Category Archives: Social & Political Studies
Singapore: Unlikely Power
Singapore spent 2015 celebrating its jubilee as sovereign state, an event overshadowed by the death of its first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, whose People’s Action Party (PAP) has steered the island-nation’s development since independence in 1965. As the nation
Singapore: Unlikely Power
Singapore spent 2015 celebrating its jubilee as sovereign state, an event overshadowed by the death of its first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, whose People’s Action Party (PAP) has steered the island-nation’s development since independence in 1965. As the nation
Feature: Money Changes Everything, How Finance Made Civilization Possible
Professor Goetzmann’s magisterial survey covers key developments in the history of finance, beginning with the invention of money nearly 6000 years ago in the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean. Money has been the economic lifeblood of all human societies
Feature: Money Changes Everything, How Finance Made Civilization Possible
Professor Goetzmann’s magisterial survey covers key developments in the history of finance, beginning with the invention of money nearly 6000 years ago in the ancient Near East and eastern Mediterranean. Money has been the economic lifeblood of all human societies
Queer spaces make queer lives
When I think of queer Berlin, I think – albeit narrowly – of the men dancing with me to DJ Boris at the Snax party at Berghain last Easter Sunday: thousands of sweaty revelers, some wearing leathers, some wearing
Queer spaces make queer lives
When I think of queer Berlin, I think – albeit narrowly – of the men dancing with me to DJ Boris at the Snax party at Berghain last Easter Sunday: thousands of sweaty revelers, some wearing leathers, some wearing
et filios …
“Singapore is our native land, but to be Singaporean is to be your native land. All flesh all action, Harry, make me certain. Make me useful.” (Amanda Lee Koe) In Nomine Patris … is a collection of written pieces by
et filios …
“Singapore is our native land, but to be Singaporean is to be your native land. All flesh all action, Harry, make me certain. Make me useful.” (Amanda Lee Koe) In Nomine Patris … is a collection of written pieces by
Why you should read: Karl Marx, A Nineteenth-Century Life
Karl Marx has been many things to many people. During the 20th century, amid the clamour of the Cold War era, perceptions about Marx split into two rival camps: supporters hailed him as a far-sighted prophet propelling state and society
Why you should read: Karl Marx, A Nineteenth-Century Life
Karl Marx has been many things to many people. During the 20th century, amid the clamour of the Cold War era, perceptions about Marx split into two rival camps: supporters hailed him as a far-sighted prophet propelling state and society
An Economist in the Real World
India is an ageless place where the past infuses every aspect of modern life. Since ushering in an economic liberalisation programme in 1991, India has been in a headlong rush to modernise and open up its complex and multifaceted economy
An Economist in the Real World
India is an ageless place where the past infuses every aspect of modern life. Since ushering in an economic liberalisation programme in 1991, India has been in a headlong rush to modernise and open up its complex and multifaceted economy
Much Ado About Fracking
“Politics begins in disappointment”. So goes Simon Critchley’s useful aphorism.[1] Naomi Klein’s version thereof could go “politics begins in missed appointments” – from the first warning shots about a “metabolic rift with nature” during the industrial revolution, through to
Much Ado About Fracking
“Politics begins in disappointment”. So goes Simon Critchley’s useful aphorism.[1] Naomi Klein’s version thereof could go “politics begins in missed appointments” – from the first warning shots about a “metabolic rift with nature” during the industrial revolution, through to
No Such Thing as the People’s Bomb
Just at this moment, amongst a half-decade-long explosion in thinking about the structural violence of neoliberal capital, Eric Schlosser has released a work on the ultimate sovereign ability to declare exception: the spectacular violence of nuclear weapons. While Schlosser’s book
No Such Thing as the People’s Bomb
Just at this moment, amongst a half-decade-long explosion in thinking about the structural violence of neoliberal capital, Eric Schlosser has released a work on the ultimate sovereign ability to declare exception: the spectacular violence of nuclear weapons. While Schlosser’s book
Destination Cambodia
Cambodia. Democratic Kampuchea. Khmer Rouge. Angkor Wat. For more than 30 years, Cambodia has been remembered as the country with a tragic past, or the country that comes with a UNESCO temple site which exists outside of the remembrance of
Destination Cambodia
Cambodia. Democratic Kampuchea. Khmer Rouge. Angkor Wat. For more than 30 years, Cambodia has been remembered as the country with a tragic past, or the country that comes with a UNESCO temple site which exists outside of the remembrance of
Rafael Epstein: Prisoner X
Early last year, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation broke an incredible story about Australian lawyer working in Israel who had been moonlighting for the Mossad. Somehow he ran afoul of the law and, after being charged with treason, hung himself
Rafael Epstein: Prisoner X
Early last year, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation broke an incredible story about Australian lawyer working in Israel who had been moonlighting for the Mossad. Somehow he ran afoul of the law and, after being charged with treason, hung himself
Singapore Review of Books 