Why family ties in Kūfa mattered for early Islamic politics
Aliya A Ali explores how kinship and marriage alliances shaped political power and governance in the early Islamic city of Kūfa.
Why Hannah Arendt’s understanding of Augustine matters now
What is the political theology debate and what is Arendt’s rightful place in it?
Against the Erasure Machine: Scholasticide, Memory and the Power of Pedagogy
Henry A. Giroux argues for the necessity of critical pedagogy in resisting authoritarianism and scholasticide in Gaza, the USA and globally.
EUP 75: Our Publishing in Politics and International Relations
Explore the story of Politics and International Relations publishing at Edinburgh University Press, from the 1990s to the most recent and topical publications.
What is Philosophy? What is Politics? What is Critique?
The editors of Philosophy, Politics and Critique reflect on the contested meanings of the terms which give the journal its name.
Who are the displaced?
Millions of displaced people don’t count as refugees. Who are they, and how can they be better protected by political and legal systems?
Q&A with the author of Categories: A Study of a Concept in Western Philosophy and Political Thought
Luke O'Sullivan, author of Categories, discusses how his book came to be, and what's next for him.
Should we compare the violence of rape, war, racism, and ecocide?
…pacifist feminists have long argued we must by Selina Gallo-Cruz Content warning: mentions of rape and sexual harassment Rape, war, racism, ecocide: a litany of violence. Are they comparable—and, if so, should they be compared? Across generations, feminist pacifists have…
Q&A with Leandro Losada on ‘Machiavelli in the Spanish-Speaking Atlantic World’
by Leandro Losada Tell us a bit about your book. Machiavelli in the Spanish-Speaking Atlantic World, 1880-1940 pursues two comparative approaches. One is the history of liberal and anti-liberal political thinking. The other is the reception of Machiavelli’s works in…