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A review by patbookie
Capitalism: A Ghost Story by Arundhati Roy
4.0
This book covers a variety of topics relating to exploitation, war, business and government and their relationship to global capitalism.
"...It's not about liberating her but about unclothing her. It becomes an act of humiliation and cultural imperialism. Coercing a woman out of her burka is as bad as coercing her into one. It's not about the burka, it's about the coercion. Viewing gender in this way, shorn of social, political and economic context, makes it an issue of identity, a battle of props and costumes. It's what's allowed the US government to use Western feminist liberal groups as moral cover when it invaded Afghanistan in 2001. Afghan women were (and are) in terrible trouble under the Taliban. But dropping daisy cutters on them was not going to solve the problem" - one of my favorite parts of the book.
Highly recommend, especially to learn a perspective of Indian politics from an Indian author.
"...It's not about liberating her but about unclothing her. It becomes an act of humiliation and cultural imperialism. Coercing a woman out of her burka is as bad as coercing her into one. It's not about the burka, it's about the coercion. Viewing gender in this way, shorn of social, political and economic context, makes it an issue of identity, a battle of props and costumes. It's what's allowed the US government to use Western feminist liberal groups as moral cover when it invaded Afghanistan in 2001. Afghan women were (and are) in terrible trouble under the Taliban. But dropping daisy cutters on them was not going to solve the problem" - one of my favorite parts of the book.
Highly recommend, especially to learn a perspective of Indian politics from an Indian author.