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    Identify the postcolonial critics who used the ideas of Lacan, Foucault and Derrida while critiquing ‘Euro-centrism’? A. Homi Bhabha B. Gayatri Ch
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    Identify the postcolonial critics who used the ideas of Lacan, Foucault and Derrida while critiquing ‘Euro-centrism’?
    A. Homi Bhabha
    B. Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak
    C. Abdul Jan Mohammad
    D. Edward said
    E. Amie Cesaire
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

    A.

    A, B, C and D only

    B.

    A, B and C only

    C.

    B,C, D and E only

    D.

    C, D and E only

    Correct option is A

    Homi Bhabha, Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak, Abdul Jan Mohammad, and Edward Said are all postcolonial critics who have used the ideas of Lacan, Foucault, and Derrida while critiquing Eurocentrism.
     Homi Bhabha draws on Lacanian psychoanalysis to explore the ways in which colonial power is inscribed in the subject. He argues that the colonial subject is always already split between two cultures, and that this split is a source of both alienation and resistance.
     Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak uses Foucault's concept of discourse to analyze the ways in which colonial power is produced and reproduced through language. She argues that the subaltern, or colonized subject, is often silenced or rendered invisible within colonial discourse.
     Abdul Jan Mohammad uses Derrida's concept of deconstruction to challenge the binary oppositions that underpin colonial discourse, such as the opposition between East and West, or civilized and barbaric.
     Edward Said uses Foucault's concept of power/knowledge to analyze the ways in which Western knowledge about the Orient has been used to justify and maintain colonial domination.
    Amie Cesaire, on the other hand, is a postcolonial critic who is not known for using the ideas of Lacan, Foucault, and Derrida in his work. Instead, he draws on his own experiences as a colonized subject to produce a powerful critique of European colonialism.
    The work of these postcolonial critics has been highly influential in challenging the dominance of Eurocentric thought and in developing new ways of understanding the colonial experience.

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