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“Our 1789”: The Transitional Program of the Lebanese National Movement and the Abolition of Sectarianism, 1975–77 (2022)
Journal Article
George, N. (2022). “Our 1789”: The Transitional Program of the Lebanese National Movement and the Abolition of Sectarianism, 1975–77. Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 42(2), 470-488. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-9987957

Were the events of 1975–77 in Lebanon, commonly thought of today as an internecine sectarian war between Christians and Muslims, more comparable to the furies of revolution and counterrevolution? This article reframes the Lebanese National Movement's... Read More about “Our 1789”: The Transitional Program of the Lebanese National Movement and the Abolition of Sectarianism, 1975–77.

Has Xi Jinping made China’s political system more resilient and enduring? (2021)
Journal Article
Tsang, S., & Cheung, O. (2022). Has Xi Jinping made China’s political system more resilient and enduring?. Third World Quarterly, 43(1), 225-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2021.2000857

This article offers a contextualised examination of whether Xi Jinping Thought, the latest rendition of Marxism-Leninism that functions as China’s ideology, has made China’s political system more sustainable. By scrutinising Xi’s speeches and writing... Read More about Has Xi Jinping made China’s political system more resilient and enduring?.

Positioning Oneself While Researching Yugoslavia: The Context of Self-Reflection and Introspection (2021)
Book Chapter
Causevic, S. Positioning Oneself While Researching Yugoslavia: The Context of Self-Reflection and Introspection. In B. Radeljic, & C. González-Villa (Eds.), Researching Yugoslavia and its Aftermath: Sources, Prejudices and Alternative Solutions (67-89). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70343-1_4

Through the lens of the representation of antifascist cultural heritage in former Yugoslavia, this interdisciplinary research project explores interpretations of antifascist cultural heritage sites as well as philosophical dilemmas, methodological ch... Read More about Positioning Oneself While Researching Yugoslavia: The Context of Self-Reflection and Introspection.

The What-Has-Been and the Now of a Communist Past in Malaya in the Films of Amir Muhammad (2021)
Journal Article
Bonura, C. (2021). The What-Has-Been and the Now of a Communist Past in Malaya in the Films of Amir Muhammad. positions: asia critique, 29(1), 47-65. https://doi.org/10.1215/10679847-8722769

This article considers two films by the Malaysian filmmaker Amir Muhammad, The Last Communist of 2006 and the Village People Radio Show of 2007. Both films are focused on the Malayan Emergency and the lives of a small group of Malayan communists. Thr... Read More about The What-Has-Been and the Now of a Communist Past in Malaya in the Films of Amir Muhammad.

Alegality: Outside and Beyond the Legal Logic of Late Capitalism (2017)
Book Chapter
Hamzić, V. (2017). Alegality: Outside and Beyond the Legal Logic of Late Capitalism. In H. Brabazon (Ed.), Neoliberal Legality: Understanding the Role of Law in the Neoliberal Project (190-209). Routledge

This chapter examines the prospect of radical re-imagination of the paradigm of law and legality, tout court. It is argued that – in the present-day capitalist mode of economic, cultural and political production – every law and law-making activity is... Read More about Alegality: Outside and Beyond the Legal Logic of Late Capitalism.

The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, August). The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought. Paper presented at The New Marxist Writing in International Law, City University London

This project reassesses various Marxist approaches to human rights, arguing for a return to the 'negative hypothesis' – one in which the liberal panacea of rights is eschewed in favour of various forms of syndicated action. It begins with Marx and En... Read More about The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought.

Neoliberalism, Law and Dissent: On Mimicry and Fetishism in the Time of Crisis (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, June). Neoliberalism, Law and Dissent: On Mimicry and Fetishism in the Time of Crisis. Paper presented at Neoliberal Legality Workshop, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford

This paper briefly elaborates three specific movements in the author's general research of neoliberal legality: (1) that of the transformative potential in analysing the new types of fetishism of neoliberal legal form; (2) the insurrectionary politic... Read More about Neoliberalism, Law and Dissent: On Mimicry and Fetishism in the Time of Crisis.

Unlearning Human Rights and False Grand Dichotomies: Indonesian Archipelagic Selves beyond Sexual/Gender Universality (2012)
Journal Article
Hamzić, V. (2012). Unlearning Human Rights and False Grand Dichotomies: Indonesian Archipelagic Selves beyond Sexual/Gender Universality. Jindal Global Law Review, 4(1), 71-85

This study presents a critical genealogical analysis of the narratives and politics of representation of various human subjectivities in Indonesia who transgress dominant universalising sexual and gender norms. It traces various streams of regulation... Read More about Unlearning Human Rights and False Grand Dichotomies: Indonesian Archipelagic Selves beyond Sexual/Gender Universality.

Media and the Limits of Cynicism in Postsocialist China (2009)
Book Chapter
Latham, K. (2009). Media and the Limits of Cynicism in Postsocialist China. In H. G. West, & P. Raman (Eds.), Enduring Socialism: Explorations of Revolution and Transformation, Restoration and Continuation. Berghahn Books

Education and the radicalization of Iraqi politics: Britain, the Iraqi Communist Party, and the "Russian link", 1941-49 (2008)
Journal Article
Franzén, J. (2008). Education and the radicalization of Iraqi politics: Britain, the Iraqi Communist Party, and the "Russian link", 1941-49. International journal of contemporary Iraqi studies, 2(1), 99-113. https://doi.org/10.1386/ijcis.2.1.99/1

Following the termination of its mandate in 1932, Britain precariously tried to retain its influence in Iraq. Nonetheless, nationalist endorsement of educational expansion precipitated the emergence of new intermediate social strata, which, unattache... Read More about Education and the radicalization of Iraqi politics: Britain, the Iraqi Communist Party, and the "Russian link", 1941-49.