Can we overcome the crisis of democracy by teaching people to be better citizens?

@jacoblypp.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social reflects on civic pedagogies, Foucault and how the focus on self-transformation obscures power relations.

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CALL FOR PAPERS! 📣

We are delighted to announce the 𝗟𝗦𝗘 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, a two-day, in-person symposium open to early-career researchers, to be held on 𝟮𝟲-𝟮𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

🗓️ Deadline: 31 October 2025

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The LSE Joint Sessions on Critical European Studies are back for a second edition! 🎉 Find the Call for Papers below, spread the word among ECRs, and apply by October 31st!

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Out in print in Race & Class: my review of "Victim's of Commemoration: The Architecture and Violence of Confronting the Past in Turkey" by the brilliant
@eraycayli.bsky.social. It's a great book that speaks profoundly to our current authoritarian moment: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

3/ Our joint ethnography problematises widespread assumptions about the desirability of such gender pedagogies. It revises theorisations of 'hegemonic masculinity' in gender studies, and it highlights the importance of Christianity in forging a hegemonic masculine ideal in Germany.

2/ We argue that such pedagogical projects
- perpetuate Orientalist hierarchies
- reinforce the subjection of women to a supposedly 'benevolent' European patriarchy
- demand that Muslim men repudiate Islam and convert to a Christian masculine ideal

This week, Esra Özyürek and I have an article out in print with Men and Masculinities! 🎉

1/ We critically analyse the booming field of state-funded gender pedagogy targeting Muslim men in Germany.

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