We are delighted to repost Brian Massumi’s latest essay, first published on his new Substack. The maturation of the modern nation-state coincided with a progressive becoming-immanent of power to the social field. Concepts such as disciplinary power,...
A manifesto was instrumental in the formation of the constitutional democracy that was the United States of America, and we are currently witnessing its (re)inception as an undemocracy through the work of another manifesto. The Declaration of Independence – akin to...
Democratic self-government and freedoms are under attack around the world. From the consolidation of an increasingly authoritarian and erratic administration in the USA to the Turkish Government’s open persecution of the political opposition, from Israel’s systematic...
Hey, you who sit on the shore, merry and bright! A soul in the water surrenders to night. One there is, flailing with desperate hand, On this fierce, dark, and weighty sea, as you apprehend.…Tell me, at what moment should I say? A soul in the water throws life...
The Call for Papers is now live. Please read the full description of the streams here. If you would like to participate – send short abstract of your proposed paper to the stream organisers (as mentioned under their stream heading). Graduate students who seek a...
Following the Supreme Court’s decision in the For Women case last week, colleagues thought it would help to have a case summary for use in making sense of the judgment. Accordingly, I have produced a summary sticking precisely to the Court’s language from...
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