Category: state-terror

• Leave No Trace

  Nov 8

  In writing reportage about the Polish People’s Republic, Cezary Łazarewicz has written a universal book about the pathology of power. That this is a universal story, we can experience today… more ›

• Love Letter

  Jun 29

  I sent a love letter to the DNC this morning: After 30 years of voting almost entirely for Democratic candidates on local, state, and national ballots I will no longer… more ›

• MH17

  Jul 17

  I’ve been dreading this day for a year now: the first anniversary of when flight MH17 was shot down by thugs in eastern Ukraine with a Buk on loan from… more ›

• Angela Davis

  Jul 8

  When ostensibly asked if she supported violence while she was in jail, Angela Davis not only explained violence, but she related its origin: the violent state. Any violence perpetrated by… more ›

• Two Lost Projects

  Feb 24

  Resistances: The Problem of Fascism Walter Benjamin on fascism George Bataille on fascism Emmanuel Lévinas on fascism Jan Patočka on resistance Hannah Arendt on totalitarianism Michel Foucault on resistance Slavoj… more ›

• Gaza

  Jul 25

  No, we do not have to accept the status quo. We do not have to accept the fact that our nation unqualifiedly supports Israel. We can hold our representatives accountable.… more ›

• The Ruination and Salvation of Life/Writing, Part III

  Jul 15

  Maurice Blanchot’s own biography—the writing of his life—attests to the experience of life as, through, and by way of writing. We know almost nothing about the man, even when we… more ›

• 8:15

  Aug 6

  Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe writes about Hiroshima, moral responsibility, outrage, and aging in today’s The New York Times op-ed section. It’s an oblique essay about the travesty of Japanese policy… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday: Spring Writing Projects

  Apr 16

  The online academic journal borderlands out of Australia will publish my review essay of Lisa Guenther’s The Gift of the Other: Levinas and the Politics of Reproduction next month. I’ll… more ›

• Tongues of Fire: Articulations of and against Terror (Part II of IV)

  Aug 28

  Question 1 Is terror-power the same in all cases, or is there a qualitative difference between terror-power employed by a state and that employed by a non-state actor? Are there… more ›