We started thinking about the concepts of normalcy and normalization in 2016, in what
seems like a lifetime ago. Since our first work on the subject (Lemay-Hébert and Visoka …

This position paper argues for an interdisciplinary agenda relating crises to on-going
processes of normalization of anti-and post-democratic action. We call for exploring …

Now that" normalization" has come to seem a fact in post-communist eastern Europe, it
might be asked why the word" normal" was so close to people's hearts. How does its …

Highlighting a number of perspectives from critical social theory and research as well as
critical language and discourse studies, this paper explores conceptions of normalisation …

This essay investigates why “ontology” has become an increasingly important topic for a
number of contemporary political philosophers. It is divided into two parts, the first of which …

The term of “normality”–we use in the title–stems from a discourse that (re) emerged at the
beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, governing people's imaginaries and beliefs that “back …

The meaning of norms is empirically contested. Supposing an inherent instability of norm
meaning, contestation, therefore, represents a fundamental conceptual challenge to the …

Introduction p. 1 Questions p. 5 Restaging the Universal: Hegemony and the Limits of
Formalism Judith Butler p. 11 Identity and Hegemony: The Role of Universality in the …

In this paper, we explore possibilities for reconceptualizing cosmopolitics by focusing on
sites and situations where the problem of un/commonality plays a central role. Stemming …

Defenders of politically correct language claim that it is a civilizing influence on society, that
it discourages the use of words that have negative or offensive connotations and thereby …