The Desire to Escape that is not Escapism

This article offers a critique of the lord and bondsman scene from Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (2004[1807]). The scene depicts the struggle between these two protagonists for recognition and material possessions. The outcome of the strug…

A Parent’s Formula of Medicine

In 2021, the BBC News released a video about a Chinese father making medicines at home to save his son. The father, Xu Wei, was around 30 years old, living in southwestern China. In 2020, his nine-month-old son had been diagnosed with Menkes syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that prevents the body from absorbing copper. Doctors told […]

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Political and Legal Anthropology at Times of War, Rising Authoritarianism, and Resistance: APLA Section Co-Editors’ Introduction

We write at a moment when the violence of war is reverberating across regions, institutions, and everyday life. Ongoing wars in the Middle East have laid bare the genocidal tendencies of both global and regional powers. In Gaza, Israel’s ongoing assault—enabled and sustained by Western military and financial support—has involved the systematic destruction of the […]

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With AI, It Seems a Fact: Things Act Back

This editorial opens the Spring issue of the Journal of Business Anthropology. The issue consists of a collection of nine themed essays on artificial intelligence (AI) and business anthropology, edited by Matt Artz and Adam Gamwell, who have also writt…

Behind Anthropology Watch: An Interview with Jeff Maskovsky and Emily Metzner

Across the country, anthropology is under threat—a target of budget crunches and institutional restructuring sweeping through higher ed as well as broader attacks on the social sciences, humanities, and DEI. In response, the American Anthropological Association, through its Anthropology Advocacy Council (AAC), developed Anthropology Watch: a tracker documenting every closure, cut, and admissions freeze as […]

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