Category Archives: Uncategorized

“Canguilhem, Dumézil, Hyppolite: Georges Canguilhem and his Contemporaries”, Revue Internationale de Philosophie, No 307, 2024, 27-48 – special issue on Georges Canguilhem beyond Epistemology and the History of Science, edited by Federico Testa. “Foucault and Dumézil on Antiquity”, Journal of the History of … Continue reading →

Things Hidden: The Life and Legacy of René Girard (YouTube) Website and trailer at the film’s site – Things Hidden

Dan Davies, The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions—and How the World Lost Its Mind – University of Chicago Press, 2024 Longlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Book of the Year. How life and the economy became a … Continue reading →

The music I enjoyed this year, either bought in physical form, often through Burning Shed, or digitally through bandcamp. For previous years: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012.

Veronica Strang, Water Beings: from nature worship to the environmental crisis – Reaktion, March 2023 I’ve shared news of the book before. There is a New Books discussion with Jana Byers now available. A major study of marine serpent deities, … Continue reading →

Ben Anderson and Anna Secor, The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism – Goldsmiths Press/PERC Papers, July 2025 How today’s dominant political forms—right-wing populism, progressivism, and liberalism—offer differentiated responses to shared conditions of uncertainty. The Politics of Feeling argues that politics has … Continue reading →

Mark Neocleous, Pacification: Social War and the Power of Police – Verso, February 2025 In his new book, critical theorist Mark Neocleous engages in a sustained critique of the theory and practice of pacification. Combining philosophical analysis with historical detail, … Continue reading →

Katharine R. O’Reilly and Caterina Pellò (eds.), Ancient Women Philosophers: Recovered Ideas and New Perspectives – Cambridge University Press, 2023 There is a review by Emily Hulme at NDPR. Despite the common misconception that ancient philosophy was the domain of male … Continue reading →

Rita Abrahamsen, Jean-François Drolet, Michael C. Williams, Srdjan Vucetic, Karin Narita, and Alexandra Gheciu, World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order – Cambridge University Press, June 2024

Gavin Barrett, Peter-Christian Müller-Graff, Jean-Philippe Rageade, Viktor Vadász (eds.), European Sovereignty: The Legal Dimension – Springer, 2024 In October 2022, the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier celebrated its 30th anniversary with a congress devoted to the legal dimension of … Continue reading →