''Yes, Mr President,''said Phil.''You called me here for a report on the situation at the border.
And I'm happy to report that I was recently able to quell a disturbing outbreak of violence at …

In this bold, erudite and timely study, political theorist Wendy Brown explores the historical
underpinnings of—and the social and political effects provoked by—the rhetorical operation …

I have tried to imagine my father as a little boy, playing on the typewriter in Bernice Worden's
Plainfield, Wisconsin hardware store. He could probably smell motor oil and leather gloves …

Drawing on fieldwork and political theory with Lacanian psychoanalytic influences, this
article analyzes how fantasy and fetishes help sustain strategies shown to be no solution to …

Brown Journal of World Affairs: You are a historian, lecturer, author, and editor specializing
in the Armenian genocide and the aftermath of war and mass violence. Because of this, we …

Focusing on legal episodes between conservative Christians and liberal state authorities
over gender equality rights in the Global North (mostly in the United Kingdom, the United …

The concept of vulnerability has attracted as many supporters as sceptics in academia,
policy, and civil society. On the one hand, vulnerability can be seen as coextensive to the …

This article explores the way vulnerability gets mapped onto some bodies and not others. It
discusses how sociolegal frameworks of vulnerability have both significantly transformative …

Law review articles and public interest group advocacy charge the United States since 9/11
with overreaction that jeopardizes legal and cultural commitments to tolerance; recent books …

One of my favorite philosophers is Yogi Berra. Yogi is supposed to have said," When you
come to a fork in the road, take it." And," You can observe a lot by watching." And one more:" …