Vivek Chibber
Vivek Chibber | |
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Born | Vivek Aslam Chibber 1965 (age 58–59) India |
Nationality | American |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | Locked in Place[1] (1999) |
Doctoral advisor | Erik Olin Wright |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociology |
Sub-discipline | |
School or tradition | Analytical Marxism |
Institutions | New York University |
Doctoral students | David Masondo[2] |
Main interests | Development |
Vivek Aslam Chibber (born 1965) is an American
In 2017, Chibber launched
Early life and education
Chibber was born in India in 1965, and moved to the United States in 1980, where he has lived since. He completed a
Career
Chibber’s first book, Locked in Place, attempted to answer why some countries were able to build "developmental states" in the decades after World War II while others were not. He argued that the literature on developmental state had unduly ignored the constraints that class power imposed on state-building, particularly the power and influence of domestic capitalists. Chibber showed that the main reason Indian industrial policy only met with middling success was that domestic capital blocked attempts to build an effective planning apparatus. Whereas in South Korea, the state managed to build an alliance with domestic business houses around industrial planning. Chibber’s book was widely acclaimed and won several awards including, in 2005, Barrington Moore Book Award, and honorable mention for the American Sociological Association’s Distinguished Publication Prize.[4]
Criticism of postcolonialism
Soon after Locked in Place, Chibber's agenda took a turn when, in 2006, he published "On the Decline of Class Analysis in South Asian Studies" in Critical Asian Studies.
Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital was focused on one particular strand of theorizing, namely the
The publication of Specter touched off a very intense and wide-ranging debate between Chibber, members of the Subaltern Studies collective, and other intellectuals. Most prominently,
The ensuing debate was collected and published by Verso Books in 2016 as Rosie Warren (ed.), The Debate on Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital.[11]
Catalyst
In the spring of 2017, Chibber and
Discussion of capitalism is not off the table any longer. Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy launches with the aim of doing everything it can to promote and deepen this conversation. Our focus is, as our title suggests, to develop a theory and strategy with capitalism as its target — both in the North and in the Global South. It is an ambitious agenda, but this is a time for thinking big.[12]
Other works
Chibber has served in editorial roles with various publications and journals, including
Awards
- Distinguished Publication Award, American Sociological Association 2006, honorable mention.
- Barrington Moore Jr. Prize, American Sociological Association 2005.
- Selected as Outstanding Academic Title in 2004, Choice Magazine
- Mirra Komarovsky Award, Eastern Sociological Association 2005, honorable mention
- Distinguished publication award, Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association 2004, for best book in Political Sociology, honorable mention.
Works
Books
- Locked in Place: State-Building and Late Industrialization in India. Princeton University Press. 2003. pp. 334. ISBN 978-0691126234.
- ISBN 978-1844679768.
- The Class Matrix: Social Theory after the Cultural Turn. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 2022. ISBN 978-0674245136.
Journal articles
- "Confronting Postcolonial Theory – A Response to Critics". The Journal of World Systems Research. 20 (Winter 2014): 308–314.
- "Making Sense of Postcolonial Studies – A Response to Gayatri Spivak" (PDF). Cambridge Review of International Affairs. 27, no. 3 (September 2014).
- "Revisiting Subaltern Studies" (PDF). The Economic and Political Weekly. XLIX (9). March 1, 2014.
- "The ghost of theories past". The European Journal of Sociology (December 2013): 439–449.
- "Rescuing Class from the Cultural Turn". Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy. 1 (Spring 2017): 27–55.
See also
References
- ProQuest 304540133. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ Masondo, David (2014). Post-Apartheid Business Nanny State: Case Study of the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP), 1995–2010 (PhD). New York University.
- ^ a b "New York University Profile". nyu.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
- ^ "Vivek Chibber Award Statement". asanet.org. 2009-06-04.
- S2CID 46433779.
- ^ "How Does the Subaltern Speak?".
- ^ "Marxism, postcolonial studies, and the tasks of radical theory". International Socialist Review (89).
- ^ "Debate: Marxism & the Legacy of Subaltern Studies - Historical Materialism NY 2013". YouTube.
- S2CID 144906790.
- ^ "Subaltern Studies Revisited: Vivek Chibber's Response to Partha Chatterjee". versobooks.com.
- ISBN 978-1784786960.
- ^ Vivek Chibber and Robert Brenner. Catalyst. "About Us" https://catalyst-journal.com/about Accessed 2020-05-15
- ^ "About The Journal". socialistregister.com. The Socialist Register.
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External links
- Talk on Postcolonial Theory
- Debate with Partha Chatterjee
- Radio Interview about Bernie Sanders
- Interview about Dalit Movement
Videos
- Capitalism and the State, lecture to Brecht Forum program.
- Marxism and the legacy of Subaltern Studies, debate with Partha Chatterjee.
- Capitalism: A Debate, debate with representatives of libertarian magazine Reason.