While the theoretical engagements and arguments both books provide are not limited to the question of women’s rights and feminism…
“Strange bedfellows” and the reproduction of civilization
secularism
Armenian return conversions in Turkey
The politics of Turkish secularism does not only impose a radical break with the multi-religious Ottoman past, but simultaneously aims…
The “woman question” as symptomatic of imperialism
I want to bring the arguments of Farris and Scott into conversation with two other recent publications in order to…
Taming the Muslim woman
The Muslim woman figures as one of the central anchor points of the “Muslim question.” Integrated into a discourse of…
Volatile signs: Feminism, secularism, political economy
What, then, does a feminist critique of secularism and its imperial geopolitics look like? What are the terms in which…
On Sex and Secularism
Overall, the book aims to do two things: First, to offer a history that documents the ways in which gender…
Material mourning in the secular sculpture garden
The memorialization of Soviet soldiers in Berlin was not simply a functional political tactic; it was an expression of national…
The new ecumenism
How does the relationship between religion and politics relate to the changing political constellations we are now seeing, especially given…
The Age of Cat
Cat videos offer a pleasurable diversion. The cat video answers the question “Is this all there is?” by saying, “This…
Sovereign Jews: An introduction
My recent book, Sovereign Jews: Israel, Zionism, and Judaism, harnesses the powerful critique of the dominant secular(ist) epistemology, which is…