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Paul Ricoeur, Politics, Economy, and Society: Writings and Lectures – translated by Kathleen Blamey, Polity, Sept 2021 The philosophy of Paul Ricoeur is rarely viewed through the lens of political philosophy, and yet questions of power, and of how to live … Continue reading →

Sudhir Chella Rajan, A Social Theory of Corruption: Notes from the Indian Subcontinent – Harvard University Press, 2020 A social theory of grand corruption from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In contemporary policy discourse, the notion of corruption is highly … Continue reading →

Matthew Fuller and Eyal Weizman, Investigative Aesthetics: Conflicts and Commons in the Politics of Truth – Verso, August 2021 Today, artists are engaged in investigation. They probe corruption, human rights violations, environmental crimes and technological domination. At the same time, … Continue reading →

Simon Glendinning, Europe: A Philosophical History – 2 volumes, Routledge, July 2021 Part 1: The Promise of Modernity and Part 2: Beyond Modernity Europe is inseparable from its history. That history has been extensively studied in terms of its political … Continue reading →

Territory, State and Nation: The Geopolitics of Rudolf Kjellén, edited by Ragnar Björk and Thomas Lundén – Berghahn, August 2021 Looks interesting, but a shame about the prohibitive price. Rudolf Kjellén, regularly referred to as “the father of geopolitics,” developed … Continue reading →

Martin Paul Eve, It’s Time we Dropped Agamben (personal blog) Benjamin Bratton, Agamben WTF, or How Philosophy Failed the Pandemic (Verso blog)

Barney Warf, Geographies of Cosmopolitanism – Edward Elgar, July 2021 Invigorating and timely, this book provides a thorough overview of the geographies of cosmopolitanism, an ethical and political philosophy that views humanity as one community. Barney Warf charts the origins … Continue reading →

Jerry Z. Muller, Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes – Princeton University Press, April 2022 Scion of a distinguished line of Talmudic scholars, Jacob Taubes (1923–1987) was an intellectual impresario whose inner restlessness led him from prewar … Continue reading →