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Why Do We Need a New Sociology of Revolution? The (Im)possibility of Zan-Zendegi-Azadi

Theory & Research All revolutions in modern times have something in common: they surprise and overwhelm. Yet we cannot endure the moment of revolution, which we perceive as chaos that must be tamed by order of conceptual rationality. The Woman-Life-Freedom revolutionary movement is no exception. How can we read and understand it without domesticating the revolution?

By Ebrahim Towfigh and Seyed Mehdi Yousefi

Neoliberal Governance and the Feminist Revolution in Iran

Theory & Research The revolution in Iran can be framed as a feminist revolution also because of its form of resistance. The feminist performative/figurative dimension of the revolution, as an anonymous feminist writer and protester from Iran elaborates, is “the distinguishing feature” of the revolutionary movement that we are witnessing

By Firoozeh Farvardin

Despair and the Question of Emotional Sustainability under Authoritarianism: Insights from Turkey

Theory & Research This essay intends to shed light on the emotional life of activists and dissident publics in contemporary Turkey along with producing insights to cultivate a coping perspective against the persistence of authoritarianism and the social polarization that it breeds, which poses a critical challenge to counter-hegemonic projects

By Ülker Sözen

Feminisms against Milei — and Beyond

In Perspective It seems that the feminist movement was decisive in tipping the the balance in the first round of elections in Argentina. However, the electoral game is just one of the arenas of power. Feminisms - in the plural because we are diverse - are against Milei and beyond.

IRGAC statement on the war in Gaza and Europe's attack on civil rights

In Perspective As scholars and activists from the Global South, we appeal to colleagues around the world and the global community to pay attention to the great injustice and suffering now taking place in Palestine.