Making Death and Life in Palestine
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Making Death and Life in Palestine
Making Death and Life in Palestine
Why is the Israeli assault against Palestinians so shockingly brutal?
Social reproduction theory is a big idea. It explores how the daily renewal of human life, and therefore human labour, is essential to capitalism. Here, leading feminists come together to apply the theory to one of its most extreme settings β that of Palestine.
Israel's settler colonialism is premised on the eradication of Palestinian lives, undermining Palestinian social reproduction at every turn. This project, which ramped up after October 7th, does have a logic, and 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.
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, scholasticide, and other topics. By understanding this deadly logic, we can look deeper into the heart of the evils of capitalism, and stand in solidarity with Palestine.
Making Death and Life in Palestine offers a profound and critical examination for readers seeking to explore the intersection of social theory, geopolitics, and human rights.
Series: Mapping Social Reproduction Theory
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780745351063
Publisher: Pluto Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pluto Press
Illustration: 7 Halftones, black and white
Contributors:
- Foreword by Ruth Wilson Gilmore
- Edited by Tithi Bhattacharya
- Edited by Susan Ferguson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Tithi 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 Professor of South Asian History at Purdue University and the author of Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence, editor of SocialΒ Reproduction Theory and co-author of Feminism for the 99% which has been translated into over 30 languages. She is on the editorial board of Spectre, and lives in Indiana. Β Susan Ferguson is Associate Professor Emerita at Wilfrid Laurier University and a Research Affiliate at the University of Houston. She is the author of Women and Work: SocialΒ Reproduction, Feminism and Labour. She serves on the editorial board of the webzine,Β Midnight Sun, and is a coordinating committee member of Scholars Against the War on Palestine and a member of Faculty for Palestine, Canada. She lives in Texas. Β Ruth Wilson Gilmore is Professor of Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the associate director of the Center for Place, Culture and Politics. She is the author of Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California, and has served as the chair of the American Studies Association and received the 'Angela Davis Award for Public Scholarship'.Β
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