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Recognition, right, and the stateless: A Fichtean critique of the plight of the Rohingya

Bangladesh, July 20 -- In a world that proclaims human rights as universal, what does it mean that entire peoples are rendered legally nonexistent-human beings for whom, as Hannah Arendt put it, &#822... और पढ़ें


Truth before power: Shakespeare on Judgment

Bangladesh, July 16 -- Few literary works have generated as many competing interpretations as Shakespeares Hamlet. Psychoanalytic critics have found an Oedipal drama. Existentialists have found a medi... और पढ़ें


1776 Against 1787: Constituent power and the forgotten

Bangladesh, July 7 -- On Saturday, July 4, Americans celebrated the nations 250th anniversary with the familiar fanfare: fireworks, flags, patriotic speeches, and ritual invocations of liberty. Yet at... और पढ़ें


Trump and the aestheticization of fear

Bangladesh, June 18 -- In 2016, during the first Trump campaign, I wrote an article asking whether American democracy could survive the reduction of politics to entertainment. At the time, the questio... और पढ़ें


Against preventive detention: Recognition, coercion, and mental health policy

Bangladesh, April 26 -- In recent years, jurisdictions such as New York City have expanded policies permitting the involuntary psychiatric evaluation—and in some cases detention—of individ... और पढ़ें