Political Science · Political Theory
Who or which is Not related to post-colonialism as a political theory?
AOrientalism
BGayatri Spivak
CEdward Said
DA.G. Frank ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) A.G. Frank — A.G. Frank is not related to post-colonialism but to dependency theory.
Explanation
★A.G. Frank is not related to post-colonialism but to dependency theory.
★Andre Gunder Frank developed the idea of the development of underdevelopment.
★Dependency theory explains poverty of the periphery through economic exploitation by the core.
★Post-colonialism, by contrast, focuses on culture, identity, discourse and the legacy of empire.
★Orientalism is a central post-colonial concept coined by Edward Said.
★Edward Said and Gayatri Spivak are founding figures of post-colonial theory.
★So Frank, an economic dependency theorist, stands outside the post-colonial school.
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