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Julie Zook and Kerstin Sailer (eds.), The Covert Life of Hospital Architecture, UCL Press, March 2022 (print and open access) The Covert Life of Hospital Architecture addresses hospital architecture as a set of interlocked, overlapping spatial and social conditions. It identifies … Continue reading →

Jo van Every – Spotlight on: Burnout I published my first post with “burnout” in the title, “Burnout is real”,  in 2022. We were just coming out of the most intense phase of the COVID pandemic disruptions. The term was … Continue reading →

Serene Richards, Biopolitics as a System of Thought – Bloomsbury, May 2024 Our contemporary mode of life is characterised by what Serene Richards in Biopolitics as a System of Thought calls: Smart Being. Smart Being believes in the solutions of techno-capital where living … Continue reading →

Colin Flint – interview at E-International Relations Colin Flint, a geographer by training, is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science at Utah State University. His research interests include geopolitics and peacebuilding. He is the author of Near and Far … Continue reading →

Georgios Varouxakis, The West: The History of an Idea, Princeton University Press, July 2025 A long time off, but this looks very interesting. How did “the West” come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did … Continue reading →

Charlotte Lydia Riley and Suzanne Nossel, Is Free Speech Under Threat? – Penguin, October 2024 Two leading thinkers present alternative answers to one of the most difficult and divisive questions of our times: Is free speech under threat? Suzanne Nossel, CEO … Continue reading →

Thomas Osborne and Nikolas Rose, Questioning Humanity: Being Human in a Posthuman Age – Edward Elgar, June 2024 This innovative book questions what it means to be human today and in the future. Drawing on the natural, human and life … Continue reading →

Alice Mah, Petrochemical Planet: Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation, Duke University Press, September 2023 – print and open access New Books discussion with Dave O’Brien. Thanks to dmf for these links. In Petrochemical Planet Alice Mah examines the changing nature of the petrochemical … Continue reading →

The Anti-Security Collective, The Security Abolition Manifesto – Red Quill Books, August 2024 Introduction open access at this link Security is the monstrous idea that we are alone and locked into competition over scarce resources, that private property is a … Continue reading →

Samuel Fury Childs Daly, Soldier’s Paradise: Militarism in Africa after Empire – Duke University Press, October 2024 In Soldier’s Paradise, Samuel Fury Childs Daly tells the story of how Africa’s military dictators tried and failed to transform their societies into martial … Continue reading →