Monthly Archives: June 2025

“Language and Image Minus Cognition”: An Interview with Leif Weatherby – Journal of History of Ideas blog with Robin Manley Leif Weatherby is an Associate Professor of German at New York University, where he directs the Digital Theory Lab. Robin Manley spoke … Continue reading →

Christoph Schuringa, A Social History of Analytic Philosophy: How Politics has Shaped an Apolitical Philosophy – Verso, June 2025 How a supposedly apolitical form of philosophy owes its continuing power to social and political forces Analytic philosophy is the leading … Continue reading →

Luna Vives, The Gates of the Sea: Migration and Rescue at the Edges of Europe – Fernwood, September 2025 The Gates of the Sea examines the paradoxes of maritime search and rescue at Europe’s frontier. Focusing on Spain, Luna Vives explores how governments … Continue reading →

Foucault, “Les Hermaphrodites” – forthcoming in September 2025. France 24 reports on this here. Not that many details, except it will be with Gallimard, and have a preface by Arianna Sforzini and a postface by Éric Fassin. The text is … Continue reading →

Clive Barnett’s website Pop Theory is back online The personal website of Prof. Clive Barnett, who sadly and unexpectedly passed away in December 2021 is being maintained by colleagues to enable ongoing access to Clive’s work held here. The site … Continue reading →

Frank Jacob (ed.), Rosa Luxemburg: Periphery and Perception -Büchner Verlag, 2024 (print and open access) Rosa Luxemburg was a critical thinker and author of many political and social reflections which to readers of today seem quite up to date. Particularly … Continue reading →

Lipokmar Dzüvichü, Manjeet Baruah eds. At the Margins of Empire: Frontiers and Boundaries in British India, London: Routledge, May 2025 Empire building in British India was inseparably tied to the processes of frontier-making and the creation of boundaries. Through a … Continue reading →