When Authority Calls

Published: May 31, 2017, noon

You show up when you weren\u2019t called. The call wasn\u2019t meant for you, but you show up anyway, and you join with others to disrupt the status quo and even, perhaps, bring down a regime. James Martel calls this phenomenon \u201cmisinterpellation\u201d; he contends that it\u2019s a principal way that radical change happens in today\u2019s world.\nJames Martel, The Misinterpellated Subject Duke University Press, 2017\nThe post When Authority Calls appeared first on KPFA.