The clash of identities - discourse, politics, and morality in the exchange of letters between Hannah Arendt and Gershom Scholem by David Kaposi

“…While, structurally, there are many similarities in the two letters, what distinguishes them is that they conceive of their objects (i.e. the text), subject positions, and political or moral values according to which they should be assessed in quite diametrically opposite ways. …”
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“Sofa and Facebook or tent and Syntagma”: understanding global resistance movements from Syntagma to Tahrir by Ali Bilgic

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‘Real people in real places’: conceptualizing power for emancipatory security through Tahrir by Ali Bilgic

“…In this exercise, Hannah Arendt’s understanding of power, enriched by Judith Butler’s concept of performativity and feminist insights, will be used as the theoretical foundation to tailor collective power based on trust in a ‘moment’ of emancipation. …”
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'Sleeping dogs and rebellious hopes': anarchist utopianism in the age of realized utopia by Matthew Adams

“…After the tragedies of the twentieth century, the utopian impulse was subject to searching criticism by a host of liberal intellectuals including Karl Popper, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, and Jacob Talmon. …”
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International migration: transit space - creative space? by Christina Oelgemöller

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Transnational dissent: feeling, thinking, judging and the sociality of Palestinian solidarity activism by Brian Callan

“…If as researchers we are to understand the complexities of human life and practices, I believe we must carefully attend to this sophisticated form of emotional reasoning and begin to think not just about feelings, but also with feelings.…”
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