Monthly Archives: February 2026

Brahim El Guabli, Desert Imaginations: A History of Saharanism and Its Radical Consequences – University of California Press, November 2025 New Books discussion with Ibrahim Fawzy – thanks to dmf for the links Desert Imaginations traces the cultural and intellectual histories that … Continue reading →

Interview – Shirin M. Rai at E-IR Shirin M. Rai is Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS, University of London. She is a Fellow of the British Academy. Rai’s research interests lie in feminist international political … Continue reading →

Omer Aijazi, Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir – University of Pennsylvania Press, June 2024 Atmospheric Violence grapples with the afterlife of environmental disasters and armed conflict and examines how people attempt to flourish despite and alongside continuing violence. Departing … Continue reading →

Matthew Perkins-McVey, Intoxicated Ways of Knowing: The Untold Story of Intoxicants and the Biological Subject in Nineteenth-Century Germany – University of Chicago Press, February 2026 Argues that intoxication was fundamental to German physiological, psychological, and psychiatric research during the nineteenth century. Intoxicating … Continue reading →

Nick Srnicek, Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI – Polity, October 2025 Since the emergence of ChatGPT, generative AI has been heralded as a technology poised to revolutionize our world. But beyond the hype and hyperbole, who … Continue reading →