Monthly Archives: August 2023

Carlo Ginzburg, Secularism and its Ambiguities: Four Case Studies – Central European University Press, July 2023 (Natalie Zemon Davis Annual Lectures) In the best micro-historical tradition, Carlo Ginzburg, himself one of the founders and icons of this genre of historiography, … Continue reading →

Evgenia Iliadou, Border Harms and Everyday Violence: A Prison Island in Europe – Bristol University Press, September 2023 The Greek island of Lesvos is frequently the subject of news reports on the refugee ‘crisis’, but they only occasionally focus on … Continue reading →

Christopher Smith (ed.), Sovereignty: A Global Perspective – British Academy/Oxford University Press, November 2022 Sovereignty has been at the heart of political philosophy for centuries, and yet it is far from clear what work sovereignty is actually doing in the … Continue reading →

Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi, Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory – Verso, July 2023 Capitalism, by the twenty-first century, has brought us an era of escalating, overlapping crisis – ecological, political, social – which we may not survive. In … Continue reading →

It will still be some time before I return to work, as there are medical issues still to be resolved. I’m not returning to the research for my new Indo-European thought project yet, but I will be sharing a few … Continue reading →