Identity Politics

The Cambodian Genocide: Operationalizing Violence Through Ideology

Wei Azim Hung • Oct 16 2023 • Essays

The case of the Cambodian Genocide suggests that ideology does not only motivate but potentially supplements rational motives in operationalizing wide-scale violence.

Malaysian Language Policy: The Impact of Globalization and Ethnic Nationalism

Chisato Maezawa • Sep 22 2023 • Essays

In Malaysia, globalization has made English more important, yet without undermining the status of Malay. Ethnic nationalism also has little impact on its language policy.

Institutionalised and Ideological Racism in the French Labour Market

Jodie Bradshaw • Sep 18 2023 • Essays

Until a critical re-evaluation of the egalitarian approach of French Republicanism is undertaken, the racial hierarchies in labor market will persist.

Trump‘24 or Before: Militias and the Marketplace of Masculinity

Bailey Galicia • Sep 6 2023 • Essays

Masculinity as an antidote to insecurity may result in militia members taking rallying cries like “Trump ‘24 or Before” literally and further perpetrating violence.

Russia and the “Near Abroad”: (Re)producing Identities through Foreign Policy

Mak Kasapovic • Aug 28 2023 • Essays

The practices of Russian foreign policy serve to call into being a “near abroad” with a certain identity and instantiate a particular construction of Russian identity itself.

The Importance of Queer Theory: An Abridgement on Trans Healthcare in the UK

Elizabeth Shimwell • Aug 4 2023 • Essays

Reforms could be introduced to make such healthcare much more accessible, less oppressive and less violent even with the cuts and pressures affecting NHS care generally.

A Lineage of White Insurgency: US Capitol Attack and the Lost Cause

Riley Martinez • Jun 23 2023 • Essays

The insurrection attempt cannot be understood without considering America’s history of White supremacy, particularly the Lost Cause of the Confederacy narrative.

Cartographic Domination in British India

Mack Clayton • Feb 28 2023 • Essays

As the authoritative text and imbued with colonial power, maps deeply affected how Indians related to their surroundings and their history and culture.

The Far-Right Sweden Democrats and the Construction of the Muslim Other

Christiaan Janssen • Jan 26 2023 • Essays

The Social Democrats in Sweden portray Muslims as a security threat to the Swedish identity by employing an ethnopluralist discourse.

Reproductive Justice in Occupied Palestine: Biopolitical Policies and Experience

Sanchita Aggarwal • Nov 6 2022 • Essays

Israeli Occupation through its Zionist strategies, manifestations of terror, curfews, surveillance, and violence restricts Palestinian women’s reproductive choices.

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