On the eve of the assault on Iran by Israel and the United States in February 2026, I had the chance to talk to Wendy Brown. This interview explores the transformation of the state under finance capit...

Abstract. This brief introduction lays out the key questions addressed in the special section that follows. It situates “Imprisoning Politics” in the context of ongoing debates about carceral states a...

Ramia, the village in South Lebanon where I conducted fieldwork, was blown up in an act of war. On October 20, 2024, one month into a two-month war of annihilation, in a two-year (and counting) war, i...

Ramia, the village in South Lebanon where I conducted fieldwork, was blown up in an act of war. On October 20, 2024, one month into a two-month war of annihilation, in a two-year (and counting) war, i...

On the occasion of your 90th birthday, I wish to offer you these words as a possible “new beginning,” of the kind that you identify as necessary for any liberation.

I am taking the liberty of writing an open letter to citizens of Israel, especially those of you who consider Israel a homeland for Jewish people. Though for a long time this letter has been on my min...

In his Scritti corsari (Corsair Writings, 1973-75), Pier Paolo Pasolini made claims that shocked many of his interlocutors in Italy and elsewhere. His critique of the idea of progress would certainly ...

In his Scritti corsari (Corsair Writings, 1973-75), Pier Paolo Pasolini made claims that shocked many of his interlocutors in Italy and elsewhere. His critique of the idea of progress would certainly ...

Reflections on Authoritarian Times What is fascism? A new wave of authoritarian governments on a global scale has relaunched this debate, but this word that spontaneously rises when we think of Donal...