Biocracy I
Bios: Biopolitics and Philosophy by Italian theorist Roberto Esposito has recently been taken up in English-dominated academic circles, following its translation into English in 2008. The book...
View ArticleHybrids and Hummers
Hybrids and Hummers: A short rant that has very little to do with cars They say that the rich get richer while the poor get poorer. I have been having an interesting conversation with a friend,...
View ArticleBiocracy II
Biocracy II: a short and sweet theory post “How are we to comprehend a political government of life? In what sense does life govern politics or in what sense does politics govern life? Does it concern...
View ArticleReturning
The life of this blog began just over a year ago, but unfortunately had a short burst of activity followed by a long silence. This was in part because of my employment situation at the time, in the...
View Articlethoughts on security discourse
At the moment I am writing a paper on the ways in which climate-induced migration is discussed in security literature. Security literature is quite new to me, but so far I have looked at the historical...
View ArticleLevinas
“Are there not, somewhere in the world, wars and carnage which result from these advatages? (of the West) Without us others, inhabitants of our capitals – capitals certainly without equality, but...
View Articlebrief, initial thoughts on ‘community’ in Falling Skies
*Spoiler alert* What is the vision of community – post-apocalyptic alien invasion – in Falling Skies? Falling Skies is glossy Hollywood Sci-Fi. Noah Wyle plays Professor Tom Ford, a historian who...
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