Category: Politics
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The Politics of Letting People Die: Republican Administrative Violence
This article frames the 2025 US Government shutdown not as a political dispute but a moral crisis, arguing the Republican budget uses deep cuts to healthcare and foreign aid to produce lethal outcomes for the vulnerable. This is necropolitics—governance through administrative violence. When policy systematically eliminates vulnerable populations through bureaucratic means, we are witnessing the core mechanics of fascism.
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The Political Philosophy of Hannah Arendt: Between Totalitarianism and Freedom
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was an original and very clear-sighted political philosopher in the twentieth century. Her work, emerging from the experiences of totalitarianism and exile, offers a distinctive vision of political life that continues to be relevant for our contemporary challenges to democracy and human dignity. This post explores Arendt’s central contributions to political thought, […]
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The Architecture of Authority: Kojève’s Political Philosophy
Alexandre Kojève developed a theory of political authority based on four “pure” types: the Father (tradition/past), the Master (present action), the Leader (future vision), and the Judge (eternal principles). He argued that stable political systems must balance these forms and their temporal dimensions.
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Understanding US Elections Through Althusser’s Lens
The 2024 US election reveals how ideology constructs parallel but incompatible realities. Each camp inhabits a distinct universe: Trump’s embattled nation versus Harris’ threatened democracy. This ideological schism, determining how events like Jan 6th are not merely interpreted but experienced, marks American democracy’s core challenge.
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Political Theory and the US-China Relationship
A rising superpower challenges the existing global leader. Both are nuclear-armed, their economies deeply intertwined. They compete intensely, from the waters of Taiwan to Silicon Valley, but can’t afford open conflict. So, where’s the line between competition and catastrophe?