Political Theory 101

2026-07-21

Intersectionality: How Power Meets at the Margins

An accessible guide to intersectionality: how single-axis laws and movements can miss people facing overlapping structures of power, why Kimberle Crenshaw developed the concept through Black feminist legal critique, and how the framework informs research, coalition-building, and contemporary debates.

Political Theory 101

Property: Who gets to own the world?

Recognition: Why equal standing matters to justice

Structural injustice: Wrong without a villain

Epistemic injustice: When power decides who gets heard

The public sphere: How discussion becomes political power

Social reproduction: Why paid work depends on unpaid care

The capabilities approach: freedom as a real opportunity

Intersectionality: How Power Meets at the Margins

Civil Disobedience: When Breaking the Law Defends Justice

Hegemony: Why Power Feels Like Common Sense

Alienation: When Work Stops Feeling Human

Negative and Positive Liberty: Freedom From, Freedom To