From citizen to subject: police militarisation and the imperial boomerang

从公民到臣民:警察军事化与帝国回响

LSE: Public lectures and events

2026-05-27

1 小时 28 分钟
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Militarised policing is one of the preconditions for fascist rule, but how and why would police in liberal democracies militarise?
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  • Welcome to the LSE Events Podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.

  • Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.

  • Good evening everyone.

  • First of all, welcome to the LSE, to this event this evening.

  • My name is Aaron Reeves and I'm a professor of sociology at the Department of Sociology here at the LSE.

  • It's wonderful to be able to see a few of you here this evening and I know more will be coming.

  • So before kind of formally introducing our speakers this evening, allow me to do maybe just a little bit of housekeeping

  • and say first, just remind you to put your plant on silent for us.

  • The event is being recorded

  • and I think will be made available at some point later if technical difficulties don't arise in the meantime.

  • There'll be a chance to ask questions at the end.

  • We'd really welcome those and be keen to have you pose the questions that you have to the panel.

  • So just please raise your hand.

  • I think a steward will come round and share a microphone

  • with you and we'll try and get as many questions as we possibly can through the evening.

  • So it's my pleasure to introduce Julian Goh this evening, first of all.

  • Julian is a professor of sociology at the University of Chicago.

  • Professor, among other appointments, but I'll maybe just focus on that.

  • But Professor Goh research explores, among related questions, the social logics of empire and colonialism.

  • His work is critical in insisting that we cannot understand the modern world,