It has been fascinating to read Darryl Li’s The Universal Enemy at a time when national boundaries—not to mention political leadership, scientific expertise, and whatever remains of public health—appear to be undone,…
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The Universal Enemy
Looking imperial universalism in the eye
May 27, 2020
In his study of the jihad in Bosnia, Darryl Li performs what might be considered a “radical” move of his own. Instead of starting from the rarely questioned premise of “terrorism studies,”…
May 27, 2020
The Universal Enemy
Decolonizing universalisms
May 20, 2020
Darryl Li’s book takes the experience of multiple projects of humanitarian interventions in Bosnia during the 1990s as a laboratory to explore how contested narratives of universalisms have been reshaping the world…
May 20, 2020
The Universal Enemy
The Universal Enemy—An introduction
May 20, 2020
In the introductory essay to this forum on his book, Darryl Li describes how instead of positing jihad or Muslims as a unique threat or problem, The Universal Enemy uses jihad to…
May 20, 2020
Figurative publics: Crowds, protest, and democratic anxieties
Figurative publics: Conclusion
May 14, 2020
Writing these words in the time of Covid-19, there is something at once nostalgic and newly vivid about all these crowd stories.
May 14, 2020
Essays
Social activism and rooted liberationist religion in Brazil
May 8, 2020
Religious leftists in Brazil—of all faiths, with Catholics most prominent among them—already lean on established institutions in combination with the popular culture and traditions of their country.
May 8, 2020
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