Plan for Obsolescence: Why Institutions Should Have Expiration Dates

A river flows following the path of least resistance. Until a dam gets built. The water gets redirected toward desirable Continue reading →

Learning to Unlearn: Applied Psychology in Social Justice

I. Introduction Why is unlearning racism so hard? Virtually everyone agrees that racism is bad. On the left, we read Continue reading →

Nietzsche and Wagner on Tragedy: The Slave and the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Germany

During the nineteenth-century, the German speaking world was going through a period of rapid social and political upheaval. This tumultuous Continue reading →

Unbuilding Walls, 1: Brick and Mortar

“He wanted a territory. He felt the need for caution. But he felt more strongly the need that had brought Continue reading →

Seoul Stories: Han Kang, Violence and Candlelight

The day I stood shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of thousands of my fellow civilians, staring down the barrels of Continue reading →

The Spectacle of the Scaffold – Foucault, Corporal Punishment, and the Digital Age

Witnesses who described the scene could even be prosecuted, thereby ensuring that the execution should cease to be a spectacle Continue reading →

Transport for London and the Total Advertisement

When TfL announced that Canada Water station was to be dubbed ‘Buxton Water’ for Marathon Day we witnessed one of Continue reading →

Louis Althusser, the Ideological State Apparatus, and Interpellation

Imagine that you’ve magically transformed into a bourgeoisie capitalist. You wake up one morning and…poof: regal cashmere pajamas, silk blankets, Continue reading →