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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 →

Sean Sayers, The Making of a Marxist Philosopher: A Memoir – Routledge, July 2024 The Making of a Marxist Philosopher is a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from renowned Marxist philosopher Sean Sayers. His father was the son of … Continue reading →

Malika Dekkiche (ed.), A History of Diplomacy, Spatiality, and Islamic Ideals – Routledge, August 2024 Just a very expensive hardback, unfortunately. Update: paperback now available Inspired by the “spatial turn,” this volume links for the first time the study of diplomacy … Continue reading →

Colin Flint, Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower – Stanford University Press, July 2024 Seapower has been a constant in world politics, a tool through which powerful countries have policed the seas for commercial advantage. Political geographer Colin … Continue reading →