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First conference of the British Daseinanalysis Institute, 29 June 2026, Corpus Christi, Oxford registration: office@daseinanalysis.uk

Marcus Rediker, Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea – Verso, March 2026 Conspiracy, mutiny, and liberation across the Atlantic from the award-winning author of The Slave Ship Freedom Ship is a gripping history of the enslaved African Americans … Continue reading →

Kélina Gotman, What is a Thoughtful Life? – Manchester University Press, June 2026 In fresh readings of Theodor W. Adorno, Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, Judith Butler, Barbara Cassin, Michel Foucault, Werner Hamacher, Martin Heidegger, and many more, Gotman rearticulates the … Continue reading →

Timothy Mitchell, The Alibi of Capital: How We Broke the Earth to Steal the Future on the Promise of a Better Tomorrow – Verso, March 2026 Stealing the future and concealing the theft – capitalism’s method, as examined by the author of the acclaimed Carbon … Continue reading →

Gavin Healy, A Guide to Mao’s China: Showing the Nation to Foreign Guests – Cornell University Press, June 2026 A Guide to Mao’s China explores how personnel within China’s state tourism bureaucracy during the Mao era struggled to balance inbound foreign … Continue reading →

Louis Blin, Napoléon et l’Islam, Erick Bonnier, 2025 « La religion de Mahomet est la plus belle » ; « J’aime l’islam, vénère le Prophète, respecte le Coran » ; « J’aime mieux la religion de Mahomet. Elle est moins … Continue reading →

Wendy Wolford, The Plantation Ideal: Landscapes of Extraction in Mozambique – University of California Press, November 2025 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link Plantations have been the privileged tool of colonial rule and … Continue reading →

Afshin Matin-Asgari, Axis of Empire: A History of Iran–US Relations – Verso, January 2026 A chronicle of intrigue and influence in the Iran-US entanglement Ironic plot twists and colorful characters abound in Afshin Matin-Asgari’s accessible history of relations between the … Continue reading →