This article explores the merits of foregrounding the dichotomy of politicization vs de-politicization for our understanding of bio-objects in order to study their production, circulation, and governance in European societies. By asking how bio-objects are configured in science, policy, public, and media discourses and practices, we focus on the role of socio-technical configurations in generat...

Psychiatric abuse, such as we usually associate with practices in the former Soviet Union, is related not to the misuse of psychiatric diagnoses, but to the political power intrinsic to the social role of the psychiatrist in totalitarian and democratic societies alike. Some reflections are offered on the modern, therapeutic state's proclivity to treat adults as patients rather than citizens, di...

Over the past fifteen years Marxist theoreticians have devoted considerable attention to reconceptualizing the place of "class" in the overall Marxist theory of society and social change. In this paper the author situates class structure within a broader context of class analysis. He defines the concept of "the political," both as it bears on the problem of the political aspect of practices and...

In this article, we advance the literature on publics in international politics by exploring nexus between publicness and big tech companies. This finds a significant expression increasing impact of companies to mediate disputes over societal problems, deliver social goods rearticulate public-private relationships. We develop an analytical framework combining recent scholarship assemblage theor...

Secularity matters to health policies. Secularity is more than religious neutrality in government affairs – it is a condition for governability in a plural and democratic state. In health, it matters where government leaders seek inspiration for their official acts, whether in academic knowledge or in religions. The post-modern concern over the statute of truth is insufficient to strip science ...