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The Hegelian Subject: Negativity and the Desire for Desire by Sadeq Rahimi
As I mentioned in the last note, the two notions of negativity and linguistic structure provide the basic context for discussing political subjectivity. Sara’s reflection on the notion of negativity...
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Political subjectivity – in action by Sadeq Rahimi
I want to leave a quick note for any and all of the friends who had started to get engaged with my earlier postings on the theme of political subjectivity, both to apologize for having disappeared, and...
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Subjectivity, Politics and Medical Anthropology: The 2010 Marett Lecture by...
It has been a long time since I made my last contribution here. In addition to starting a new job I’ve been deeply involved with blogging and other online activities for the Green Movement in Iran. But...
View ArticlePolitical Subjectivity / Subjectivity beyond the Subject by Sadeq Rahimi
I have come across an interesting talk by Caroline Williams which would be of interest and relevance to those following the topic of subjectivity, and political subjectivity in specific. Professor...
View ArticleSPA Panel on Political Subjectivity – April 1, 2011, Santa Monica by Sadeq...
The biennial meeting of the Society for Psychological Anthropology this year took place from March 31 to April 3 in Santa Monica, California. Below you will find audio recordings of a panel myself and...
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HIV testing, neoliberal governance, and the new moral regime of gay health in...
Recent developments in global AIDS governance have focused on the need to tackle HIV/AIDS-related stigma, which is regarded as subjecting PLHA to social exclusion and hampering overall prevention...
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Subjectivity at the Intersection of Metaphoric and Metonymic Functions by...
I have been intending to return and continue the two lines of discussion I had started earlier concerning the broader theme of political subjectivity and the more specific issue of metonymic and...
View ArticleSubjectivity After the Subject by Sadeq Rahimi
One: Whither The Subject? It has been exactly 8 years since I wrote the introductory installment of a mini-series on political subjectivity for Somatosphere. When I wrote on political subjectivity at...
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Art, the Clinic, and the Political Exercise of Thinking by Eva Marxen
From 2002-2013, the Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona (MACBA) brought together professionals from the fields of psychoanalysis, art therapy, and anthropology to provide different services for a...
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Birth cohorts, biosocial theory, and the politics of developmental disruption...
How and with what consequences do young people push up against standardized views of “normal” and “healthy” development? To what extent can young people’s attempts to disrupt developmental norms be...
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