of her quote is listed in the description, but the main source for this would be Can the Subaltern Speak

[@ubaidahmad8272]

Knowledgeable as always. Can u suggest some books for further study ?

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. Please take a look at this list on my website: postcolonial.net/postcolonial-resources/phd-reading-list/

[@BrassicaRappa]

Would recuperation be considered a form of epistemic violence?

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. In what sense are you using the term?

[@BrassicaRappa]

@@masoodraja Thank you so much for responding! I picked up the term from listening to people talk about Mark Fisher and Capitalist Realism, but I think it came from Guy Debord originally? So that's the sense I *think* I mean it in. 😅 The specific example in my mind right now is how Dr Martin Luther King's image has been absorbed by American popular culture with all his radical and controversial ideas removed.

[@masoodraja]

@@BrassicaRappa My understanding of recuperate is from postcolonial studies and there it means recovering lost knowledges so in that sense I don’t think it will qualify as epistemically violence. I don’t see the term used by Mark Fisher.

[@BrassicaRappa]

@@masoodraja Thank you so much again for the reply! I'll have to remember that definition as I continue to blunder into the world of postcolonial studies...I'm getting my education mostly from internet videos, and it's easy to cross disciplines very quickly and get confused by the terminology. I have these concepts floating in my head - recuperation, hermeneutical injustice, and now epistemic violence, that all seem to be floating around a similar idea inside of cultural hegemony. But I'm always so afraid because every term has such a deep history in its own discipline that I don't really have full access to as an outsider. 😅😬 It's such a privilege to be in a time and place where I can have such easy access to all these resources though!

[@masoodraja]

@@BrassicaRappa You are welcome. These terms can be often confusing for all of us. Good luck with your studies!

[@user-uy3vu1pk9y]

Thank you

[@masoodraja]

You are welcome!