empire Archives

Essays

Bloody metaphysics: three new books on the 19th century

Charlie McCrary, Sonia Hazard, Tisa Wenger and Jeffrey Wheatley | July 15, 2026

Imperial death and belonging in Alexandria, Egypt

Shana Minkin | September 30, 2021

Social drama, universalisms’ political violence, and transnational law

Jothie Rajah | June 10, 2020

Volatile signs: Feminism, secularism, political economy

Peter Coviello | May 18, 2018

Beyond the Secular State? Secularism, Empire, and Hegemony

Mohamed Amer-Meziane and Etienne Balibar | November 1, 2016

Taking exception to American exceptionalism

George Shulman | February 26, 2010

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Bloody metaphysics: three new books on the 19th century

Imperial death and belonging in Alexandria, Egypt

Social drama, universalisms’ political violence, and transnational law

Encountering another science

Volatile signs: Feminism, secularism, political economy

Power and civility

Beyond the Secular State? Secularism, Empire, and Hegemony

Taking exception to American exceptionalism

All used up

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