Dipesh Chakrabarty

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historian postcolonial theorist

Dipesh Chakrabarty is an Indian historian and postcolonial theorist known for his influential work on subaltern studies, modernity, and the global implications of climate change.

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instanceOf historian ⓘ
postcolonial theorist ⓘ
awardReceived Toynbee Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfBirth India NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1948 ⓘ
educatedAt Australian National University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Presidency College, Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer University of Chicago ⓘ
fieldOfWork climate change and history ⓘ
environmental humanities ⓘ
history ⓘ
postcolonial studies ⓘ
subaltern studies ⓘ
genre historical non-fiction ⓘ
theoretical essays ⓘ
hasAcademicDegree PhD in history ⓘ
hasResearchInterest Anthropocene NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Asian history ⓘ
capitalism ⓘ
globalization ⓘ
historical theory ⓘ
labor history ⓘ
modernity ⓘ
postcolonial historiography ⓘ
influenced environmental humanities scholarship ⓘ
postcolonial historiography ⓘ
theory of the Anthropocene in the humanities ⓘ
influencedBy Karl Marx ⓘ
Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ
postcolonial theory ⓘ
knownFor postcolonial theory ⓘ
theory of modernity in South Asia ⓘ
work on subaltern studies ⓘ
writings on climate change and the Anthropocene ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf Subaltern Studies collective NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
notableWork Habitations of Modernity: Essays in the Wake of Subaltern Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rethinking Working-Class History: Bengal 1890–1940 NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History NERFINISHED ⓘ
faculty member at the University of Chicago Department of History ⓘ
faculty member at the University of Chicago Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations ⓘ

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subaltern studies → hasKeyFigure → Dipesh Chakrabarty ⓘ
subject surface form: Subaltern Studies