Jasbir puar right to maim pdf

Drawing on a stunning array of theoretical and methodological frameworks, puar uses the concept of debilitybodily injury and social exclusion brought on by economic and political factorsto disrupt the category of. Homonationalism in queer times, also published by duke university press. Puar rutgers university, usa this essay argues that israel manifests an implicit claim to the right to maim and debilitate palestinian bodies and environments as a form of biopolitical control and as central to a scientifically authorized. The first page of the pdf of this article appears above. Jasbir puars second book, the right to maim, examines the relationship between life. Puar is professor of womens and gender studies at rutgers university and the author of the right to maim, also published by duke university press. Newly released dartmouth transcript shows antisemitic. In rawabi just outside of ramallah in the west bank, a palestinian. Davis is distinguished professor of liberal arts and sciences at the university of illinois at chicago in the departments of english, disability studies and human development, and medical education. Puar steadfastly reminds us that in considering various kinds of debility we. Antiisrael lecturer threatens to sue anyone who publishes.

Why did duke university press publish jasbir puars. Puar is professor of womens and gender studies at rutgers university and the author of terrorist assemblages. On a spectrum between life and death, according to puar, there is the production of the living dead, death worlds, necropolitics, slow death, and life itselfthis is the field. Supplementing its right to kill with what puar calls the right to maim, the israeli state relies on liberal frameworks of disability to obscure and enable the mass debilitation of palestinian bodies. Cary nelson on jasbir puars book, the right to maim. Professor jasbir puar, a member of the advisory board of usacbi, has come under an intense rightwing smear campaign perpetrated. A fact check of jasbir puars dartmouth presentation on. We have media release forms from our guest speakers that allow us to have an official recording of the event which is taking place in the back. Tracing disabilitys interaction with debility and capacity, puar offers a brilliant rethinking of foucauldian biopolitics while showing how. Dec 06, 2017 in november, duke university press dup published the right to maim. Readers can have that rare and golden experience of.

On a spectrum between life and death, according to puar, there is the production of the living dead, death worlds, necropolitics, slow death, and life itselfthis is the field puar examines. Well, with that laughter and applause from audience. Puars mustread book the right to maim revolutionizes the study of twentyfirstcentury war and biomedicine, offering a searingly impressive reconceptualization of disability, trans, and queer politics. Puar is associate professor of womens and gender studies at rutgers university. Drawing on a stunning array of theoretical and methodological frameworks, puar uses the concept of debilitybodily injury and social exclusion brought on by economic and political factorsto disrupt the category of disability.

Puar is professor of womens and gender studies at rutgers university and the author of terrorist. Academic defense, usacbi statements comments are off for this post. Puar s mustread book the right to maim revolutionizes the study of twentyfirstcentury war and biomedicine, offering a searingly impressive reconceptualization of disability, trans, and queer politics. Letter in support of professor jasbir puar regarding right.

The letter responds to a recent wall street journal wsj oped entitled majoring in antisemitism at vassar by mark g. Drawing on a stunning array of theoretical and methodological frameworks, puar uses the concept of debilitybodily injury and social exclusion brought on by economic. Critical race studies otherwise that she coedits with. The right to maim and its implications for palestine studies. Puars mustread book the right to maim revolutionizes the study. Puars mustread book the right to maim revolutionizes the study of twentyfirstcentury war and biomedicine, offering a searingly impres sive reconceptualization of disability, trans, and queer politics. Her distortions, baseless assertions and outright lies have been denounced and refuted by numerous sources. Israel manifests an implicit claim to the right to maim as a form of biopolitical. In the right to maim, puar discusses the supposed linkage between black lives matter and the palestinian struggle for selfdetermination, seeing in both struggles a common theme of weak victim. Drawing on a stunning array of theoretical and methodological frameworks, puar uses the concept of debilitybodily injury and social exclusion brought on by economic and political.

Homonationalism in queer times is a powerful, energetic, and highly insightful read. The right to maim feminism and lesbian art working group. A fact check of jasbir puars dartmouth presentation on april 30, 2016. Debility, capacity, disability in palestine studies. Jasbir puar rutgers university thursday, april 30, 2015 4. This essay argues that israel manifests an implicit claim to the right to maim and debilitate palestinian bodies and environments as a form of biopolitical control and as central to a scientifically authorized humanitarian economy. In this context, the essay tracks the permeating relations between living and dying that complicate michel foucaults foundational mapping of biopower, in. Debility, capacity, disability 2017 published with duke university press in the series anima. Associate director committee for accuracy in middle east reporting in america camera puar claim. The hidden story of how the americans with disabilities act gave the largest us minority its rights 2016 and he is the editor of the disability. Bringing together middle east studies and american studies, global political economy and gendered conflict studies, this books. Disablement and inhumanist biopolitics in palestinei jasbir k.

Tavia nyongo is professor of african american studies, american studies, and theater studies at yale university and the author of the amalgamation waltz. In this lecture, which is an overview of jasbir puar s forthcoming book, she presents a theory of biopolitical debilitation that foregrounds the injuring mechanisms of racialization, capitalism, and imperialism. Jasbir puars second book, the right to maim, examines the relationship between life, debility, and death. Letter in support of professor jasbir puar regarding rightwing attacks on her recent talk at vassar college. The right to maim and its implications for palestine. Puar is professor and graduate director of womens and gender studies at rutgers university, where she has been a faculty member since 2000. Debility, capacity, disability serves an important position in the panoply of books and articles about disability.

Wed like to understand how you use our websites in order to improve them. Discrediting academia in solidarity with jasbir puars. Disablement, palestine, and disaster capitalism, jasbir puar, rutgers university, department of womens and gender studies jasbir k. In the end, paurs argument is simply one more chapter in the arguments q vs. Debility, capacity, disability, by jasbir puar in the book, puar makes the grotesque claims, israel covertly enacts the. It argues that by revealing how settler power, colonial violence, and imperial havoc shape the mechanisms, structures, and systems that target resistance, the right to maim both contributes to and disrupts the field of palestine studies.

Professor jasbir puar, a member of the advisory board of usacbi, has come under an intense rightwing smear campaign perpetrated first by an attack blog, and then by the wall street journal. Viral travels, affective sexualities 20 precarity talk. Bringing together middle east studies and american studies, global political economy. Debility, capacity, disability in the times of israel. Debility ought not to be used interchangeably with disablement, and puar repeatedly reminds the reader that she uses the concept of debility to challenge the. Puar brings her pathbreaking work on the liberal state, sexuality, and biopolitics to bear on our understanding of disability. In challenging liberal disability rights frames, debility illuminates not only what is left out of disability imaginaries and rights politics, but also the constitutive absences. The book absorbs a surprising amount of intellectual, political, and emotional labour. Disablement and inhumanist biopolitics in palestine, arguably provides plenty of material for puars critics to bolster their case. Jan 01, 2007 paurs terrorist assemblages is an example of theory allowed to substitute for concrete analysis. The paper is in three parts, so the first part is about the new project. R, it was called in the eighties between those in the gay world who see samesex preferences as only one factor in life, and those who hope to see queerness as a tool for radical subversion. Her research interests include gender, sexuality, globalization. Puar in this article i aim to contextualise the rise of gay and lesbian movements within the purview of debates about rights discourses and the rightsbased subject, arguably the most potent aphrodisiac of liberalism.

Supporters of the bds campaign that singles out israel for boycott, divestment and sanctions have been circulating a letter addressing the controversy concerning jasbir puars talk at vassar. Click here to view flyer pdf wgs statement on academia and free speech rights. Debility, capacity, disability, i think through how. Palestine and the right to maim 2015 homonationalism as assemblage. In the preface to her most recent work the right to maim, jasbir puar informs her readers that she mobilizes the term debility as a needed disruption of the category of disability and as a triangulation of the abilitydisability binary, noting that while some bodies may not be recognized as or identify as disabled, they may well be debilitated, in part by being foreclosed. Debility, capacity, disability care fully progresses, chapter by chapter, to construct a multifaceted argument. Puar, jasbir rutgers, the state university of new jersey. A virtual roundtable with judith butler, lauren berlant, bojana cvejic, isabell lorey, jasbir puar, and ana vujanovic 2012 viral. Indeed, as puars supporters point out, there is a published article that served as the basis for her talk at vassar. Statistical manual of mental disorders dsm iii and dsm iv have caused.