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Brett Christophers, Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World – Verso, April 2023

Brett Christophers, Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World – Verso, April 2023 All hail the new masters of Capitalism: How asset managers acquired the world Banks have taken a backseat since the global financial crisis over a … Continue reading →

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Thomas S. Kuhn, The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science, edited by Bojana Mladenovic – University of Chicago Press, November 2022

The Last Writings of Thomas S. Kuhn: Incommensurability in Science, edited by Bojana Mladenovic – University of Chicago Press, November 2022 A must-read follow-up to The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, one of the most important books of the twentieth century.  This … Continue reading →

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Anne-Marie Lewis – Celestial Inclinations – A Life of Augustus, Oxford University Press – May 2023

Anne-Marie Lewis – Celestial Inclinations – A Life of Augustus, Oxford University Press – May 2023 Only a really expensive hardback listed, but this looks to be a major study.

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, War and Peace: On the Principle and Constitution of the Rights of Peoples, translated by Paul Sharkey, introduced by Alex Prichard – AK Press, August 2022

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, War and Peace: On the Principle and Constitution of the Rights of Peoples, translated by Paul Sharkey, edited and introduced by Alex Prichard – AK Press, August 2022

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Marilyn Strathern, Property, Substance, and Effect: Anthropological Essays on Persons and Things, new ed. HAU, 2023 (and open access pdf)

Marilyn Strathern, Property, Substance, and Effect: Anthropological Essays on Persons and Things, new ed. HAU, 2023 (paperback January 2023 and open access pdf now)

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Sally Sedgwick, Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit – Oxford University Press, March 2023

Sally Sedgwick, Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit – Oxford University Press, March 2023 Just an expensive hardback listed at the moment, unfortunately. Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit examines a conspicuous feature of Hegel’s major works: … Continue reading →

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Clare Pettitt, Serial Forms: The Unfinished Project of Modernity, 1815-1848 – Oxford University Press, June 2020, and review in Critical Inquiry

Clare Pettitt, Serial Forms: The Unfinished Project of Modernity, 1815-1848 – Oxford University Press, June 2020 I’m late to noticing this book, which looks interesting: Serial Forms: The Unfinished Project of Modernity, 1815-1848 proposes an entirely new way of reading the … Continue reading →

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Christopher Watkin and Oliver Davis (eds) New Interdisciplinary Perspectives On and Beyond Autonomy – Routledge, December 2022

Christopher Watkin and Oliver Davis (eds) New Interdisciplinary Perspectives On and Beyond Autonomy – Routledge, December 2022 Hardback and e-book, with two chapters open access What does ‘autonomy’ mean today? Is the Enlightenment understanding of autonomy still relevant for contemporary … Continue reading →

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Ludovico Silva, Marx’s Literary Style – Verso, January 2023

Ludovico Silva, Marx’s Literary Style – Verso, January 2023 Update: Verso editor Sebastian Budgen comments on the book here A true understanding of Marx’s work requires a careful study of his literary choices

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Andy Merrifield, Beyond Plague Urbanism – Monthly Review, Spring 2023

Andy Merrifield, Beyond Plague Urbanism – Monthly Review, Spring 2023 Andy tells me the striking cover image is by André Kertész.

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