Alex Gibney’s documentary Citizen K presents the story of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s rise to prominence and his eventual fall from grace. Yet, there is something amiss in this narrative of the rise and fall of the oligarch – namely, the concept of oligarch and oligarchy itself.
DocPoint: Citizen Oligarch Read More »
The reality depicted in the film has precious little to do with Hobbes’s ‘common power to keep them all in awe’.
What is to be done with Leviathan’s bones? Read More »
Recent events in Ukraine constituted a genuine revolution in the sense of the self-assertion of popular sovereignty.
Five theses on the aftermath of the Ukrainian revolution Read More »
On August 17, 2012 three members of Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred.
The Prayer of Pussy Riot: From Parody to Profanation Read More »
