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Bahriye Kemal, Writing Cyprus: Postcolonial and Partitioned Literatures of Place and Space – Routledge, October 2019 Bahriye Kemal’s ground-breaking new work serves as the first study of the literatures of Cyprus from a postcolonial and partition perspective. Her book explores … Continue reading →

Daniel Bensaïd, Recorded Fragments: Twelve reflections on the 20th century – Resistance Books, November 2020 These interviews with Daniel Bensaïd were broadcast in 2008 on the radio station Fréquence Paris Plurielle. Through them, Bensaïd gives his insight into twelve significant events including … Continue reading →

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Ryan Dillon, Mark Morris, Denis Macshane Mark Cousins: Architectural theorist who captivated experts and enthusiasts alike, Independent, 22 October 2020 (photo: Pichan Sujaritsatit) For more than 30 years, Mark Cousins’s Friday evening lectures at the…

Daniel Bensaïd, The Dispossessed: Karl Marx’s Debates on Wood Theft and the Right of the Poor – University of Minnesota Press, translated by Robert Nichols, March 2021 The politics of dispossession are everywhere. Troubling developments in intellectual property, genomics, and … Continue reading →

Perry Zurn, Curiosity and Power: The Politics of Inquiry – University of Minnesota Press, March 2021 Curiosity is political. Who is curious, when, and how reflects the social values and power structures of a given society. In Curiosity and Power, Perry … Continue reading →

Jörg Später, Kracauer: A Biography – Polity, September 2020, translated by Daniel Steuer Siegfried Kracauer was one of the most important German thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings on Weimar culture, mass society, photography and film were groundbreaking and they anticipated … Continue reading →

Mark Netzloff, Agents beyond the State: The Writings of English Travelers, Soldiers, and Diplomats in Early Modern Europe – Oxford University Press, November 2020 The early modern period is often seen as a pivotal stage in the emergence of a recognizably modern … Continue reading →

Adam Kotsko, Agamben’s Philosophical Trajectory – Edinburgh University Press, September 2020 Focuses on Agamben’s intellectual development Offers the first study of the complete Homo Sacer series Takes into account Agamben’s recently-published memoir Addresses the full range of Agamben’s thought on … Continue reading →

Call for Applications – BEYOND BORDERS supports research about borders and boundaries in past and present times. It promotes interdisciplinary exchange in the social sciences and humanities. The Call for Applications 2020 is open till January 15, 2021 and focuses … Continue reading →

Wolfram Eilenberger, Time of the Magicians: The Invention of Modern Thought 1919-1929 – Allen Lane, August 2020 The year is 1919. Walter Benjamin flees his overbearing father to scrape a living as a critic. Ludwig Wittgenstein, scion of one of … Continue reading →