Month: May 2011

Economics & Trade
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Identity and Consumption

by Zoë Robaey and Lukas Schmid

You are what you consume, right? What do identity and consumption have to do with each other? Pretty much everything. People affirm their individuality through lifestyles, which are fundamentally an ensemble of consumption patterns: wearing… [Read more]

Peace & Conflict
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Identity and War

by Mary Kaldor

What if we understand war not as a direct exercise of power but as a way to establish meaning through which power is exercised? Both war and language, as well as other practices like culture… [Read more]