Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's Deconstructive Alternative to Colonialism: Turning Binary Opposition into a Double Bind

Today, there are various humanitarian problems in many parts of the world. Colonialism is one of the most important humanitarian problems since certain geographies have been subjected to internal and external colonial practices since ancient times. It is necessary to analyse the problems experienced due to the situation of exploitation and to produce solutions to them, because addressing and examining such problems is both a humanitarian responsibility and a duty that a social scientist must fulfil. While there are many ways to fulfil such a responsibility and duty, it can be said that the analyses, evaluations and suggestions made by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in her works offer useful tools in terms of guidance. Accordingly, this article aims to make an evaluation on colonization and domination based on two deconstructive concepts among the concepts and methods used by Spivak to analyse colonialism. In the context of this purpose, in our study, first of all, the concepts of binary opposition and double bind that Spivak examines will be examined by discussing what deconstruction is. Then, in the conclusion, various suggestions on the subject will be tried to be put forward.

Journal

BEYTULHIKME-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY

Year

2026

Volume

16

Pages

471-485

ISSN

1303-8303

DOI

10.29228/beytulhikme.84309

WoS UID

WOS:001724471700021