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Peter E. Gordon, A Precarious Happiness: Adorno and the Sources of Normativity – University of Chicago Press, January 2024 A strikingly original account of Theodor Adorno’s work as a critique animated by happiness. “Gordon’s confidently gripping and persistently subtle interpretation … Continue reading →

Emily Herring, Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People – Hachette, October 2024 The first English-language biography of Henri Bergson, the French philosopher who defined individual creativity and transformed twentieth-century thought   At the dawn … Continue reading →

Swati Srivastava, Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics – Cambridge University Press, March 2024 The idea of ‘hybrid sovereignty’ describes overlapping relations between public and private actors in important areas of global power, such as contractors fighting international wars, corporations regulating … Continue reading →

David Beer, Why do writers write? (via his Half Thoughts blog) For some reason, I’ve written a little piece about George Orwell’s four motives for writing. The reason why writers write is mostly mysterious, even to the writers themselves. When occasionally … Continue reading →

Oz Hassan, Why the European Union Failed in Afghanistan: Transatlantic Relations and the Return of the Taliban – Bristol University Press, September 2024 In August 2021, the US-led coalition withdrew from Afghanistan. The Taliban quickly returned to power leaving many … Continue reading →

Gideon Baker, Questioning: A New History of Western Philosophy – Edinburgh University Press, paperback February 2024

Mark Maguire and Setha Low, Trapped: Life under Security Capitalism and How to Escape It – Stanford University Press, March 2024 Exploring the pernicious influence of security capitalism on neighborhoods, airports, cities, and states. Calls to defund the police or … Continue reading →

Paul Allen Miller (ed.), Truth in the Late Foucault: Antiquity, Sexuality, and Psychoanalysis – Bloomsbury, May 2024 The first full treatment of truth as a core philosophical concept in the late Foucault, this volume examines his work on the ancient … Continue reading →