Ashwini Vasanthakumar

Assistant Professor, Queen's Law School, Ontario

Ashwini Vasanthakumar is assistant professor and Queen’s National Scholar in legal and political philosophy at Queen’s Law School in Ontario. Her monograph, The Ethics of Exile: a political theory of diaspora, will be published by Oxford University Press in 2021.

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Written by Ashwini Vasanthakumar

A monk wearing orange robes and a black beanie sweeps a residential street with a rake in front of houses in a neighbourhood.

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Demography and migration

Exiles on Main Street

To respect exiles as real and important political actors, we should get over casting them as saints, threats or victims

Ashwini Vasanthakumar

A woman holding a sign that reads “Her too. And her, and her, and her,” surrounded by people, some applauding.

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Ethics

‘Playing the victim’ is politically vital and morally serious

Ashwini Vasanthakumar