Muriel Blaive

I didn't see at the time, so congratulations! :)

My latest for Britské listy.

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Alas.

I can't imagine a bigger abuse of the notion of homeland security. Not going back to this country any time soon... 😱

Too Close for Comfort: Nadav Lapid’s Film Ken at the Viennale | 28. 10. 2025 | Muriel Blaive | Britské listy "Ken" means “yes” in Hebrew. But in Nadav Lapid’s latest film, this single word opens into a moral labyrinth. It can mean agreement, consent, obedience – t...

My latest for Britské listy, a brief review of the film Ken by Nadav Lapid.

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I would do anything to postpone the moment of filing an expense claim 😂

I'm procrastinating and made a diagram of the types of academics I know 😂

Good!!

Talk next week at the CEU also on Zoom here:
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Meeting ID: 969 9656 6222
Passcode: 144306

I think so... Yes, how cool are you 😅

Check out my latest Substack - pics from magnificent Bilbao 😍

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I know that - what I'm asking is how to get rid of it 😜

If you can explain to me how come I still have AdBlock installed on my laptop (and still annoys me blocking perfectly legitimate websites) four laptops later even though I tried to get rid of it ten years ago and countless times since then, I'd be very grateful 😅

Impeccable (and terrifying) demonstration.

In which part of Prague is it?

Rezension: Pandemic power (2025) Die Pandemie-Maßnahmen waren Ausdruck einer tiefgreifenden autoritären Verschiebung innerhalb westlicher Demokratien. Muriel Blaive knüpft an Giorgio Agambens Kritik des Ausnahmezustands an, an Foucau...

1st review of my book!

"Blaive's central thesis is that the pandemic-related measures were not merely technocratic necessities, but rather an expression of a profound authoritarian shift within Western democracies."

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Thanks, Martin!

YouTube video by EuroClio European Association of History Educators Making Visegrad Histories Digital - Video Lecture "Nostalgia and memory"

How to compress 30 years of research in 45 minutes! Or everything you always wanted to know about communism...

Hint: it was not as black and white as you might think 🤨

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Easter just passed and so many Christians don’t seem to realize that Jesus Christ was born in a manger (a stable for animals) and died a convict and threat in the eyes of the State. His crucified death was a spectacle for the masses, meant to entertain, educate, discipline, and terrify.

The rule of law is collapsing everywhere.

😂

Pandemic Power: The Covid Response and the Erosion of Democracy - A Liberal Critique Podcast Episode · New Books In Public Health · 12/04/2025 · 1h 5m

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Oooh, looking forward...

That's the question...

I see - lol, what an ass....

Thank you, John!

I know, poor guy, he's not getting any support anywhere within the Czech state.

Pandemic Power

My book has finally come out! Courtesy of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), it is in open access and can be freely downloaded with the link provided under. Help yourselves!

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Are you there every year now?

I know!, I just mean that in the cosmic order of things, it's quite alright - and not that you tried in any way to erase us from the picture, not at all!