Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET October 2020 Political Science
Who introduced the terms 'Essentialism' and 'Strategic Essentialism'?
AGayatri Chakravorty Spivak ✓ Correct
BHomi K Bhabha
CEdward W Said
DAlmond
Answer: A
Explanation
★The terms essentialism and strategic essentialism were introduced by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
★A postcolonial theorist and literary critic, Spivak examined how marginalised groups are represented and how they can speak.
★Essentialism treats a group as if it shares one fixed, defining nature, which often flattens real differences.
★Strategic essentialism is her idea that a group may temporarily adopt such a shared identity to unite and advance common political goals.
★Bhabha, Said and Almond are not the source of these particular terms.
★So Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is the correct answer.
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