Monthly Archives: September 2026

David E. Barclay, Cold War City: A History of West Berlin – Princeton University Press, September/November 2026 Located more than one hundred miles behind the Iron Curtain, West Berlin served as a stage on which the confrontation between nuclear-armed superpowers … Continue reading →

Sören Urbansky and Martin Wagner, Entangled Empires: Four Centuries of China-Russia Relations – Polity, June 2026 As expansionist empires, socialist superpowers and authoritarian regimes, China and Russia have much in common. While many in the West fear the formation of … Continue reading →

Maurizio Meloni, Coloniality and Structural Othering in European Thought: A Racialized Canon – Routledge, June 2026 Thanks to Foucault News for the link. This book provides a historical and conceptual analysis of patterns of racialized otherness in European thought, traversing … Continue reading →

Marita Rainsborough, Foucault Today: New Perspectives in Philosophy and Cultural Studies – Transcript, May 2025 Michel Foucault is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Marita Rainsborough examines the current relevance of his work with reference … Continue reading →

Natasha Lennard, On Un/Certainty: The Uses of Doubt in Dangerous Times – Verso, October 2026 We live in uncertain times. But what does uncertainty mean for our ability to act? While politicians, CEOs, and pundits reflexively invoke “uncertain times” to … Continue reading →