I think it is important to acknowledge that power is not jus... - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

"I think it is important to acknowledge that power is not just a negative thing—it's productive."

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Power

Scholar, Postcolonial Theorist Indian-American Born 1942 (age 84)

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