Mihaela Mihai
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 926129 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Mihaela Mihai |
| NOMBRES | Mihaela |
| APELLIDO | Mihai |
| FIRMA | MIHAI M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7576-4561 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 104 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 5 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2010 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Collectivising resonance through ritual
As environmental crises intensify, political responses remain inadequate, feeding cultures of ‘structural apathy’. On the margins of public opinion, however, growing numbers of environmental activists, community organisers, scientists, educators and young people testify to their experience of ecological emotions, that is, grief, despair and horror tracking accumulating more-than-human loss, past, present and future. This article offers a new conc…
Artificial intelligence
Introduction Despite advances in diagnostic technologies for tuberculosis (TB), global control of this disease requires improved technologies for active case finding in selected vulnerable populations. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into imaging modalities has been anticipated to assume a pivotal position in conjunction with traditional bacteriological diagnostic approaches, especially in the active diagnosis of vulnerable groups…
Introduction special issue eco-emotions
Far-right Ecology and Geopolitical Resentment at Europe’s Periphery
Building on insights from political geography and the social sciences, this paper illuminates the diversity of European far-right politics in general and far-right ecologism in particular by contextually examining a party at Europe’s margins—the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR). Based on a discursive thematic analysis, our objective is to show how AUR challenges existing theoretical accounts, predominantly tethered to the Western and Cen…
Representing Ecological Grief
Environmental Guilt, Political Mourning and Contestatory Citizenship
‘There’s scientific consensus that the lives of children are going to be very difficult. And it does lead young people to have a legitimate question: Is it OK to still have children?’ This 2019 Instagram statement by the US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez validated some of the emotions and dilemmas experienced by many young people, who are facing up to the bleak future of a climate changed world. That same year, the BirthStrikers, a women…
Caring for political memory
Many thanks to Lawrie Balfour, Sakiru Adebayo, and Andrew Schaap for their excellent responses. Last but not least, I am grateful to Michaelagh Broadbent for their effective coordination efforts.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s)
Environmental commemoration
Addressing the political implications of the ever-accumulating destruction of ecosystems and more-than-human life, this paper asks whether and in what ways environmental losses should be publicly commemorated. Our answer is two-pronged. First, we hold that a politics of environmental commemoration would enfranchise those who are already grieving, by lending legitimacy to their experiences. Moreover, commemorative practices might prompt much-neede…
Foundational Moments, Representative Claims and the Ecology of Social Ignorance
This article identifies a blind spot in constructivist theories of representation and their account of legitimacy in terms of the challenge posed by ecologies of social ignorance, generally and especially during foundational moments. Social ignorance is conceptualised here not merely as the absence of knowledge or true belief but as a social practice of legitimising epistemically problematic political imaginaries and the institutional systems the…
Violent Complicities beyond the Legal Imagination
Political Violence and the Imagination
Political Violence and the Imagination
The Hero’s Silences
Silence features prominently in both political and academic debates about resistance and complicity with repressive orders. On the one hand, the dictum ‘silence is complicity’ is frequently taken for granted. On the other hand, heroes are thought to be those who ‘speak up’ or ‘break the silence’, contest the regime and its henchmen, agitate and take up arms. This paper troubles these assumptions about silence as complicity and speech as resistanc…
Understanding complicity
This paper addresses the thorny issue of complicity with wrongdoing under conditions of systemic political violence, such as authoritarianism, totalitarianism or military occupation. The challenge of dealing with collaborators – those who colluded with the apparatus of repression or who benefitted from its existence – is central to subsequent processes of justice and memory-making. This paper proposes several arguments. Firstly, it claims we need…
Political violence and the imagination
Grappling with political violence is a complex task, involving several operations, from examining the social macro-structures within which actors engage in violence, to investigating their concrete
The caring refusenik
The "Affairs" of Political Memory
Self-serving hegemonic visions of history are institutionalized by dominant memory entrepreneurs, simultaneously imposing an authoritative version of "what happened" and their right to articulate it. These visions and the hierarchies of honour they consecrate are cultivated trans-generationally, aiming to ensure the community's political cohesion, as well as the emotional attachments that can ensure its reproduction over time. This paper has thre…
Architectural Transitional Justice? Political Renewal within the Scars of a Violent Past
Located at the intersection of political theory, memory studies and architecture, this article tentatively proposes the concept of architectural transitional justice (TJ) to capture architecture’s power to provide favourable spaces for two interrelated processes: grappling with a violent past while simultaneously imagining a hopeful future. It argues that architecture can support – though not ensure – political renewal. While TJ scholars have exp…
Epistemic marginalisation and the seductive power of art
Democracy, critique and the ontological turn
Theorizing change
In an effort to delineate a more plausible account of political change, this paper reads Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory as a corrective to exaggerated enthusiasm about the emancipatory force of reflection. This revised account valorizes both Bourdieu’s insights into the acquired, embodied, durable nature of the political habitus and judgment theorists’ trust in individuals’ reflection as a perpetual force of novelty and spontaneity in the public…
Reclaiming Democracy
Sing the rage
On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies
Examining the complex nature of state apologies for past injustices, this probes the various functions they fulfil within contemporary democracies. Cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research and
On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies
Theorizing Agonistic Emotions
Thanks are also owed to Mathias Thaler and Yannis Stavrakakis, who generously read the paper and made insightful and constructive suggestions.Additional informationNotes on contributorsMihaela MihaiMihaela Mihai is the 50th Anniversary Lecturer at the University of York, UK. Her research focuses on the affective dimension of politics, political judgement, transitional justice, historical injustice and the politics of memory. Her work was publishe…
Epistemic marginalisation and the seductive power of art
When the State Says “Sorry”
Democracy, critique and the ontological turn
Environmental commemoration
Addressing the political implications of the ever-accumulating destruction of ecosystems and more-than-human life, this paper asks whether and in what ways environmental losses should be publicly commemorated. Our answer is two-pronged. First, we hold that a politics of environmental commemoration would enfranchise those who are already grieving, by lending legitimacy to their experiences. Moreover, commemorative practices might prompt much-neede…
The "Affairs" of Political Memory
Self-serving hegemonic visions of history are institutionalized by dominant memory entrepreneurs, simultaneously imposing an authoritative version of "what happened" and their right to articulate it. These visions and the hierarchies of honour they consecrate are cultivated trans-generationally, aiming to ensure the community's political cohesion, as well as the emotional attachments that can ensure its reproduction over time. This paper has thre…
Theorizing change
In an effort to delineate a more plausible account of political change, this paper reads Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory as a corrective to exaggerated enthusiasm about the emancipatory force of reflection. This revised account valorizes both Bourdieu’s insights into the acquired, embodied, durable nature of the political habitus and judgment theorists’ trust in individuals’ reflection as a perpetual force of novelty and spontaneity in the public…
Foundational Moments, Representative Claims and the Ecology of Social Ignorance
This article identifies a blind spot in constructivist theories of representation and their account of legitimacy in terms of the challenge posed by ecologies of social ignorance, generally and especially during foundational moments. Social ignorance is conceptualised here not merely as the absence of knowledge or true belief but as a social practice of legitimising epistemically problematic political imaginaries and the institutional systems the…
Denouncing Historical “Misfortunes
This essay’s starting point is Judith Shklar’ diagnosis of a pathology marring democratic societies: complex injustices passing as “misfortunes” that nobody feels responsible for. I propose that denunciations can reveal the political nature of the suffering that everyone conveniently ignores, thus advancing democratic accountability. While denunciations can target various invisible injustices and take many forms, this essay deals with the case of…
Far-right Ecology and Geopolitical Resentment at Europe’s Periphery
Building on insights from political geography and the social sciences, this paper illuminates the diversity of European far-right politics in general and far-right ecologism in particular by contextually examining a party at Europe’s margins—the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR). Based on a discursive thematic analysis, our objective is to show how AUR challenges existing theoretical accounts, predominantly tethered to the Western and Cen…
Representing Ecological Grief
Understanding complicity
This paper addresses the thorny issue of complicity with wrongdoing under conditions of systemic political violence, such as authoritarianism, totalitarianism or military occupation. The challenge of dealing with collaborators – those who colluded with the apparatus of repression or who benefitted from its existence – is central to subsequent processes of justice and memory-making. This paper proposes several arguments. Firstly, it claims we need…
The caring refusenik
Environmental Guilt, Political Mourning and Contestatory Citizenship
‘There’s scientific consensus that the lives of children are going to be very difficult. And it does lead young people to have a legitimate question: Is it OK to still have children?’ This 2019 Instagram statement by the US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez validated some of the emotions and dilemmas experienced by many young people, who are facing up to the bleak future of a climate changed world. That same year, the BirthStrikers, a women…
Political violence and the imagination
Grappling with political violence is a complex task, involving several operations, from examining the social macro-structures within which actors engage in violence, to investigating their concrete
Architectural Transitional Justice? Political Renewal within the Scars of a Violent Past
Located at the intersection of political theory, memory studies and architecture, this article tentatively proposes the concept of architectural transitional justice (TJ) to capture architecture’s power to provide favourable spaces for two interrelated processes: grappling with a violent past while simultaneously imagining a hopeful future. It argues that architecture can support – though not ensure – political renewal. While TJ scholars have exp…
Julgamentos penais em períodos de transição e o desafio das emoções
O artigo visa analisar o modo como dois tribunais nacionais proferiram sentenças penais em circunstâncias de mobilização emocional e tensão política. As decisões a que se chegou na Argentina depois de 1983 e na Roménia, após o fim da ditadura de Ceauşescu, ilustram a forma como os afectos dos cidadãos influenciam as deliberações dos tribunais no âmbito de processos penais. Ambos os casos demonstram como o poder judicial teve de entrar em diálogo …
Emotions and the Criminal Law
This article focuses on the most recent debates in a certain area of the 'law and emotion' field, namely the literature on the role of affect in the criminal law. Following the dominance of cognitivism in the philosophy of emotions, authors moved away from seeing emotions as contaminations on reason and examined how affective reactions could be accommodated within penal proceedings. The review is structured into two main components. I look first …
When the State Says “Sorry”
On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies
Examining the complex nature of state apologies for past injustices, this probes the various functions they fulfil within contemporary democracies. Cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research and
On the Uses and Abuses of Political Apologies
Theorizing Agonistic Emotions
Thanks are also owed to Mathias Thaler and Yannis Stavrakakis, who generously read the paper and made insightful and constructive suggestions.Additional informationNotes on contributorsMihaela MihaiMihaela Mihai is the 50th Anniversary Lecturer at the University of York, UK. Her research focuses on the affective dimension of politics, political judgement, transitional justice, historical injustice and the politics of memory. Her work was publishe…
Denouncing Historical “Misfortunes
This essay’s starting point is Judith Shklar’ diagnosis of a pathology marring democratic societies: complex injustices passing as “misfortunes” that nobody feels responsible for. I propose that denunciations can reveal the political nature of the suffering that everyone conveniently ignores, thus advancing democratic accountability. While denunciations can target various invisible injustices and take many forms, this essay deals with the case of…
Reclaiming Democracy
Sing the rage
Theorizing change
In an effort to delineate a more plausible account of political change, this paper reads Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory as a corrective to exaggerated enthusiasm about the emancipatory force of reflection. This revised account valorizes both Bourdieu’s insights into the acquired, embodied, durable nature of the political habitus and judgment theorists’ trust in individuals’ reflection as a perpetual force of novelty and spontaneity in the public…
Democracy, critique and the ontological turn
Architectural Transitional Justice? Political Renewal within the Scars of a Violent Past
Located at the intersection of political theory, memory studies and architecture, this article tentatively proposes the concept of architectural transitional justice (TJ) to capture architecture’s power to provide favourable spaces for two interrelated processes: grappling with a violent past while simultaneously imagining a hopeful future. It argues that architecture can support – though not ensure – political renewal. While TJ scholars have exp…
Epistemic marginalisation and the seductive power of art
Understanding complicity
This paper addresses the thorny issue of complicity with wrongdoing under conditions of systemic political violence, such as authoritarianism, totalitarianism or military occupation. The challenge of dealing with collaborators – those who colluded with the apparatus of repression or who benefitted from its existence – is central to subsequent processes of justice and memory-making. This paper proposes several arguments. Firstly, it claims we need…
Political violence and the imagination
Grappling with political violence is a complex task, involving several operations, from examining the social macro-structures within which actors engage in violence, to investigating their concrete
The caring refusenik
The "Affairs" of Political Memory
Self-serving hegemonic visions of history are institutionalized by dominant memory entrepreneurs, simultaneously imposing an authoritative version of "what happened" and their right to articulate it. These visions and the hierarchies of honour they consecrate are cultivated trans-generationally, aiming to ensure the community's political cohesion, as well as the emotional attachments that can ensure its reproduction over time. This paper has thre…
Political Violence and the Imagination
Political Violence and the Imagination
The Hero’s Silences
Silence features prominently in both political and academic debates about resistance and complicity with repressive orders. On the one hand, the dictum ‘silence is complicity’ is frequently taken for granted. On the other hand, heroes are thought to be those who ‘speak up’ or ‘break the silence’, contest the regime and its henchmen, agitate and take up arms. This paper troubles these assumptions about silence as complicity and speech as resistanc…
Violent Complicities beyond the Legal Imagination
Foundational Moments, Representative Claims and the Ecology of Social Ignorance
This article identifies a blind spot in constructivist theories of representation and their account of legitimacy in terms of the challenge posed by ecologies of social ignorance, generally and especially during foundational moments. Social ignorance is conceptualised here not merely as the absence of knowledge or true belief but as a social practice of legitimising epistemically problematic political imaginaries and the institutional systems the…
Environmental Guilt, Political Mourning and Contestatory Citizenship
‘There’s scientific consensus that the lives of children are going to be very difficult. And it does lead young people to have a legitimate question: Is it OK to still have children?’ This 2019 Instagram statement by the US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez validated some of the emotions and dilemmas experienced by many young people, who are facing up to the bleak future of a climate changed world. That same year, the BirthStrikers, a women…
Caring for political memory
Many thanks to Lawrie Balfour, Sakiru Adebayo, and Andrew Schaap for their excellent responses. Last but not least, I am grateful to Michaelagh Broadbent for their effective coordination efforts.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s)
Environmental commemoration
Addressing the political implications of the ever-accumulating destruction of ecosystems and more-than-human life, this paper asks whether and in what ways environmental losses should be publicly commemorated. Our answer is two-pronged. First, we hold that a politics of environmental commemoration would enfranchise those who are already grieving, by lending legitimacy to their experiences. Moreover, commemorative practices might prompt much-neede…
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