{"product_id":"9798216397250","title":"Spectral Palestinian Presence before Politics","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpectral Palestinian\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePresence before Politics\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJohn Randolph LeBlanc\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ International Relations \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eLong before October 7, 2023, Palestinians haunted the West and its political categories. In this work of political theory, John Randolph LeBlanc reads works by Raja Shehadeh, Sari Nusseibeh, and Mahmoud Darwish to track the manifold ways existing political language and norms (e.g., rule of law, human rights, international law, the nation-state) failed to capture and address the experience of a people living permanently under conditions of occupation\/domination. \u003ci\u003eThe Spectral Palestinian: Presence before Politics\u003c\/i\u003e finds that their periodic use of the language of ghosts and haunting signals the relationship between Palestinian experience and the 'promise' of Western political language and its institutions. LeBlanc argues that this resulting sense of 'spectrality' constitutes an underexplored form of Palestinian self-awareness and agency. Initially, the specter is the product of the others' fear, that is, nearly disembodied sites of violence carrying the threat of non-being. While reading the accounts of these Palestinians' frustrating confrontations with the apparatuses and language of Western politics, LeBlanc finds the latent possibility of Palestinians taking hold of the specter's power. Turning the spectral on its authors, the Palestinian defies a political language that has abandoned them and rejects the accompanying stigmas by standing fast in their spaces and fully appearing in the demand for human dignity.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJohn Randolph LeBlanc\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of political science and assistant dean of the Honors College at the University of Texas at Tyler, USA\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 August 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216397250\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e216\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55552934150284,"sku":"9798216397250","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_2ae61d80-20a4-48c6-9b1e-7631ed885595.jpg?v=1788313636","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216397250","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}