{"product_id":"making-death-and-life-in-palestine-social-reproduction-in-settler-colonialism-9780745351063","title":"Making Death and Life in Palestine: Social Reproduction in Settler Colonialism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'These essays reveal the intensity of the battle between the exterminationist death-making force of Israeli colonialism and the Palestinian determination to produce and sustain a flourishing and liberated collective life' -- \u003c\/b\u003eAbdel Razzaq Takriti, Palestinian Historian and Arab-American Educational Foundation Chair in Arab Studies, Rice University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Social reproduction theory examines how the daily renewal of human life, and thus human labor, is crucial to capitalism. Here, for the first time, the theory is applied to the setting of Palestine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Israel's settler colonialism is premised on the destruction of Palestinian lives, undermining Palestinian social reproduction at every turn. That project, which ramped up after October 7, has terrible logic. By examining the concrete, historically specific details, the authors begin to reshape and refine the theory of Social Reproduction, shedding light on why Israel's assault is so brutal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapters look at Israel's mass murder of a generation of Palestinians in Gaza, the effects of ecocide, the relationship between land dispossession and class, Israel's selective pronatalism, and scholasticide among other topics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTithi Bhattacharya\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of South Asian History at Purdue University and the author of \u003ci\u003eGhostly Past, Capitalist Presence\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eSocial Reproduction Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eFeminism for the 99%\u003c\/i\u003e which has been translated into over 30 languages. \u003cb\u003eSusan Ferguson\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor Emerita at Wilfrid Laurier University and a Research Affiliate at the University of Houston. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen and Work\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTithi Bhattacharya is a Marxist historian and activist writing extensively on gender and the politics of Islamophobia. She has been active in movements for social justice throughout her life, spearheading campaigns across three continents. She is a professor of South Asian history at Purdue University, the author of Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence, editor of \u003ci\u003eSocial Reproduction Theory, \u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eFeminism for the 99%, \u003c\/i\u003e which has been translated into over 30 languages. She is on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eSpectre\u003c\/i\u003e and lives in Indiana. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Susan Ferguson is Associate Professor Emerita at Wilfrid Laurier University and a Research Affiliate at the University of Houston. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen and Work: Social Reproduction, Feminism and Labour\u003c\/i\u003e. She serves on the editorial board of the webzine \u003ci\u003eMidnight Sun. She is\u003c\/i\u003e a coordinating committee member of Scholars Against the War on Palestine and a member of Faculty for Palestine, Canada. She lives in Texas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pluto Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648894533906,"sku":"9780745351063","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cba9b97f-de77-4662-8b62-b8b7231b6cbe.jpg?v=1759837569","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/making-death-and-life-in-palestine-social-reproduction-in-settler-colonialism-9780745351063","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}