• Prof. (Dr) Susanta Kumar Bag

(Abstract – The origin of the idea of postcolonialism could be traced back to the decolonization process in the 1970s and 1980s’. It brought about an end of modernism in social science research. It is a discourse that refers to the hegemonic colonial theory of the West and looks beyond the liberation movement in the Afro-Asian and Australian nations. Since its inception including the father of the theory, Edward Said has been widely criticized, contested, and debated unequivocally by most of the prominent contemporary thinkers and philosophers despite its seminal contribution and giving an alternative paradigm to social science research. The most significant issues around which the postcolonial theory has unfolded are culture, ethnicity, feminism, art, hybridity, discrimination, marginalization, etc. The most predominant critics of postcolonialism are the poststructuralists, neo-colonialists, and those who are researching global studies though it is a fashionable pedagogy in social science research in the contemporary academic world.)

Postcolonialism, enlightenment, modernism, poststructuralist, neocolonialism, subalterns, globalism, Amar Chitra Katha

"Postcolonialism: A Contested Theory", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.l409-l420, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404B56.pdf

"Postcolonialism: A Contested Theory", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppl409-l420, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404B56.pdf