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eign interventions. The only hope is a stop Mueller. “Sanctions of Mass Destruction.” Foreign Af- tial Works of Foucault 1954-1984, Volume 3: Power, ed. English Section 42
to the economic sanctions and the threats of fairs. : 154-157.http://www.jstor.org/stable/20049344 (ac- Paul Rabinow (New York: The New Press, 2000)
war against Iran that can result in a shift of cessed June 11, 2013). [6] The potential nuclear capacity of Iran’s government tion in its typically modern universalist conception. From: 1392 دادرم11 جمعه- 1250 شماره/ سال متسیب
focus from the conflicts of establishments [2] For more details, see here. and their possible motives (what they would do if they Etienne Balibar (2013). On the Politics of Human Rights.
to Iranians’ political dreams, demands, and [3] Achille Mbembe: “Moreover I have put forward the could) do not factor into the equation derived by sanction- Constellations 20 (1):18-26.
imagination of the not-yet-here. notion of necropolitics and necropower to account for the sending countries. Brian Masoumi explains that, “preemp- [10] Judith Butler, Frames of War: When Is Life Griev-
various ways in which, in our contemporary world, weap- tive logic is not subject to the same rules of non-contradic- able?, (NY: Verso, 2009).
Source: Jadaliyya ons are deployed in the interest of maximum destruction of tion as normative logic, which privileges a linear causality
persons and the creation of death-worlds, new and unique from the past to the present and is reluctant to attribute an [11] The sanction-sending countries practice modern sov-
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/in- forms of social existence in which vast populations are effective reality to futurity,” because, “it operates on an af- ereignty by dictating which individuals can live, which
dex/13200/the-effects-of-the-economic- subjected to conditions of life conferring upon them the fective register and inhabits a nonlinear time operating re- lives are obstacles to the rest of the living and consequent-
sanctions-against-iran status of living dead” Achille Mbembe, “Necropolitics,” cursively between the present and the future.” Quote from: ly they must be destroyed.
Public Culture 15(1): 11–40 (2003). Melissa Gregg;Gregory J. Seigworth. The Affect Theory [12] and the economic sanctions subsequently give space
--------------- [4] The relations of violence are directly subjected onto Reader (Kindle Locations 796-798). Kindle Edition. to the discourse of all the options are on the table including
people and the resistance is impossible, versus the rela- [7] “Ungrievable lives are those that can not be lost, and a military strike against a targeted country (i.e. the “right
[1] The use of economic sanctions has become increasing- tions of power can be resisted from multiple points of re- can not be destroyed, because they already inhabit a lost of invasion”) under the justification of rehabilitating the
ly common since the Cold War. The most extreme example sistance: “Where the determining factors are exhaustive, and destroyed zone...”: Judith Butler, Frames of War: rights of the rightless people. “right of invasion” is used
of sanctions during this period has taken place in Iraq. As there is no relationship of power: slavery is not a power re- When Is Life Grievable?, (NY: Verso, 2009). by Jacques Rancière here: Jacques Rancière, “Who is the
John Mueller and Karl Mueller argue in Sanctions of Mass lationship when a man is in chains, only when he has some [8] Etienne Balibar (2013). On the Politics of Human Subject of Human Rights,” in South Atlantic Quarterly
Destruction, the total number of deaths resulting from the possible mobility, even a chance of escape ....” From: Rights. Constellations 20 (1):18-26. 2/3, Spring 2004.
use of the weapons of mass destruction throughout history Michel Foucault, ‘The Subject and Power’, in Essential [9] “It thus equates in principle generic humanity and citi- [13] Mueller, John, and Karl Mueller. “Sanctions of Mass
(“excluding the deaths of non combatants in the Nazi gas Works of Foucault 1954-1984, Volume 3: Power, ed. Paul zenship, implying a juridical adequation of the ‘‘rights of Destruction.” Foreign Affairs. : 154-157.http://www.jstor.
chambers”) has been less than the deaths resulting from Rabinow (New York: The New Press, 2000) man’’ and the ‘‘rights of the citizen.’’ It is thus, if you will, org/stable/20049344 (accessed June 11, 2013)
economic sanctions against Iraq. Mueller, John, and Karl [5] Michel Foucault, ‘The Subject and Power’, in Essen- the principle of democratic constitution of the constitu- [14] Judith Butler, Frames of War: When Is Life Griev-
able?, (NY: Verso, 2009).
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to the economic sanctions and the threats of fairs. : 154-157.http://www.jstor.org/stable/20049344 (ac- Paul Rabinow (New York: The New Press, 2000)
war against Iran that can result in a shift of cessed June 11, 2013). [6] The potential nuclear capacity of Iran’s government tion in its typically modern universalist conception. From: 1392 دادرم11 جمعه- 1250 شماره/ سال متسیب
focus from the conflicts of establishments [2] For more details, see here. and their possible motives (what they would do if they Etienne Balibar (2013). On the Politics of Human Rights.
to Iranians’ political dreams, demands, and [3] Achille Mbembe: “Moreover I have put forward the could) do not factor into the equation derived by sanction- Constellations 20 (1):18-26.
imagination of the not-yet-here. notion of necropolitics and necropower to account for the sending countries. Brian Masoumi explains that, “preemp- [10] Judith Butler, Frames of War: When Is Life Griev-
various ways in which, in our contemporary world, weap- tive logic is not subject to the same rules of non-contradic- able?, (NY: Verso, 2009).
Source: Jadaliyya ons are deployed in the interest of maximum destruction of tion as normative logic, which privileges a linear causality
persons and the creation of death-worlds, new and unique from the past to the present and is reluctant to attribute an [11] The sanction-sending countries practice modern sov-
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/in- forms of social existence in which vast populations are effective reality to futurity,” because, “it operates on an af- ereignty by dictating which individuals can live, which
dex/13200/the-effects-of-the-economic- subjected to conditions of life conferring upon them the fective register and inhabits a nonlinear time operating re- lives are obstacles to the rest of the living and consequent-
sanctions-against-iran status of living dead” Achille Mbembe, “Necropolitics,” cursively between the present and the future.” Quote from: ly they must be destroyed.
Public Culture 15(1): 11–40 (2003). Melissa Gregg;Gregory J. Seigworth. The Affect Theory [12] and the economic sanctions subsequently give space
--------------- [4] The relations of violence are directly subjected onto Reader (Kindle Locations 796-798). Kindle Edition. to the discourse of all the options are on the table including
people and the resistance is impossible, versus the rela- [7] “Ungrievable lives are those that can not be lost, and a military strike against a targeted country (i.e. the “right
[1] The use of economic sanctions has become increasing- tions of power can be resisted from multiple points of re- can not be destroyed, because they already inhabit a lost of invasion”) under the justification of rehabilitating the
ly common since the Cold War. The most extreme example sistance: “Where the determining factors are exhaustive, and destroyed zone...”: Judith Butler, Frames of War: rights of the rightless people. “right of invasion” is used
of sanctions during this period has taken place in Iraq. As there is no relationship of power: slavery is not a power re- When Is Life Grievable?, (NY: Verso, 2009). by Jacques Rancière here: Jacques Rancière, “Who is the
John Mueller and Karl Mueller argue in Sanctions of Mass lationship when a man is in chains, only when he has some [8] Etienne Balibar (2013). On the Politics of Human Subject of Human Rights,” in South Atlantic Quarterly
Destruction, the total number of deaths resulting from the possible mobility, even a chance of escape ....” From: Rights. Constellations 20 (1):18-26. 2/3, Spring 2004.
use of the weapons of mass destruction throughout history Michel Foucault, ‘The Subject and Power’, in Essential [9] “It thus equates in principle generic humanity and citi- [13] Mueller, John, and Karl Mueller. “Sanctions of Mass
(“excluding the deaths of non combatants in the Nazi gas Works of Foucault 1954-1984, Volume 3: Power, ed. Paul zenship, implying a juridical adequation of the ‘‘rights of Destruction.” Foreign Affairs. : 154-157.http://www.jstor.
chambers”) has been less than the deaths resulting from Rabinow (New York: The New Press, 2000) man’’ and the ‘‘rights of the citizen.’’ It is thus, if you will, org/stable/20049344 (accessed June 11, 2013)
economic sanctions against Iraq. Mueller, John, and Karl [5] Michel Foucault, ‘The Subject and Power’, in Essen- the principle of democratic constitution of the constitu- [14] Judith Butler, Frames of War: When Is Life Griev-
able?, (NY: Verso, 2009).
Shahrvand's weekly cartoon
By Dariush Ramzani
http://www.dariushcartoon.com
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