SUBALTERN

Subaltern

In critical theory and post-colonialism, subaltern is the social group who is socially, politically, and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland. In describing “history told from below”, the term subaltern derived from the cultural hegemony work of Antonio Gramsci, which identified the social groups who are excluded from a society’s established structures for political representation, the means by which people have a voice in their society.

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subaltern

Noun

  1. a subordinate
  2. a commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant
  3. A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, some crows are black is a subaltern of all crows are black.

Adjective

  1. Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
    a subaltern officer
  2. Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.


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