Biopolitics, or, in Achille Mbembe’s baleful articulation, necropolitics, is one of the central keywords of modernity in general and of the present moment in particular. Expanding Foucault’s fragmentary consideration of the term, the Italian philosopher Roberto Esposito offers an analysis … Continue reading “Bios”
Online Features
Voices from an Absent Future
Tavia Nyong'oAudio Statement from students protesting tuition hikes at UCLA. And more footage from recent protests.
Hazel Carby on Interdisciplinarity, 1 December 2009
Ashley DawsonDecember 1st 2009, Tuesday, 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Proshansky Auditorium, The Graduate Center, CUNY (34th Street & 5th Avenue) The CUNY Provost’s Annual Symposium on Disciplinarity brings together scholars in the humanities who examine disciplinary boundaries, canonical divides, and … Continue reading “Hazel Carby on Interdisciplinarity, 1 December 2009”
Apocalypto
Ashley DawsonToday should be remembered as the beginning of the end. According to an article in the Guardian, President Obama has acknowledged that it is now too late to secure a legally binding climate deal at the Copenhagen summit. We will … Continue reading “Apocalypto”
Panel Discussion and Book Party, 20 November 2009
Social Text CollectiveNovember 20, 2009 Friday 4 to 6 PM Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor Panel members: Event and panel host: Lisa Duggan (SCA, NYU) The Queer Child: Or Growing Sideways in the … Continue reading “Panel Discussion and Book Party, 20 November 2009”
Paint the Town Rouge, 17 November 2009
Richard KimSave the date!OR Books invites you to PAINT THE TOWN ROUGE!A party to celebrate the publication of GOING ROUGESarah Palin — An American NightmareEdited by Richard Kim and Betsy Reed Tuesday November 17th, 20097 till 10 pm The Gates290 Eight … Continue reading “Paint the Town Rouge, 17 November 2009”
CFP: Movement Politics
Michael RalphThis special issue of Social Text will examine discourses of physical debility and social mobility in concert with social movement politics, broadly construed. The broader rubric of disability is an especially apt lens through which to launch a political agenda, … Continue reading “CFP: Movement Politics”
The Forensics of Capital
Michael Ralph
A Review of “Capitalism: A Love Story,” directed by Michael Moore Crimes have been committed in this building. I am here to make a citizen’s arrest. In the final scene of “Capitalism: A Love Story,” Michael Moore drags police tape … Continue reading “The Forensics of Capital”
30th Anniversary Soiree – WIP
Social Text CollectiveOn Friday, November 13, 2009, Social Text celebrated its 30th anniversary and the recent publication of our 100th issue. More details here.
New from Social Text Authors
Social Text CollectiveDemocracy, States, and the Struggle for Global Justice Edited by Heather D. Gautney, Neil Smith, Omar Dahbour, Ashley Dawson. Routledge, 2009. Democracy, States, and the Struggle for Global Justice draws on the fields of geography, political theory, and cultural studies to analyze … Continue reading “New from Social Text Authors”