Accepting the presidential nomination at the 2016 Republican convention, Donald Trump painted a picture of America in crisis, with “poverty and violence at home” and “war and destruction abroad.” ...
Steven Lukes
Steven Lukes is Professor of Sociology at NYU. His books include Emile Durkheim: His Life and Work, Power: A Radical View, Moral Relativism, and The Curious Enlightenment of Professor Caritat: A Comedy of Ideas. His writings and teaching range across political sociology, political theory, and the philosophy of the social sciences. 
The Politics of Sacred Life
Humanitarianism, according to Didier Fassin, is “a relatively recent invention” that has become “a potent force of our world” that is “global and yet uneven.” It has come, he asserts, to occupy “a ...