Comparison of Postcolonial Thinkers: Homi K Bhabha and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Compare the thought
of two postcolonial
thinkers and explain
which one you agree
with most & why
Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................3
Bio of Homi K Bhabha ..............................................................................................................3
Education of Homi K Bhabha ....................................................................................................3
Key concepts of Homi K Bhabha ...............................................................................................4
Biography of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Education........................................................6
Key Concepts..............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Post colonialism may be defined as a critical academic study of political, cultural and
economical legacy of imperialism and colonialism, majorly focusing on the impact of human
control as well as exploitation of colonized people and their lands (Warren, 2017).In other
words, it is a critical theory analysis of literature, culture and history of imperial power. There is
wide variety of approaches and different theoreticians do not always agree on common
definitions. So it is needed to seek a better understanding of colonial life which is based on
assumptions from the point of view of colonized people. There are various postcolonial theories
provided by theoreticians and form intellectual spaces for subaltern individual in order to speak
for themselves. This project essay is based on colonisation and post colonial thinkers in this
essay are Homi K Bhabha and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. It will cover a bio, key concepts and
their study introduction. At last, it will cover a recommendation best post colonial thinker along
with justification.
TASK
Bio of Homi K Bhabha
Homi Kharshedji Bhabha, a critical theorist and an Indian English scholar born on 1 November
1949. He is professor at Harvard University of Humanities. He is well known figure of post
colonial studies and have formulated number of key concepts such as hybridity, difference,
mimicry and ambivalence. In 2012, he was awarded by padam Bhushan award in field of
education and literature. He worked on post colonial hypothesis and was strongly impacted by
structuralism. According to him, he emphasis that culture is transactional as they are rooted in
histories of displacement and transactional approach has a major significance of conceptualise
theories of diaspora.
Education of Homi K Bhabha
He was graduated from St Mary's High School, Mumbai. After completing his schooling, he
have gained a degree of bachelor's in Arts from Bombay University. Later on, he have completed
post graduation in Master's in Arts and Doc from Christ Church, Oxford University. Along with
that, he gained senior fellowship at Princeton University and became visiting professor at Old