Conversations in Conflict Studies Series

Disciplinary Punishment: Hegemonic Discourse, Ritual Pollution and "The Military Question" Robert A. Rubinstein is professor of anthropology and international relations in the Maxwell School, where from 1994-2005 he directed the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (now, PARCC). This Conversations in Conflict Studies will focus on the ways in which hegemonic discourses in peace and security studies, and related social science disciplines, privilege ideological commitments over empirical investigation when questions of how to engage military actors arise.