Tag: Politics

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Turns Towards Hollywood

Going beyond the label of propaganda in regime media. NARGES BAJOGHLI Parade of IRGC tank transporters. Photo by Mohammad Sadegh Heydari via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC Attribution 4.0 International . A professionally produced video surfaced on Iranian social media the last week of August. 

A Look Inside Biomedical Growth in Asia

Martin Kenney interviews Beyond Technonationalism author Kathryn Ibata-Arens KATHRYN C. IBATA-ARENS and MARTIN KENNEY   Free for commercial use via Pixabay.   Martin Kenney: What made you write this book? Kathryn Ibata-Arens:  Before we get started, I would like to thank you for the opportunity 

Between Political Economy and Political Theology – Part 2

Martijn Konings and Adam Kotsko Discuss Neoliberalism by MARTIJN KONINGS and ADAM KOTSKO CC0 via Pixabay   Stanford University Press is proud to present the second part of a conversation between Martijn Konings, author of Capital and Time, and Adam Kotsko, author of Neoliberalism's Demons. Adam 

Between Political Economy and Political Theology – Part 1

Martijn Konings and Adam Kotsko Discuss Neoliberalism MARTIJN KONINGS and ADAM KOTSKO June 1, 2017 – President Trump delivers a speech to a crowd in the Rose Garden of the White House. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.   Stanford University Press is proud to present 

Ten Years after the Crisis: The Real Nature of Speculation

What we have and haven’t learned from the 2008 financial crisis. LISA ADKINS CC0 via Pixabay The year 2018 marked a decade since the global financial crisis, an anniversary that inevitably provoked reflections on the legacy of the crash. These ruminations fixated on the path-altering 

The administration of “illegality”

“Illegal” immigrants are universally demonized, but it is exclusionary immigration laws that produce “illegality.”

Engaging Iran and Cuba

When it comes to adversarial states, diplomatic aims are better served by engagement, not isolation.

The Tangible Effects of Connecting with your Neighbors

What’s lost when we lose a sense of community?

The American’s Dilemma

On navigating the tension between individualism and fellow feeling.

Climate Change’s Poisoned Culture

Climate change has joined sex, religion, and politics as an issue not to be discussed in polite conversation.