scholarly journals Foucauldian biopower, homo sacer and resistance under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 582-596
Author(s):  
Tasleem Malik ◽  
Faizullah Jan
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Survival Strategy ◽  
Homo Sacer ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
The People ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Face ◽  
Status Of Women

This paper uses a qualitative discourse analysis to examine the plight of women under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan (1996-2001) as depicted in Siddiq Barmak’s film Osama. Contributing to the debates on the status of women during a regime of terror under the Taliban the paper uses Foucault’s biopolitics and Agamben’s concept of homo sacer to analyse how women under the Taliban rule were subjected to the technologies of control and regulation and reduced to bare lives stripped of their basic rights. It also critically examines resistance as depicted in the film as a survival strategy for women in the face of a tyrannical regime. The paper argues that though resistance, which is ‘a weapon of the weak,’ does not promise a change in the destiny, it still reflects the agency of women and a challenge to the hegemonic masculine order. We conclude by arguing that through the ‘use of memory’, as a mode of resistance the film sends out a message to all the stakeholders to keep in mind the atrocities and violence experienced by the people in Afghanistan, particularly women while striking any political deal with the Taliban.

scholarly journals Foucauldian biopower, homo sacer and resistance under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 582-596
Author(s):  
Tasleem Malik ◽  
Faizullah Jan
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Survival Strategy ◽  
Homo Sacer ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
The People ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Face ◽  
Status Of Women

This paper uses a qualitative discourse analysis to examine the plight of women under the Taliban rule in Afghanistan (1996-2001) as depicted in Siddiq Barmak’s film Osama. Contributing to the debates on the status of women during a regime of terror under the Taliban the paper uses Foucault’s biopolitics and Agamben’s concept of homo sacer to analyse how women under the Taliban rule were subjected to the technologies of control and regulation and reduced to bare lives stripped of their basic rights. It also critically examines resistance as depicted in the film as a survival strategy for women in the face of a tyrannical regime. The paper argues that though resistance, which is ‘a weapon of the weak,’ does not promise a change in the destiny, it still reflects the agency of women and a challenge to the hegemonic masculine order. We conclude by arguing that through the ‘use of memory’, as a mode of resistance the film sends out a message to all the stakeholders to keep in mind the atrocities and violence experienced by the people in Afghanistan, particularly women while striking any political deal with the Taliban.

Feminism, Class, and Islam In Turn-of-the-Century Egypt

1981 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Ricardo Cole
Keyword(s):  
Private Property ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Rigorous Analysis ◽  
Middle Classes ◽  
Traditional Structure ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Face ◽  
Status Of Women

The emergence of feminist thought in Egypt at the turn of the last century has often been remarked upon, but there has been little rigorous analysis of its social context and background. As keen an observer as Gabriel Baer has ventured to write that in nineteenth-century Egypt “evidently the traditional structure of the family and the status of women did not undergo any change at all.” On the face of it, however, it seems highly unlikely that the expansion of the urban and rural middle classes, the emergence of private property, the period of state capitalism, and the onset of colonial rule could have left women unaffected.

scholarly journals A-4 A comparative Study of contemporary issues between the two interpretations (Tibyan ul Furqan by ludhyanvi and Fahmul Quran by Mian Muhammad Jameel)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-60
Author(s):  
Khawaja Saif –Ur-Rehmam Siddiqui ◽  
Usama Shafiq ◽  
Abdul Khaliq
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Living System ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Lactation Period ◽  
The People ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Duration Of Breastfeeding ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
Status Of Women

In this article provided a comparative overview of the contemporary issues of the two modern  Interpretations .These  are the modern issues that are discussed in it :Emirate of woman and Islam, Women's rights are equal to the rights of Men ,so that humanity is in Islam ,Men are the guardians of Women in transactions ,Women comfort in convict. The status of women among the people of Greece and Roman, The differed for the duration of breastfeeding, Separation of the child is permissible before the end of the lactation period ,Western outrageous culture and its impact ,Fee for nursing parent ,The issue of the sanctity of usury. Promoted image of usury in the era of ignorance and its rule. Updated pictures of usury and its ruling. Punishment  for usury eaters, Harms of usury and the benefits of alms. The sanctity of usury and the living system in Islam ,The difference between trade and usury. The issue of polygamy, the benefits of polygamy and the wisdom of Sharia, the Holy Prophet(S.A.W.S) and polygamy, the issue of marriage between a Muslim and an infidel, is it permissible to marry a Muslim with the people  of the book?

States as Agents and as Trustees

2021 ◽  
pp. 147488512110651
Author(s):  
Avery Kolers
Keyword(s):  
Migration Policy ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Current Article ◽  
External Forces ◽  
Territorial States ◽  
State Territory

In The Shifting Border, Ayelet Shachar observes that the ‘beast’ of state migration policy has broken out of its cage and shifted both outward – to intercept migrants before they can ‘touch base’ and thereby gain rights – and inward, to restrict and subvert the rights of migrants and others in Exclusionary Zones within state territory. Shachar wants to ‘tame’ the beast by obligating states and their agents to uphold basic rights wherever they act. The current article first questions whether this ‘beast’ is necessarily monstrous, or whether it is not an admittedly excessive response to understandable challenges that arise due to the passivity of territorial states in the face of external forces. The article then suggests that the better response to this passivity is for states to embrace their legitimating function of trusteeship for the people (or moral patients) of the world as a whole.

Society, Law and Gender Justice in India

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Archna Katoch
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Gender Disparities ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Status ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Status Of Women

The purpose of this paper is to determine the social status of women and "focus on gender disparities in India. It examines the effectiveness of constitutional laws, enactments and policies to establish the human rights and gender justice. In order to draw the inferences, different types of surveys reports and research studies showing the conditions of women have been used. Study concludes that the conditions of women have undoubtedly improved but gender injustice is still a problem that is seen all over in the society. In India the most of the laws are not effective as they are ahead of public opinion and willingness of the people to change the society and give the women the status of equality. We are still unaware and in the grip of customs and traditions which covertly discriminate against women.

The ways of speaking and the means of knowing

2021 ◽  
pp. 175-214
Author(s):  
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Technological Changes ◽  
Number Words ◽  
The People ◽  
Possessive Constructions ◽  
The Status ◽  
Riverine Environment ◽  
Status Of Women

Tariana is an Arawak language spoken by about a hundred people in the Vaupés River Basin linguistic area in Brazil. A number of grammatical features reflect specific traits of the ways the people live. Manipulating genders correlates with the status of women: a respected and knowledgeable woman can be referred to with nonfeminine gender, as if 'promoted' to manhood. Classifiers occur in multiple environments, including number words, demonstratives, adjectives, and possessive constructions. Classifiers with specific semantics reflect riverine environment, taxonomic categorization of plants, and means of subsistence. Five evidentials obligatorily mark information source. Their use correlates with the requirement to be precise in stating how one knows things, and in the types of access to information. Nonvisual evidentials are used in talking about the feelings, physical states and uncontrolled actions of oneself and one’s core family members. Speakers are aware of the meanings and the uses of evidential, and are prepared to discuss and explain them. Evidentials are sensitive to technological changes, as they adjust to new ways of acquiring information. Evidentials and classifiers are shared across the multilingual area of the Vaupés River Basin. Contact between speakers of adjacent languages appear to have shaped the speakers’ interaction patterns and the associated language features. In contrast, gender manipulation is being lost by younger speakers, as the status of women undergoes transformations.

Human Rights and Population Growth—A Feminist Perspective

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna R. Marsden
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Population Policies ◽  
Worldwide Population ◽  
The People ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Status Of Women

The question of the relationship between human rights and population growth is examined from the perspective of the rights and status of women. A brief review of the literature indicates that no necessary connection between an improvement in the status of women and a reduction of fertility has yet been discovered. The most promising investigations are found in culturally and regionally specific studies. The involvement of women in birth control and population growth is classified, and the concerns of feminists identified. The partial contradiction between the goals of feminism and the control of population, and the relatively unresearched aspects of reproduction are made explicit. The paper concludes that the voice of women should be heard in the worldwide population debate and in the national action plans for contraception, not just as representatives of government, the academy, or the professions, but as women-the people most intimately affected by the present population policies.

scholarly journals Discursive Strategies on Ridwan Kamil’s Status Update: a Critical Discourse Analysis

Humaniora ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Yudhy Purwanto
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Written Expression ◽  
The People ◽  
The Status ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
The Impact

The research was aimed to know the impact of a written expression through social media toward the people who read it. The analysis was performed in accordance with the theories of strategy, discourse analysis, and critical discourse analysis put by Wodak and Meyer (2001) and Renkema (2009), and the theories of internet and language by Crystal (2004). The data were taken from the page of Ridwan Kamil, Mayor of Bandung in that social media. The research needed to see the strategy in his status update (written expression). From the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) point of view, it can be understood the way people transfer their ideas and thoughts showed their power and influenced the people through some certain strategies. The results of the research show (1) all strategies are used in his status update, namely the referential/nomination, the predication, the argumentation, the perspectivation and the intensification strategies, (2) there are always some implicit and explicit intentions that are shared through the status update, and (3) there are some certain aspects that affect the readers of the status update.

scholarly journals ENLIGHTENED MODERATION UNDER PERVEZ MUSHARRAF REGIME

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
Afshan Aziz ◽  
Tanweer Khalid
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
The People ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Government ◽  
Status Of Women

Pervez Musharraf was the thirteenth Chief of the Army staff (COAS) and tenth president of Pakistan. In October 1999, he took over as a Chief Executive of Pakistan by dismissing then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Military takeover was savored by the people of Pakistan due to bad governance of democratic Governments. Unlike the former dictator Gen Zia ul Haq, Gen. Pervez Musharraf gave the impression of being secular and liberal. He was an ardent admirer of Mustafa Kamal Ataturk and wanted to establish Turkish Model of democracy in Pakistan. To delink Islam from extremism and fundamentalism, he introduced the strategy of “enlightened moderation” which has been discussed in this paper. Many Pakistanis welcomed his policy of “enlightened moderation” and even OIC acknowledged his approach. He worked sincerely to uplift the status of women in the society. He also led the army in the war against terrorism and launched operation against militants who were challenging the writ of the Government. The economy of Pakistan was at its peak and poverty graph was declining in Pakistan during his period when many sociological changes in the country took place.

scholarly journals Enforcement of Women's Rights through Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 5397-5402
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Striking Similarity ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Fundamental Freedom ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
The Status ◽  
Comprehensive Treatise ◽  
The Face

The experiences of successive world wars brought the Universal Declaration, bringing an adherence of acceptance from all the countries which proved to be a comprehensive treatise of inviolable and in alienated human rights. It bestows civil and political rights including right to life, liberty, free speech and privacy. In addition it includes economic, social, cultural rights being right to social security, health and education. These entitled basic rights and fundamental freedom that helps in promoting peace and progress by preventing atrocities against humanity. Widening its domain, today human rights have befitted essential in achieving development goals which enables a constant improvement of well being of inhabitants of the world. The paper aims at drawing a similarity in the case study of an autobiography of 19th century (Amar Jibon by Rassundari Devi) and an autobiography of 21st century (I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai), one being the earliest of women autobiographies and the other being most horrific and recent one. Both the characters establish an indistinguishable coherence between development and acquisition of basic rights for women. Malala recognized as a human rights champion, continued to speak out portraying the indomitable courage even on the face of religious and military activists. Rassundari Devi silenced under patriarchal norms and a life burdened with duty and responsibilities which eventually made her acquire a greater strength to become a lettered woman. The paper presents striking similarity in the status of women from two different time zones who fought for their rights and carved a niche for themselves as liberated women. They emerged successful in terms of their courage and determination by seeking live of equality and freedom.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document