Indeterminative critique: Epistemic certitude and the temporality of crisis

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PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology ReviewEarly View COMMENTARY Indeterminative critique: Epistemic certitude and the temporality of crisis Malay Firoz, Corresponding Author Malay Firoz [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-1323-1946 School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, Arizona, USA Correspondence Malay Firoz, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, Arizona, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author Malay Firoz, Corresponding Author Malay Firoz [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-1323-1946 School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, Arizona, USA Correspondence Malay Firoz, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, Arizona, USA. 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