Silence as Resistance before the Subject, or Could the Subaltern Remain Silent?

This text considers several case studies of subaltern silence as micropolitical resistance. Around these examples the author threads a theoretical model (using ideas of such thinkers as Gayatri Spivak, Georges Bataille, Michel Foucault and Jean Baudrillard) to explain how performing silences could r...

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Main Author: Roi Wagner
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Language:English
Published: Berlin Universities Publishing 2023-02-01
Series:The February Journal
Online Access:https://thefebruaryjournal.org/index.php/tfj/article/view/65
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spelling doaj-art-2f6ce2f556884ab2801a4ee002321fa92025-08-20T03:33:18ZengBerlin Universities PublishingThe February Journal2940-51812023-02-0101-02Silence as Resistance before the Subject, or Could the Subaltern Remain Silent?Roi Wagner0ETH Zurich, SwitzerlandThis text considers several case studies of subaltern silence as micropolitical resistance. Around these examples the author threads a theoretical model (using ideas of such thinkers as Gayatri Spivak, Georges Bataille, Michel Foucault and Jean Baudrillard) to explain how performing silences could resist oppression without assuming an underlying well-articulated subjectivity. The paper deals with the force of silence, its conditions of possibility, and its position with respect to representation. https://thefebruaryjournal.org/index.php/tfj/article/view/65
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