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What book marks Spivak's distancing from postcolonialism?

  • A Critique of Postcolonial Reason

  • Orientalism

  • Nation and Imagination

  • Empire Writes Back

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Spivak's book, "A Critique of Postcolonial Reason," marks her departure from postcolonialism. In this book, she argues that postcolonial theory has become too focused on the critique of Western colonialism and has neglected the experiences of people in the Global South. She also critiques the essentialism and universalism of some postcolonial theories, arguing that they fail to account for the diversity of experiences within the postcolonial world.
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