Can people with bad political beliefs change?
“They should know better.” Well, they don’t. What now? I see a lot of rhetoric these days about how certain people in certain political cults–oh, you know the…
“They should know better.” Well, they don’t. What now? I see a lot of rhetoric these days about how certain people in certain political cults–oh, you know the…
Contesting Indonesia by Kirsten E. Schulze proposes a compelling framework of a national imaginary for understanding Islamist, separatist, and communal violence in Indonesia, grounded in interviews an…
A former National Park Service anthropologist reflects on the vital role of cultural anthropology to the agency’s mission—and what might be lost if the Trump administration’s cuts to…
City of Equals by Jonathan Wolff and Avner de-Shalit examines what it means for one citizen of a city to feel equal to another, despite different experiences and…
Disaster Nationalism by Richard Seymour examines the rise of contemporary far-right movements, which he describes as neoliberalism that has been radicalised along ethno-nationalist and protectionist l…
Hafsa Kanjwal. 2023. Colonizing Kashmir: State-Building Under Indian Occupation. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Decolonization across the so-called Global South led […] The post Colonizing…
Taking a photograph of her grandparents as its jumping off point, Indignity by Lea Ypi blends memoir and historical enquiry to explore her grandmother’s life and the period…
Matthew Archer’s Unsustainable critiques the frameworks used to measure corporate sustainability and exposes how market-driven reporting shirks environmental responsibility. This convincing and timely…
In this live discussion, anthropologist Anand Pandian shares insights from his timely new book, Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down.…
This year marks 200 years since the formation of trade unions in the UK was legalised. A new exhibition at LSE Library, Combining Efforts: 200 Years of Trade…
A Venezuelan anthropologist reflects on distrust he felt from residents of informal settlements in Santiago, Chile—and how his experiences track global trends of fearing outsiders. ✽ I knocked…
Caste: A Global Story by Suraj Yengde explores caste from both a Dalit and global perspective, critiquing caste’s enduring structures and calling for justice in India and beyond.…
Alana Lentin‘s The New Racial Regime interrogates contemporary modes of weaponising race to uphold white supremacy, from the the “war on woke” and its countermovement to the backlash…
When Frantz Fanon (1961) framed the legitimacy of anti-colonial armed struggle in The Wretched of the Earth, he likely did not imagine that his arguments would resonate, some seventeen…
A legal scholar turned anthropologist connects South Africa’s colonial and apartheid past to corruption she witnesses while shadowing parole officers. ✽ I am sitting in the back of…
The latest volume of the Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics edited by Nikolina Bobic and Farzaneh Haghighi explores the socio-political nature of architecture and urban…
As Argentina’s economic crisis worsens, an anthropologist discusses the biological consequences of inadequate food—and why the country’s community kitchens need support. THE PRICE TO EAT It’s the afte…
Xuất bản: “Sân khấu khủng bố – Âm nhạc và chủ nghĩa phân biệt chủng tộc” của John Hutnyk Xuất bản: “Sân khấu khủng bố – Âm nhạc…
In this live discussion with Agustín Fuentes about his new book, Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary, the Princeton University professor shares his groundbreaking examination…
Written by Richard E. Blanton Analyzing the collapses of four historical empires—Ming China, Mughal India, the High Roman Empire, and …
Didier Eribon‘s memoir, The Life, Old Age, and Death of a Working-Class Woman was prompted by the occasion of his mother being moved into a nursing home when…
In The Great Betrayal, Fawaz Gerges examines the reasons for consistent political instability in the Middle East since the early 20th century. Examining Western intervention, domestic authoritarian ru…
Report｜The Relevance of Post-colonial Imagination in 21st Century Asia 2025-05-26 Topic｜The Relevance of Post-colonial Imagination in 21st Century Asia Date/Time｜2025/5/26 09:00-18:00 (T…
Development Challenges in Pakistan by Jamil Nasir explores why Pakistan struggles with sustaining economic growth compared to nations in Southeast Asia. Combining economic, political and sociological …