The crisis of the global, neoliberal order has now entered an acute phase, distinguished by what has become de facto what radical agitators and insurrectionists have dreamed about since the
Tag: Covid-19
Colonialism, Nationalism, and the COVID-19 Crisis in India (Alyssa Putzer)
Colonization and the effects of colonization continue today. And whether colonizing countries are physically still occupying their colony or emancipation/independence has occurred, the consequences of colonization remain littered about the
Critical Conversations – 2020 And The Catastrophe Of The Global Neoliberal Order (Announcement)
Participants are invited to join us live in the fourth of a monthly series of “Critical Conversations” (Zoom webinars) with eminent scholars from around the globe. If you are interested in
Liberalism, Revolution, And Unbelief – Guillaume Groen’s Reactionary Political Theology Of Revelation (Simon P. Kennedy)
We are living in the most interesting of times. The world is being ravaged by a deadly virus. Economic ruin seems to be descending on much of the world after
Some Notes On Blanchot And Disaster (Roger Green)
In this piece, I want to explore the distinction between the “state of exception” and the “disaster.” In doing so, I am also drawing on an interesting seminar that Joshua
Disaster Communism, Disaster Capitalism, Or Simply Disaster? Thoughts On Žižek’s PANdemIC! (Carl Raschke)
“There is no return to normal, the new ‘normal’ will have to be constructed on the ruins of our old lives, or we will find ourselves in a new barbarism
Indigenous Land-Grabbing In Brazil Amid COVID-19 (Roger Green)
A recent article in The New York Times by anthropologist Bruce Alpert relays the story of a fifteen-year-old Yanomami boy, Alvaney Xirixana, who died from Covid-19 earlier this month. He
A World Glimmers Beyond The Still Black Horizons Of “Pandemia” (Carl Raschke)
The Great Global Covid-19 Pandemic has functioned in recent weeks as a gigantic, media-tinged Rorschacht ink blot upon which anyone and everyone is invited to project both their deepest political