This Authoritarian Life

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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