By Robin Celikates The time of the so-called movements of the squares seems to be long gone. What in retrospect looks like a series of fleeting moments of collective enthusiasm and radical hope associated with Tahrir Square, Gezi Park, Hong… Continue Reading
By Joshua Clover Given the capacious scope of this text, I want to limit my remarks to what are for me its two core questions, one asked, one unasked. By unasked, I do not mean the usual suggestion that the… Continue Reading
By Nandini Sundar The rich will make temples for Shiva, What shall I, a poor man do? My legs are pillars, the body the shrine, the head a cupola of gold. Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers,… Continue Reading
By Marianne Hirsch At the beginning of her Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly, Judith Butler tells us that she wrote these essays in the midst of the massive popular uprisings at the start of our decade. We are discussing… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt “when bodies assemble on the street, in the square, or in other forms of public space (including virtual ones) they are exercising a plural and performative right to appear, one that […] delivers a bodily demand… Continue Reading