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Brown bib for the playboy

The essay is surfing the troubled waters of contemporary Russian culture, teaching us the "totalitarian" approach, also in the fields of film and music that faces a young system critical journal in Russia day by day. We should not be surprised if parallels can be made to the situation in Hungary.

The original article: Илья Смирнов: Коричневый слюнявчик для мальчика-мажора. №5 журнал «Скепсис» 2008.



Crafting the neoliberal state – Workfare, prisonfare and social insecurity

Against the marginalised, the neoliberal state uses both traditional negligence – They are responsible for their fate thus no intervention is needed – and punishing discipline against this group, in cases even tangible, direct and brutal oppression.

The article is a modified and shortened version of the theoratical summary of the book of the author Loic Wacquant: Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity. Durham, Duke University Press 2009.