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Charles Lincoln, Gods, Judges and Presidents: Trifunctional Archetypes in American Law and Government – Bloomsbury, August 2026 Charles Lincoln interprets the U.S. Constitution through the mythic and psychological lens of Georges Dumézil’s trifunctional framework-priest, warrior, and producer-linking it to thinkers … Continue reading →

Nicholas de Genova and Daniel I. Morales eds., Toward Border Abolition: Migrant Studies and the Law – Duke University Press, August 2026 Introduction open access at the above link Toward Border Abolition is an interdisciplinary exploration of border abolition that brings … Continue reading →

Thomás Zicman de Barros, Radical Democracy, Populism and Desire: Inside the Yellow Vests Movement – Edinburgh University Press, July 2026

Miguel Vatter, Machiavelli and the Religion of the Ancients: Platonism and Radical Republicanism – Edinburgh University Press, July 2026

Mark Crinson, Aviationland: Heathrow and the Making of an Airport Landscape – Paul Mellon Centre, June 2026 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher How the UK’s largest international airport remade a local landscape Aviationland is the first critical study to examine how … Continue reading →

Magdalena E. Stawowski, Atomic Collective: Radioactive Life in Kazakhstan – University of Toronto Press, June 2025 New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link In the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse, Kazakhstan inherited the … Continue reading →

Delio Vasquez, Huey P. Newton: I am We – Polity, July 2026 Huey P. Newton was called many things in his time: revolutionary, genius, criminal, even the most surveilled human being in world history. Yet, little of the truth about … Continue reading →

Phil McManus, Extreme Weather and the Media: Communicating Disasters and Climate Change – Elgar, 2026 This timely book examines how media reporting of extreme weather events informs and influences the public perception of climate change. Phil McManus argues that media … Continue reading →

Jeanne Favret-Saada, L’impossible famille Rivière: Retour sur un triple meutre en 1835 – Gallimard, February 2026 Interview with Le Grand Continent Le 3 juin 1835, un jeune paysan normand, Pierre Rivière, égorge sa mère, sa sœur et son frère avant … Continue reading →