A cornerstone of contemporary social theory
The so-called "post-colonial" theory is becoming more and more influential not only in academic debates, but also in political and social circles. However, their assumptions had never been questioned. Relying mainly on the works of subaltern studies theorists, Vivek Chibber radically attacks the foundational arguments of this theory and its essentialist drifts; and he does so in the name of the critical tradition that emerged from the Enlightenment and of a Marxism that some would like to caricature by enclosing it in an imaginary orthodoxy.

Since its original publication, Postcolonial Theory and the Spectrum of Capital has garnered the loudest praise and the most competing criticism, and has had the virtue of sparking one of the most relevant and fruitful international debates of the century.

"The book we have all been waiting for, a breath of fresh air that gives off the musty aroma of a falsely radical academic establishment."

Slavoj Žižek