ABSTRACT

This chapter is primarily a critique of methodologies that entail institutional and systemic analyses of power, anchored in the experiences of subordination and resistance of the most marginalized communities of women. This recognition of the limits (and dangers) of the ‘posts’ in Palestine and the US is key to the arguments of this chapter. It discusses moments of rupture and possibility that counter-hegemonic movements can use to build solidarities across borders. The author explores a convergence between neo-liberalism and postmodernism that depoliticizes radical theory (or insurgent knowledge, as she prefers to call it).