Akeel Bilgrami | Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment (Harvard 2014)
Two passages from Akeel Bilgrami’s Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment:
Author: Bernard Harcourt
Bernard E. Harcourt | Epilogue on the Arab Spring
By Bernard E. Harcourt “It is empirically necessary to recognize the singularity of the revolution and to liberate it from the constraints of universalist narratives […] to save the integrity of the revolutionary movement from its later outcomes.” — Behrooz… Continue Reading
Book Reviews of Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi’s Foucault in Iran
The Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World published a book symposium on Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi’s Foucault in Iran in 2017, with contributions here by Banu Bargu and Anthony C. Alessandrini, among others.
Anthony C. Alessandrini on Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi’s Foucault in Iran
Banu Bargu on Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi’s Foucault in Iran:
Elias Alcantara
Elias Alcantara is the founder of Bronx Element Strategies and a member of Columbia University’s Center for Justice. Prior to that, Elias Alcantara served as Senior Associate Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Obama White House, as a liaison for… Continue Reading
Subjectivité et révolution | 19 décembre 2017
À quelles conditions les révolutions et les soulèvements peuvent-ils constituer des matrices de subjectivation ? Quelle place faut-il accorder, au sein de ces expériences visant la transformation du monde social et politique, à la subjectivité et à ses vertus « éthiques » (courage,… Continue Reading
Safwan M. Masri | Workers and Soldiers: The role of institutions in Tunisia’s and Egypt’s revolutions
By Safwan M. Masri Very little is understood about why Tunisia, the country that gave birth to the Arab Spring, has been the only democracy to emerge from it. “Why Tunisia?” is a question that has resonated among Arabs yearning… Continue Reading
Nada Moumtaz | An Ethic of Cultivation, An Ethos of Engagement
By Nada Moumtaz I would like to think with you about a theoretical question that I encountered in my research on Islamic charitable endowments in Beirut. It is a question about how arguments are won, and specifically about the place… Continue Reading
Soha Bayoumi | Revolution, Hope and Actors’ Categories… or What’s an Engaged Scholar to Do?
By Soha Bayoumi Microanalysis of the Revolutions? What is the role of engaged scholars who are studying the political events of the “Arab Spring”? Is it to explain the reasons behind those significant political events and the major political… Continue Reading