The modernist usage of the word crisis conveys the idea of an event that acts as a historical
judgment, marks an epochal transition, and sometimes leads to a utopian era. Furthermore …

Study of the future is an important new field in anthropology. Building on a philosophical
tradition running from Aristotle through Heidegger to Schatzki, this book presents the …

In the present contribution, we examine the link between societal crisis situations and belief
in conspiracy theories. Contrary to common assumptions, belief in conspiracy theories has …

A focus on crisis is a mainstay of the literature on contemporary populism. However, the links
between populism and crisis remain under-theorized and undeveloped. This article puts …

During the past forty years, statistical modelling and simulation have come to frame
perceptions of epidemic disease and to determine public health interventions that might limit …

Critics of narcology—as addiction medicine is called in Russia—decry it as being"
backward," hopelessly behind contemporary global medical practices in relation to addiction …

This article explores the making of an expansive and expanding economic imagination in
disparate Occupy sites—the Alternative Banking working group of Occupy Wall Street, the …

This article explores how states mobilise ideologies of the rule of law to legitimise, facilitate
and obscure human rights violations, especially in the context of citizenship and migration …

This article adapts and applies a securitisation framework to produce an analytical
explanation for the heightened geopolitical status of climate change over the past decade …

Mass inflows of immigrants are believed to create moral panic which impacts attitudes and
votes. However, few scholars systematically explore the discursive construction of migration …