...the front pages of their papers, Sister Aimee could always be counted on for an engaging interview. She won over the best and brightest journalists in the nation, from pioneering...
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Uprising in Egypt
The elusive subject of revolution
by Armando Salvatore
...the collective trance staged by the state, the multitudes as “the people” are none other than the state. In the trance routine, they are its very collective body: at best,...
Deathless questions and other interviews
The suspicious revolution: An interview with Talal Asad
by Nathan Schneider...In my view, having talked to some of them, simply how to survive politically, as an organization, is what their leadership has learnt best over time. Their minds are focused...
here & there
The civil religion of “I have a dream”
by Claire Ma...common creed is perhaps best symbolized by the oversize statue of the slain civil rights leader on the National Mall, not far from the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his...
For Love of the Prophet 
by
Mayanthi L. Fernando
Taking the Islamic in “the Islamic state” seriously
by
Mayanthi L. Fernando
...democracy. One answer, writes Talal Asad, is that it has a clear and decisive outcome and is therefore the best way of determining the truth. Liberals usually argue that debates...
Just and Unjust Peace
A new theory on political wounds
by Mark Freeman...state and its citizens and communities. These wounds are created by political injustices, the particular sort of injustices that transitional justice, at its best, seeks to address. Philpott argues that...
Essays
Occupy Gezi, beyond the religious-secular cleavage
by Ateş Altınordu...the face of the challenge posed by the protesters—and in preparation for the local and presidential elections upcoming in 2014—he has played the game that he knows best and aimed...
