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John Berger, reissues from Verso Bento’s Sketchbook A deeply moving exploration of the relationship between thinking and drawing, from the author of the groundbreaking Ways of Seeing The seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza (a.k.a. Bento) spent the most intense years of his … Continue reading →

Sophia Rosenfeld, The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life – Princeton University Press, February 2025 Update October 2025: Disha Karnad Jani interviews Sophia Rosenfeld on the In Theory podcast on the Journal of History of Ideas … Continue reading →

Living in a New Sattelzeit: An Interview with Enzo Traverso – Journal of the History of Ideas blog Enzo Traverso, a leading scholar of modern European history and thought, is the Susan and Barton Winokur Professor in the Humanities at … Continue reading →

Theodor W. Adorno, Lectures 1949-1968, trans. Nicholas Walker – Polity, two volumes, February 2025 Lectures 1949-1968, Volume 1: Music, Literature and the Arts When Theodor W. Adorno returned to Germany from his exile in the United States, he was appointed … Continue reading →

Geoff M. Boucher, Critical Theory and the Authoritarian Personality – Edinburgh University Press, January 2025

Seyla Benhabib and Ayelet Shahar (eds.), Lawless Zones, Rightless Subjects: Migration, Asylum and Shifting Borders – Cambridge University Press, January 2025 (print and open access)

Leigh Jenco, Paulina Ochoa Espejo and Murad Idris, Political Theory: A Global and Comparative Introduction – Sage, March 2025 This groundbreaking work presents a transformative perspective on political theory. This text is not just an introduction to political theory, it’s … Continue reading →