This thematic thread considers the figure of the anti-hero/anti-heroine and the lens of anti-heroism, and proposes a heuristic reformulation, the anti-hero*ine, to grasp more acutely the complexities and ambiguities in the interplay of power, agency and morality in relation to contemporary struggles for justice, rights, and social change.
The camera shows a deserted, dilapidated room somewhere in war-torn Ukraine. On an intercepted phone call a Russian soldier argues
Since the creation of the United Nations, and in line with the civilizing mission’s rhetoric used to justify colonialism, racist
“Trust in humanitarian action” was the top item on the agenda of the 33rd international conference of the Red Cross
Jane K. Cowan (University of Sussex) will give a talk titled ‘Words, numbers, culture: Thinking with Sally Merry at the
When: 11 December 2020 / 2-3.30 pm CET Link: https://zoom.us/j/93210372616… ID: 93210372616 Password: 4JzWZ6 Abstract Even though I have been
This essay was written seated on my couch, trying to make sense of the contemporary ‘state of emergency’ as the
What kind of practices, forms of moral reasoning and ethical orientation does Muslim humanitarianism entail? In what contexts and in
Our students do not dream of global change anymore! It is on these pessimistic words that Alessandro Monsutti opened our
As we start into 2018, we seize the opportunity of this post by Thomas Bierschenk and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan on
