This Authoritarian Life
autor: Kristóf Szombati & Erdem Evren
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This Authoritarian Life explores how people experience, adapt to, and resist authoritarian politics in their everyday lives.
Each month, anthropologists Kristóf Szombati and Erdem Evren speak with guests from around the world to understand what authoritarianism looks like up close — and how it can be contested.
Group winner of the 2025 New Directions Award of the American Anthropological Association, TAL combines ethnographic insight with accessible storytelling to reveal the textures of life under authoritarian stress.
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- Hijacking the Opposition: Is This the End of Multi-Party Politics in Turkey? (Turning Points) #3 · 1 godz. 1 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 3🎙️ Our "Turning Points" season pivots from the dramatic electoral shifts in Hungary to a sudden constitutional crisis in Turkey. In an unprecedented move, a regional court has…
- Hungary After the Landslide: Is This the End of Illiberalism? (Turning Points) #2 · 1 godz. 1 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 2🎙️ Our Hungary election mini-series continues in the wake of a seismic result: Péter Magyar's Tisza party swept Fidesz from power with a two-thirds supermajority, ending sixteen…
- Hungary Before the Vote: Is Orbán's System Cracking? (Turning Points) #1 · 58 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 1🎙️ Our Hungary election mini-series begins nine days before the April 12 vote. In this episode, Kristóf Szombati and Erdem Evren discuss what is actually at stake in Hungary's…
- The End of Policing? Abolitionism in New York’s City Hall (Frontlines) #5 · 1 godz. 6 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 5🎙️ Season 2 of This Authoritarian Life continues at another frontline: policing as a site of concentrated state violence and neoliberal austerity management. In this episode, we…
- Unsafe Positions: How Precarity and Repression Silence the University (Frontlines) #4 · 1 godz. 5 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 4🎙️ Season 2 of This Authoritarian Life continues at another frontline: the university — where political repression and economic precarity work together to silence critical voices…
- Defund, Co-opt, Replace: How Authoritarians Reshape Culture (Frontlines) #3 · 58 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 3🎙️ Season 2 of This Authoritarian Life continues at another frontline: culture — where authoritarian power doesn’t just silence dissent, but reshapes the institutions that decide…
- From Blockades to Reclaiming Politics: Serbia’s Student Uprising (Frontlines) #2 · 49 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 2🎙️ Season 2 of This Authoritarian Life continues one another urgent frontline: Serbia. In this episode, we speak with activist-journalists Anastazija Govedarica Antanasijević and…
- Politics of Life and Death: Gaza and the Weaponization of Medicine (Frontlines) #1 · 1 godz. 11 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 1🎙️ Season 2 of This Authoritarian Life begins at one of today’s most tragic frontlines: Gaza. In this episode, we talk with Guy Shalev, anthropologist and executive director of…
- The Language of Authoritarianism (Origins) #6 · 1 godz. 3 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 6In this sixth episode of This Authoritarian Life we look at how language is used to entrench authoritarian power. Authoritarian leaders have long realized the power of…
- Intertwined: The Regime and the Far-Right in Russia (Origins) #5 · 1 godz. 10 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 5In this fifth episode of This Authoritarian Life we continue to investigate the impact of war on contemporary politics. We look at the case of Russia where our guest Arkadij…
- The Psychic Life of Authoritarianism (Origins) #4 · 53 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 4In this fourth episode of This Authoritarian Life we focus on the destructive dimension of contemporary politics. Looking at the case of Israel and its latest campaign in Gaza…
- Veiling and Unveiling: Everyday Gender Struggles in Iran (Origins) #3 · 45 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 3Pursuing our exploration of the ‘Origins’ of authoritarianism, in this third episode of This Authoritarian Life we will continue to focus on the role of the body in authoritarian…
- Aftershocks of the Past: Reunification and Resentment in East Germany (Origins) #2 · 1 godz. 3 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 2Resentment may lay dormant for decades, before suddenly erupting and inundating public life. In this second episode of This Authoritarian Life, we continue to explore the…
- The Allure of Authority: The Example of Hungary (Origins) #1 · 47 min · Sezon 1 Odcinek 1What drives ordinary people to espouse authoritarian figures? Join us, Kristóf Szombati and Erdem Evren, as we unravel this question through our personal journeys and…
