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David Beer, Why do writers write? (via his Half Thoughts blog) For some reason, I’ve written a little piece about George Orwell’s four motives for writing. The reason why writers write is mostly mysterious, even to the writers themselves. When occasionally … Continue reading →

Oz Hassan, Why the European Union Failed in Afghanistan: Transatlantic Relations and the Return of the Taliban – Bristol University Press, September 2024 In August 2021, the US-led coalition withdrew from Afghanistan. The Taliban quickly returned to power leaving many … Continue reading →

Gideon Baker, Questioning: A New History of Western Philosophy – Edinburgh University Press, paperback February 2024

Mark Maguire and Setha Low, Trapped: Life under Security Capitalism and How to Escape It – Stanford University Press, March 2024 Exploring the pernicious influence of security capitalism on neighborhoods, airports, cities, and states. Calls to defund the police or … Continue reading →

Paul Allen Miller (ed.), Truth in the Late Foucault: Antiquity, Sexuality, and Psychoanalysis – Bloomsbury, May 2024 The first full treatment of truth as a core philosophical concept in the late Foucault, this volume examines his work on the ancient … Continue reading →

Sharad Chari, Apartheid Remains – Duke University Press, May 2024 In Apartheid Remains, Sharad Chari explores how people handle the remains of segregation and apartheid in South Africa as witnessed through portals in an industrial-residential landscape in the Indian Ocean city … Continue reading →

Philipp Felsch, How Nietzsche Came in from the Cold: Tale of a Redemption – trans. Daniel Bowles, Polity, March 2024 I’ve mentioned the German Wie Nietzsche aus der Kälte kam before, along with the interview with Felsch at the Journal of the … Continue reading →