Bring Me the Head of Norman Vincent Peale: Self Care and the American Obsession with the Power of Positive Thinking
I don’t know when I first heard the term “toxic positivity” but it was sometime after my father was diagnosed with advancing …
Niemand am Apparat: Zur Selbsterhaltung autopoietischer Systeme im Ausnahmezustand
Seit Jahrzehnten prägen Zombiefilme wie der Klassiker „28 days later“ oder „Resident Evil“ unsere Vorstellung vom Ende der Welt. Anlässlich des Endes …
Year-End Reflections on The 2016-17 Anthropoliteia BlackLivesMatterSyllabus Project
Welcome to the last post of the 2016-2017 year of Anthropoliteia’s #BlackLivesMatter syllabus. We’ve invited all of the series contributors to offer …
FreeThink 5: Finding Balance in the Midst of Burnout
Freethink #5: Finding Balance in the midst of Burnout In this week’s free think Ryan and Adam talk burning out and finding …
Anthropology is an empty pint carton, and our existential projects are the ice cream
Because I regularly teach the history of anthropology, I have thought a lot about classical texts and the shape of our discipline. …
The Wall: A Monument to the Nation-State
Reaction against globalization often takes a visceral nationalist turn in many parts of the globe, no less in the US where the …
In the Journals – March 2016
Welcome back to In the Journals, our monthly recap of recent publications regarding security, law, crime, and governance. The upcoming April edition …