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Essays reading present arrangements through the ones that produced them, and what earlier systems reveal about this one. 12 essays in this theme.
Essays reading present arrangements through the ones that produced them, and what earlier systems reveal about this one.
12 essays · the pattern that runs through most of them is Infrastructural power
Start with Better at Finding You, No Better at Fixing Its Mistakes
Better at Finding You, No Better at Fixing Its Mistakes
The state can match your records across agencies before the month ends.
Read an Institution by Its Workarounds
The statute and the org chart describe what an institution intends to be.
"We Condemn the Excesses"
From Amritsar in 1919 to Minneapolis in 2026, governments condemn the excesses only when they must, and the condemnation buys time to keep the system intact.
From the Indian Removal Act to the Pre-Checked Box
U.S. law and business have kept getting more out of people by moving the strain onto someone else and out of sight.
Jainism Already Has Room for Queer People
Jain scripture recognizes more than two sexes.
Calling Evidence 'Noise' Is a Political Choice
Colonial maps, racial science and psychiatric labels were drawn to justify whoever held power.
The Mania Label Has Served Control More Than Care
From asylums to modern wards, the diagnosis has protected stability and productivity first and fallen hardest on marginalized people.
Who Decides Which Knowledge Counts?
A grant committee can approve twelve million dollars for missile modeling in six minutes and stall on forty thousand to test drinking water for lead.
Law Is a Tool of Power, Not Justice
An eviction court hears fifty cases in ninety minutes and asks one question: was the rent paid on the first?
Jainism Began as a Refusal of Wealth and Power
Royal patronage turned non-violence and non-possession into private piety. A Jain left could take them back as politics.
Who American Healthcare History Leaves Out
Histories that center hospitals and technology write community care out of the story.
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