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James Clay Moltz, The Politics of Space Security: Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests – Stanford University Press, fourth edition, June 2026  As space becomes more crowded with over 12,000 active satellites operated by over sixty countries and … Continue reading →

Eduardo A. Escobar, Kiersten Neumann and C. Jay Crisostomo eds. Scribal Worlds: Scholarship and Classification in Cuneiform Cultures – UCL Press, June 2026 (print and open access) Scribal Worlds: Scholarship and classification in cuneiform cultures delves into the history of the … Continue reading →

Julie Murray, Mary Wollstonecraft Against Modernity – Stanford University Press, June 2026 For many, Mary Wollstonecraft functions as Western feminism’s indisputable origin point and anchor. Once scorned as scandalous, later rehabilitated by the Victorians as a figure of hardworking traditional … Continue reading →

Cory Doctorow, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence Before It’s Too Late – Verso, June 2026 It’s not enough to ask what the technology does – we must understand who it’s doing it for and … Continue reading →

Max Haiven, The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Fascism – MIT Press, September 2026 A provocative examination of the ways our economy has been rigged by financialization, and the importance of games to our dangerous political … Continue reading →

Scott B. Ritner, Revolutionary Pessimism: Simone Weil’s Antifascist Politics – Stanford University Press, November 2026 Scott B. Ritner argues that the antifascist philosopher and mystic Simone Weil’s critical writings about the social crises of the mid-twentieth century, especially fascism, are … Continue reading →