Elections as domestication of violence and threats of war
The 2014 Afghan presidential election reveals the dual quality Achille Mbembe described in Politics as a Form of Expenditure[i] as, […]
After Elections: Hope?
Worldwide debates on 2014 Afghan elections condense some of the most influencing myths – one of which certainly being related
Democracy building in Afghanistan?
The following thoughts combine views expressed in Derailing Democracy in Afghanistan, blog posts written for Afghanelections14.com and observations made over
Afghan Elections: the pen, the gun and the slippage between
Afghanistan’s Presidential elections were scheduled to coincide with the withdrawal of U.S. and foreign troops and Afghanistan’s first democratic transfer
Gaza, Einstein, and the UN
Today we continue our discussion on Gaza with a guest post by Lori Allen, previously published at Jadaliyya, and reposted
MASSACRES IN GAZA: NEVER AGAIN! Full Stop!
While operating in the Ivory tower of the Academia – in this instance referring to the extensive attention we have
From Maya enthusiast to Occupy activist: Allegra meets David Graeber REDUX
David Graeber (1961) is the author of several books on theories of value, social thory and anarchism, including the award-winning
AAA 2013: The Final Countdown!
Only 14 days left before the AAA meeting in Chicago! As the largest conference within our discipline, the AAA triggers