This dossier “On Not Hating the State” includes a trio of texts that was initially generated for a panel with a similar title, “On (Not) Hating the State”. The panel was organized by Rebecca Oh for the 2026 American Comparative Literature Association Conference in Montréal.
Bruce Robbins–On Taxes
Christina Lupton–On Not Hating State Daycare
Lisi Schoenbach–The Case of the Disappearing Institution: Reconstruction and the Quicksand of Representation