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September 11, 2020

Video: Bernard E. Harcourt Asks, “Can Critical Theory Change the World?”

“Today the paradigm has shifted and praxis must be posed as subjectivation. If before the problem consisted in responding to ‘What is to be done?,’ today the question is ‘What more am I to do?’ Harcourt thus transforms critical...

August 11, 2020

Off the Page: Meghan Elizabeth Kallman on The Death of Idealism: Development and Anti-Politics in the Peace Corps

“The Death of Idealism confronts the consequences of this void, and makes important contributions to theories of organizations, the history of American volunteering, and the history of the Peace Corps in particular.” ~Nina Eliasoph, author of Making Volunteers: Civic...

August 10, 2020

Off the Page: Tania M. Jenkins on Doctors’ Orders: The Making of Status Hierarchies in an Elite Profession

“This empirically rich comparative study shows how the medical profession conceptualizes itself as rewarding talent, all the while structurally organizing itself to reproduce inequalities. These are important insights for understanding the medical profession, and they extend well beyond, to a...

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Category: Off the Page

Video: Bernard E. Harcourt Asks, “Can Critical Theory Change the World?”

Off the Page: Meghan Elizabeth Kallman on The Death of Idealism: Development and Anti-Politics in the Peace Corps

Off the Page: Tania M. Jenkins on Doctors’ Orders: The Making of Status Hierarchies in an Elite Profession