Subaltern may refer to:
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Subaltern (postcolonialism)
In postcolonial studies and in critical theory, the term subaltern designates and identifies the colonial populations who are socially, politically, and geographically excluded from the hierarchy of power of an imperial colony and from the met ...
, colonial populations who are outside the hierarchy of power
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Subaltern (military), a primarily British and Commonwealth military term for a junior officer
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Subalternation, going from a
universal proposition to a
particular proposition in logic
*"A Subaltern", the author listed in
William Cobbett
William Cobbett (9 March 1763 – 18 June 1835) was an English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey. He was one of an agrarian faction seeking to reform Parliament, abolish "rotten boroughs", restrain foreign ...
's "The Soldier's Friend"
See also
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Subaltern studies
The Subaltern Studies Group (SSG) or Subaltern Studies Collective is a group of South Asian scholars interested in the postcolonial and post-imperial societies. The term ''Subaltern Studies'' is sometimes also applied more broadly to others who sh ...
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