Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies: Recent submissions
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Living an ethical ‘Muslim lifestyle’ within and beyond neoliberal governmentalities: discourse and practice of a youth-led British Muslim charity
(Routledge, 21 December 2021)In the early 2010s the then Conservative-led coalition UK government implemented its ‘Big Society’ agenda for the neoliberal renegotiation of the relationship between the state, civil society, and individual citizens. More ... -
The Commodities Fetish? Financialisation and Finance Capital in the US Oil Industry
(Brill Academic Publishers, 22 December 2021)This article explores the financialisation of the world's most important commodity, oil. It argues that much of the literature on the financialisation of commodities tends to adopt a dualistic approach to financial markets ... -
The Iranian Kurdish Movement at Home and in Exile: From Decline to Revival
(Iranian Studies Unit, Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, 2 November 2021)Kurdish politics and the Kurdish national movement in Iran provide a unique case study with many unexplored elements. A defining aspect of Kurdish identity politics in Iran in recent decades is the multiplication of the ... -
Petrochemical Empire. The Geo-Politics of Fossil-Fuelled Production
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Letting the ghosts in: re-designing HE teaching and learning through posthumanism
(Taylor & Francis, 19 July 2021)Alongside the neoliberalisation of UK Higher Education (HE), the values of speed, competition, marketisation and individualism increasingly shape teaching and learning globally. This article takes seriously the feeling of ...