Postcolonial Theory

Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 2 (Nirvikar Singh)

The following is the second installment of a three part series. The first can be found here. It is published as a catalogued .PDF in article in the latest issue of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (22.2). Another common scholarly position is that Nanak and his successors could not have created a separate religious tradition, because […]

Postcolonial Theory

Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, and Power, Part 1 (Nirvikar Singh)

The following article is the first of three installments. It is published as a catalogued .PDF in article in the latest issue of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (22.2). Introduction The term “subaltern” comes from the work of Antonio Gramsci, and was used by South Asian historian Ranajit Guha to conceptualize “Subaltern Studies,” […]