Monthly Archives: March 2026

Sixteen Writing Tips from Marcus Rediker – Pittsburgh Review of Books Lots more writing and publishing posts and links here.

Susanne Vees-Gulani, Icon Dresden: Baroque City, Air War Symbol, Political Token – University of Michigan Press, February 2026 (print and open access) New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link Icon Dresden explores how memory and … Continue reading →

Tamara T. Chin, The Silk Road Idea: Ancient Contact in the Modern Human Sciences – University of Chicago Press, November 2026 Traces the rise and fall of a set of modern disciplinary fields devoted to premodern historical contact that drew … Continue reading →

Quentin Deluermoz, The Paris Commune: A Global History – Verso, May 2026 The Paris Commune as world revolutionary event and laboratory for republican and socialist ideas  In 1871 and over the years to follow, the impact of the Paris Commune … Continue reading →

Martin Jay, Magical Nominalism: The Historical Event, Aesthetic Reechantment, and the Photograph – University of Chicago Press, January 2025 A bold and wide-ranging study across centuries, examining the conflict between “conventional” and “magical” nominalism in philosophy, history, aesthetics, political theory, … Continue reading →

Stefania Achella, Bojana Jovićević, Francesca Iannelli, and Eleonora Caramelli eds. Against the “Law of the Father”: Hegel’s Disobedient Readings – Brill, February 2026 Why discuss disobedience in relation to Hegel? The answer lies in how his philosophy, particularly through his … Continue reading →

Caroline Kuzemko, Climate Politics: Can’t Live with It, Can’t Mitigate without It, Cambridge University Press, February 2026 (print and open access) By exploring the dynamic relationships between politics, policymaking, and policy over time, this book aims to explain why climate … Continue reading →