Author Archives: stuartelden

Joseph Vogl, Capital and Ressentiment: A Short Theory of the Present, translated by Neil Solomon – Polity, November 2022 The proliferation of social media has provided ideal conditions in which feelings of anger and frustration can be expressed and shared, … Continue reading →

Engin Isin has relaunched his website – The Subjects of Politics – with most of his publications available to download, some thematic organisation with “reflections on concepts and methods that guided it and the questions that motivated it”, along with possible connections to an “interest in … Continue reading →

Christos Lynteris, Visual Plague: The Emergence of Epidemic Photography – MIT Press, October 2022 Available in print and open access

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Jing Tsu, Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China – Allen Lane, January 2022 [paperback January 2023 – UK; USA] China today is one of the world’s most powerful…

Natalie Koch, Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia – Verso, January 2023 A revelatory new history of the colonization of the American West, by way of camels, date palms, and Biosphere 2 The iconic deserts of the … Continue reading →

Andrea Mubi Brighenti, Elias Canetti and Social Theory: The Bond on Creation – Bloomsbury, January 2023 Elias Canetti is a key thinker in the trend towards the renewal of social theory for the 21st century. He is increasingly being recognised in the … Continue reading →