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Benjamin Kohlmann, Revolutionary Subjects: A Radical History of the Bildungsroman – Verso, August 2026

Benjamin Kohlmann, Revolutionary Subjects: A Radical History of the Bildungsroman – Verso, August 2026 A literary history spanning borders and centuries to explore radicalization as portrayed in fiction Tracing the evolution of socialist world literature from the nineteenth century to … Continue reading

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Jon Douglas Solomon, Foucault and Genocide: A Genealogy of a Fantasy of the West – Palgrave Pivot, 2026

Jon Douglas Solomon, Foucault and Genocide: A Genealogy of a Fantasy of the West – Palgrave Pivot, 2026 Michel Foucault’s seminal realization that security is a species concept opens a new path for understanding how genocide is fundamentally related to … Continue reading

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Allen Buchanan, Political Tribalism: How It Hijacks Our Minds and Diminishes Our Humanity – Routledge, May 2025 and NDPR review

Allen Buchanan, Political Tribalism: How It Hijacks Our Minds and Diminishes Our Humanity – Routledge, May 2025 NDPR review by Alexander Motchoulski Combining hard data with the author’s personal story of a life in the U.S. South and then as a … Continue reading

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Marc Bloch, Ecrire La société féodale: lettres à Henri Berr, 1921-1943 – ed. Jacqueline Pluet-Despatin, Éditions EHESS, June 2026

Marc Bloch, Ecrire La société féodale: lettres à Henri Berr, 1921-1943 – ed. Jacqueline Pluet-Despatin, Éditions EHESS, June 2026 En 1939-1940, l’historien Marc Bloch publie les deux volumes de La société féodale dans la collection « L’évolution de l’humanité», chez Albin Michel. Ce livre … Continue reading

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David Petruccelli, A Scourge of Humanity: The Origins of Interpol and the End of Empire in Central and Eastern Europe – Oxford University Press, March 2026 and New Books discussion

David Petruccelli, A Scourge of Humanity: The Origins of Interpol and the End of Empire in Central and Eastern Europe – Oxford University Press, March 2026 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link As … Continue reading

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Kevin Inston, Rethinking the Politics of Belonging: Towards a Theory of Improper Community – Edinburgh University Press, May 2026

Kevin Inston, Rethinking the Politics of Belonging: Towards a Theory of Improper Community – Edinburgh University Press, May 2026

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Nathaniel O’Grady and Gemma Sou eds., Geography and Disasters: Places, Processes and the Human Geographical Imagination – Bloomsbury, May 2026

Nathaniel O’Grady and Gemma Sou eds., Geography and Disasters: Places, Processes and the Human Geographical Imagination – Bloomsbury, May 2026 Drawing on global case studies, this is the first book to outline and elaborate on the ways that human geography … Continue reading

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Henri Lefebvre, Éléments de rythmanalyse et autres essais sur les temporalités – new edition, Eterotopia, April 2026

Henri Lefebvre, Éléments de rythmanalyse et autres essais sur les temporalités – new edition, Eterotopia, April 2026 Thanks to John Raimo for this link. As far as I can tell, this has the same content as the 2019 edition of … Continue reading

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Henry Somers-Hall, Reading A Thousand Plateaus: Adventures in Nomad Thought – Edinburgh University Press, May 2026

Henry Somers-Hall, Reading A Thousand Plateaus: Adventures in Nomad Thought – Edinburgh University Press, May 2026 Interview with Brent Adkins about the book

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Timothy Mason Roberts, After Barbary: Algeria’s Role in the French and American Empires – Cornell University Press, December 2025 and New Books discussion

Timothy Mason Roberts, After Barbary: Algeria’s Role in the French and American Empires – Cornell University Press, 2025 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link After Barbary explores the connection between the United States and … Continue reading

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