(common Althusserian term) the process by which ideology, embodied in major social and political institutions (ideological & repressive state apparatuses), constitutes the very nature of individual subjects' identities through the process of "hailing" them in social interactions
published a string of profiles platforming white supremacists and neo-Nazis as if they were now an accepted part of the social fabric (thus interpellating them as such)
published a string of profiles platforming white supremacists and neo-Nazis as if they were now an accepted part of the social fabric (thus interpellating them as such)
(German for worldview) a particular philosophy or view of life; the worldview of an individual or group
the incommensurability of a white supremacist Weltanschauung with one of tolerance
the incommensurability of a white supremacist Weltanschauung with one of tolerance
(common Althusserian term) the process by which ideology, embodied in major social and political institutions (ideological & repressive state apparatuses), constitutes the very nature of individual subjects' identities through the process of "hailing" them in social interactions
the ghost hardly stands alone in the set of beings interpellated through gender
the ghost hardly stands alone in the set of beings interpellated through gender
(verb) to make faulty or defective; impair / (verb) to debase in moral or aesthetic status / (verb) to make ineffective
withdraw their submission to a government they believe has vitiated the contract’s terms
withdraw their submission to a government they believe has vitiated the contract’s terms
(adjective) marked by or given to censure; severely critical of others
Today’s specious free speech debate should not lead to calls for a censorious restriction of First Amendment rights
Today’s specious free speech debate should not lead to calls for a censorious restriction of First Amendment rights
(noun) a eulogistic oration or writing / (noun) formal or elaborate praise
Kennedy’s panegyric to marriage as a form of existential identification with another human is of little interest to the immigration agents who decide what counts as “real” marriage and which partners get to live in this country.
Kennedy’s panegyric to marriage as a form of existential identification with another human is of little interest to the immigration agents who decide what counts as “real” marriage and which partners get to live in this country.
(adjective) keen, sharp / (adjective) vigorously effective and articulate / (adjective) caustic / (adjective) sharply perceptive; penetrating / (adjective) clear-cut, distinct
seems to capture a trenchant insurrectionary tableau
seems to capture a trenchant insurrectionary tableau
causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep
those familiar vertiginous fancies, arising, say, at the edge of a subway platform
those familiar vertiginous fancies, arising, say, at the edge of a subway platform