... The suicide bomber is a peculiar subject that emerges within the very heart of neoliberal capital. We should therefore, in the true Foucauldian sense, trace the genealogy of this emergence. For human subjects, according to Foucault, emerge in certain specific dispositifs, certain specific systems[1]. This figure emerges in the neoliberal capital within the reactionary space created by the privatization of political power and this menacing postmodern subject is further stabilized-at least its scaffoldings-through didactics. ...
Tags: Afghanistan | suicide bomber | neoliberal capital |

... he was not at all perfect, can incite a venomous counter attack from his acolytes. Rereading Iqbal with the tools of modern theory will enable us to read the very male-specific and sexist nature of his work. While his work lauds the exploits of men and produces a detailed genealogy of a male mujahid identity, the attention to the role of women is pretty thin. In fact, Mullahs often use Iqbal to justify the status of women as "passive citizens." When it comes to the question of women's rights in the postcolonial Pakistan, I think Iqbal terribly squandered his ...
Tags: Esatern Philosophy | Pakistani Poetry | Pakistan | Muhammed Iqbal |