accademy award The Act of Killing The Oscar-nominated movie by Joshua Oppenheimer puts on stage the psychoanalysis of a genocide. When I finally exited from the cinema I was nearly throwing up. I couldn’t stand, ⋙
law enforcement Police Civilization How different countries call law enforcement and why it matters. To many people of liberal persuasion, the norm of our times, a ‘police state’ is one of the worst nightmares ⋙
Debate Olympic Power The Games, the International Community and the Competition for Normative Power. The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics are not only a huge sport event, but also an arena for confrontation between ⋙
Keynes How much is enough? Thinking beyond the model with Robert and Edward Skidelsky's latest book. Those who labour work more and earn less, while they are less and less insulated from the ⋙
construction Narratives of Disembarkation What made Lampedusa a security frontier and Italy a country being invaded. Over the past 3 years the media coverage on boat migrants and Lampedusa’s landings has shaped and ⋙
borders Starting with the master Herzog’s cinema explores borders. Not only geographical borders. It’s an inside point-of-view searching for a chaotic outside. I think it’s impossible to start this column about crime, ⋙
Reviews Books and Lives of the Exiled Aleksandar Hemon's lives reflect the insecurity of the reader and stay clear of reassuring bulldozers. Asked to deliver a speech on literature and exile, Roberto Bolaño said that ⋙
