Debates

Two general observations about my numerous critics seem pertinent to me. First, the large majority of attacks on my text follow the rules of the tweet culture with short snaps, …
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On April 17 Brazil’s Lower House of Congress (Câmara dos Deputados) opened an impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff pending a formal trial in the Upper House (Senado Federal). The …
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Lately I am getting used to attacks that not only render my position in a totally wrong way but also practice slander pure and simple, so that, at this level, …
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Segregated toilet doors are today at the center of a big legal and ideological struggle. On March 29, 2016, a group of 80 predominantly Silicon Valley-based business executives, headlined by …
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Europe was made of repeated migrations from East and South, from the Paleolithic to the modern era. This is well documented in terms of cultural/linguistic legacy as well as genetic …
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Interview by Diego Ferrante and Marco Piasentier

Interviewer: ‘Biopolitics’ is a recurring term in your work and in your latest book, From Outside. A Philosophy for Europe (a translation of …
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Interviewed by Diego Ferrante and Marco Piasentier

Interviewer: Your recent book From Outside: A Philosophy for Europe seems to be located at the intersection of two axes: on the one …
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Title IX legislation, associated primarily with equal opportunities for girls in high school and college athletics, has become a turning point in discussions of sexual assault.  Until recently, the greatest …
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Western societies understand themselves to be democracies, yet we rarely discuss what this means. Presumably, politics has to do with the people’s choices, and the act of voting is taken …
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Extractive industries condition and are conditioned by narrative structures. The constantly fluctuating demand and supply of “natural” resources begs for a certain kind of narrative energy. Whether striking gold or …
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