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South Atlantic Quarterly, 2023

In this special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly, scholars from seven countries discuss the need... more In this special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly, scholars from seven countries discuss the need to rethink the categories of revolution in the 21st century. The failings of the 20th century revolutionary tradition are rethought in line with accordance with developments in political philosophy, ontology, geography, anthropology, and sociology. Similarly, the limitations of the global revolts and uprisings in the past decade appear from new perspectives designed to help us think through the obstacles that block them. Features articles from Kieran Aarons, Idris Robinson, Giorgio Agamben, Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen, Katherine Nelson, Luhuna Carvalho, Philippe Blouin, Sam Law, Alan Cruz, Vanessa Nava, Stephanie Wakefield, and Rodrigo Karmy.

South Atlantic Quarterly, 2023

This article argues that a theory of destituent power must imply a twofold strategic orientation ... more This article argues that a theory of destituent power must imply a twofold strategic orientation toward the state, based simultaneously in desertion and destruction. The article opens by first situating Giorgio Agamben's account of destituent power within the broader framework developed throughout his Homo Sacer project. Through a close consideration of his engagements with both Aristotle's modal ontology and Walter Benjamin's political theology, it aims to demonstrate that, although Agamben tends to disavow their consequences, the theoretical resources on which his project depends nevertheless entail destructive capacities.

Some Writing by Idris Robinson

https://illwill.com/on-destituent-power

Presentations by Idris Robinson

https://youtu.be/MHMeYtYHiKM?t=2648

Interviews by Idris Robinson

Tillfällighetsskrivande, 2021

https://www.kunm.org/post/what-chocolate-chaco-canyon-reveals-about-trade-and-rituals

Papers by Idris Robinson

South Atlantic Quarterly, 2023

This article argues that a theory of destituent power must imply a twofold strategic orientation ... more This article argues that a theory of destituent power must imply a twofold strategic orientation toward the state, based simultaneously in desertion and destruction. The article opens by first situating Giorgio Agamben's account of destituent power within the broader framework developed throughout his Homo Sacer project. Through a close consideration of his engagements with both Aristotle's modal ontology and Walter Benjamin's political theology, it aims to demonstrate that, although Agamben tends to disavow their consequences, the theoretical resources on which his project depends nevertheless entail destructive capacities.

South Atlantic Quarterly, 2023

In this special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly, scholars from seven countries discuss the need... more In this special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly, scholars from seven countries discuss the need to rethink the categories of revolution in the 21st century. The failings of the 20th century revolutionary tradition are rethought in line with accordance with developments in political philosophy, ontology, geography, anthropology, and sociology. Similarly, the limitations of the global revolts and uprisings in the past decade appear from new perspectives designed to help us think through the obstacles that block them. Features articles from Kieran Aarons, Idris Robinson, Giorgio Agamben, Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen, Katherine Nelson, Luhuna Carvalho, Philippe Blouin, Sam Law, Alan Cruz, Vanessa Nava, Stephanie Wakefield, and Rodrigo Karmy.

South Atlantic Quarterly, 2023

This article argues that a theory of destituent power must imply a twofold strategic orientation ... more This article argues that a theory of destituent power must imply a twofold strategic orientation toward the state, based simultaneously in desertion and destruction. The article opens by first situating Giorgio Agamben's account of destituent power within the broader framework developed throughout his Homo Sacer project. Through a close consideration of his engagements with both Aristotle's modal ontology and Walter Benjamin's political theology, it aims to demonstrate that, although Agamben tends to disavow their consequences, the theoretical resources on which his project depends nevertheless entail destructive capacities.

https://illwill.com/on-destituent-power

https://youtu.be/MHMeYtYHiKM?t=2648

Tillfällighetsskrivande, 2021

https://www.kunm.org/post/what-chocolate-chaco-canyon-reveals-about-trade-and-rituals

South Atlantic Quarterly, 2023

This article argues that a theory of destituent power must imply a twofold strategic orientation ... more This article argues that a theory of destituent power must imply a twofold strategic orientation toward the state, based simultaneously in desertion and destruction. The article opens by first situating Giorgio Agamben's account of destituent power within the broader framework developed throughout his Homo Sacer project. Through a close consideration of his engagements with both Aristotle's modal ontology and Walter Benjamin's political theology, it aims to demonstrate that, although Agamben tends to disavow their consequences, the theoretical resources on which his project depends nevertheless entail destructive capacities.