Dipesh Chakrabarty Series

Dipesh Chakrabarty is a Bengali historian whose work has significantly contributed to postcolonial theory and subaltern studies. His scholarship explores the intersections of history and postcolonial discourse, critiquing historicism and the universalizing tendencies of Western historiography. Chakrabarty challenges how Western notions of linear time and liberalism shape the understanding of societal development globally. His intellectual impact lies in revising historical writing and fostering debates on the universality of Western thought.