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Steve Mentz, Sailing without Ahab: Ecopoetic Travels – Fordham University Press, 2024; foreword by Suzanne Conklin Akbari. Navigate the Depths of a Timeless Classic, Reimagined. Come sail with I. We’re not taking the same trip, though you might recognize the … Continue reading →

Alberto Toscano, Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism and the Politics of Crisis – Verso, October 2023 Looks great, though tempting to repeat the question of Ernest Mandel’s Late Capitalism – how do we know it’s late? In a world shaken by … Continue reading →

Proposals for activities should be sent to: foucault40after@gmail.com to the Coordinator of the International Scientific Committee: Prof. Rodrigo Castro. Information about activities should include: a) The title of the activityb) A short description (5 lines)c) The city and country in which the activity … Continue reading →

Charlotte Lydia Riley, Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain – Penguin, August 2023 After the Second World War, Britain’s overseas empire disintegrated. As white settlers from Rhodesia returned home to a country they barely recognised, Commonwealth citizens … Continue reading →

Marie Allitt, Medical Caregiving Narratives of the First World War: Geographies of Care – Edinburgh University Press, May 2023 (print and open access)

Teresa Degenhardt, War as Protection from Punishment: Armed International Intervention at the ‘End of History’ – Routledge, September 2023 This book provides an analysis of how penal discourses are used to legitimate post-Cold War military interventions through three main case … Continue reading →

Andrea Pavoni and Simone Tulumello, Urban Violence: Security, Imaginary, Atmosphere – Rowman & Littlefield, September 2023 Urban violence still has a peculiar standing within social and urban research. This book works to unpack the link between urban, violence, and security … Continue reading →

Zdenka Sokolíčková, The Paradox of Svalbard: Climate Change and Globalisation in the Arctic – Pluto, July 2023 There is a New Books discussion with Stentor Danielson here. Thanks to dmf for this link. The town of Longyearbyen in the high … Continue reading →

T. Corey Brennan, The Fasces: A History of Ancient Rome’s Most Dangerous Political Symbol – Oxford University Press, November 2022 “Fascism” is a word ubiquitous in our contemporary political discourse, but few know about its roots in the ancient past … Continue reading →