About Lisa Schmidt-Herzog

Lisa Schmidt-Herzog is a Berlin-based writer and researcher. Her academic work focuses on the biopolitics of medical standardization and the influence of cultural and ethico-political norms on mental health and illness. She is interested in the historicity of scientific concepts and subject-centered approaches to health and illness, and examines the radical thought of theorists and practitioners such as Georges Canguilhem, Frantz Fanon, and Erich Wulff. For NBN’s Critical Theory channel, she focuses on medical pluralism, the relationship between health and resistance, and the pragmatics of healing.

NBN Episodes hosted by Lisa:

Dagmar Herzog, "The New Fascist Body" (Wirklichkeit Books, 2025)

January 13, 2026

The New Fascist Body

Dagmar Herzog

The success of new far-right movements cannot be explained by fear or rage alone – the pleasures of aggression and violence are just as essential. As …