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What Can Neoliberalism Tell Us About The Iranian State?

Kayhan Valadbaygi | March 29, 2022

The Iranian theocratic state for long has been conceptualised as an ‘exceptional’ entity. Two sets of theorisation have hugely contributed to this understanding. Because the 1979 revolution is mostly interpreted as an ‘exceptional’ revolution that can’t be grasped through classical social [...]

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The never-ending relevance of Gramsci

Kayhan Valadbaygi | July 3, 2017

The revolutionary events of late 2010 in Tunisia not only reinvigorated mass emancipatory politics in the Arab world but also inspired social movements all around the globe. For many, particularly on the left, the Arab Uprising – the term often used for these revolutionary waves – was not [...]

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