Culture and Ideas
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‘Problematising Genealogy is to History what Psychoanalysis is to the Practical Self-Relation’: An Interview with Amy Allen for the Oxford Political Review
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Grappling with the most pressing political topics requires us to reflect on how we are situated in and implicated in the relations of power we are trying to understand and critique.
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Union Without Uniformity: How Federalism Can Hold Together a Diverse People
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Unity does not require uniformity. In fact, forcing uniformity may be the surest way to destroy unity altogether.
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Rethinking Inequality: Branko Milanovic on Capitalism’s Contradictions
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Milanovic’s latest essay collection X-rays the global capitalist system, mapping the contradictions that threaten to pull it apart.
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Can Nationalism Save Democracy?
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As imperial presidencies, tariffs, and friendshoring reshape global politics, might this moment also signal a revival of democracy?
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‘Moral Ambition’ Is Too Ambitious, and Not Ambitious Enough
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Bregman’s latest book may be a call to action for some, but to what is dangerously unclear.
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Overcoming Injustice: OPR in Conversation with Sally Haslanger
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While individuals matter, ‘collective action is our best bet’ for disrupting interwoven systems of oppression.
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On Our Love of Redemption
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Perhaps we long for redemption not because we believe in it, but because we cannot bear a world without the possibility.
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Sober, and in Search of Something More: A Pessimist’s Guide to Life
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In a world of wars, famines, and crises, what does it mean to theorise and act politically? A pessimist’s viewpoint can take us forward.
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Melancholy and Hope in the Anthropocene: Keats’ Negative Capability, Barad’s Agential Realism, and the Politics of Possibilities
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Amid environmental crisis, rethinking our relationship to nature and resilience may provide a realistic basis for hope.
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AI’s Material Infrastructure: An Urban Planning Challenge for the Digital Age
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AI is only as competent or equitable as its supporting infrastructure. A reimagining of cities and space is needed.