a bstr act Prominent positions in the contemporary theoretical field of the humanities tend to conceptualize late modern communities in general as aes­ thetic communities of taste. In regard to political communities, this means reducing the political to an implication of the aesthetic discourse. This article argues for addressing the aesthetic and the political as distinct discourses that are, ...

In recent years, we have witnessed a drastic wave of totalitarian regimes, as noted by Levitsky and Ziblatt (2018) in the book entitled How Democracies Die. The authors provide historical examples democratic rupture last one hundred years: from Hitler Mussolini 1930s to current populist right-wing extremism Europe, preceded military dictatorships Latin America the1970s. dizzying growth Brazil’s...

This article examines the discourse of the Optimum Population Trust (OPT). Using Dryzek’s (2005) discourse analysis of 1970s survivalism, I assess whether OPT’s work is simply a return to the survivalism described by Dryzek. I look to see how climate change has influenced survivalist discourse in recent years, and at the key role of women’s rights and fertility in OPT discourse. The first secti...