Monthly Archives: October 2020

Daniel Bensaïd, The Dispossessed: Karl Marx’s Debates on Wood Theft and the Right of the Poor – University of Minnesota Press, translated by Robert Nichols, March 2021 The politics of dispossession are everywhere. Troubling developments in intellectual property, genomics, and … Continue reading →

Perry Zurn, Curiosity and Power: The Politics of Inquiry – University of Minnesota Press, March 2021 Curiosity is political. Who is curious, when, and how reflects the social values and power structures of a given society. In Curiosity and Power, Perry … Continue reading →

Jörg Später, Kracauer: A Biography – Polity, September 2020, translated by Daniel Steuer Siegfried Kracauer was one of the most important German thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings on Weimar culture, mass society, photography and film were groundbreaking and they anticipated … Continue reading →

Mark Netzloff, Agents beyond the State: The Writings of English Travelers, Soldiers, and Diplomats in Early Modern Europe – Oxford University Press, November 2020 The early modern period is often seen as a pivotal stage in the emergence of a recognizably modern … Continue reading →

Adam Kotsko, Agamben’s Philosophical Trajectory – Edinburgh University Press, September 2020 Focuses on Agamben’s intellectual development Offers the first study of the complete Homo Sacer series Takes into account Agamben’s recently-published memoir Addresses the full range of Agamben’s thought on … Continue reading →

Call for Applications – BEYOND BORDERS supports research about borders and boundaries in past and present times. It promotes interdisciplinary exchange in the social sciences and humanities. The Call for Applications 2020 is open till January 15, 2021 and focuses … Continue reading →

Wolfram Eilenberger, Time of the Magicians: The Invention of Modern Thought 1919-1929 – Allen Lane, August 2020 The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein, scion of one of … Continue reading →

Craig Jones, The War Lawyers: The United States, Israel and Juridical Warfare – Oxford University Press, December 2020 Over the last 20 years the world’s most advanced militaries have invited a small number of military legal professionals into the heart … Continue reading →

Distinguished Professor Bob Jessop Virtual Festschrift Thursday 29 October 1.00pm-17.00pm GMT (UK Timezone) The Centre for Alternatives to Social and Economic Inequalities and its Director, Distinguished Professor Beverley Skeggs, are pleased to host a Festschrift event to celebrate and recognise the … Continue reading →