Postcolonial Theory

Sikhs As Subalterns – Voice, Inequality, And Power, Part 3 (Nirvikar Singh)

The following is the third installment of a three part series. The first can be found here, the second here. It is published as a catalogued .PDF in article in the latest issue of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory (22.2). That knowledge of source languages is not the only problem is illustrated by citation practices. Axel, Fox, […]

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,” […]

Religion and Literature

“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” And The Inhospitable State – Abrahamic Hospitality And The Limits Of Multiculturalism, Part 2 (Emily McAvan)

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The Failure of Hospitality Yet even in the first bloom of his success in New York, it is clear that Changez’s acceptance is conditioned largely on his assimilation to the norms of the American ruling class. At Underwood Samson, “we […]