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Children, Charity and Magazines
Read more: Children, Charity and MagazinesA Q&A with the author of Philanthropy in Children’s Periodicals, 1840–1930: The Charitable Child.
A Conversation with Graham Harman and Monika Kaup on ‘New Ecological Realisms’ (Part 1)
Graham Harman and Monika Kaup Read the full conversation here. Graham Harman: You begin your book New Ecological Realisms by discussing a widely observed turn in recent continental theory, from the preoccupations with language found in structuralism and poststructuralism to…
Putin and the high tension in Ukraine: can unreturned love for one’s brother unleash a war?
by Pål Kolstø More than a hundred thousand Russian soldiers have marched up to the Ukrainian border and the world is waiting in trepidation: what will happen next? What is Putin up to? Is this a prelude to war? Why…
How ISIS Fights: New Books in National Security
In this great interview from New Books in National Security, Omar Ashour, author of How ISIS Fights: Military Tactics in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Egypt, talks to host Jeffrey Bristol about his work. They discuss the origin of Ashour’s study…
Preview of ‘Lucretius III: A History of Motion’ by Thomas Nail
Thomas Nail To celebrate the publication, we are offering a bundle discount. Buy Lucretius II and III and get Lucretius I for free, using the code NAIL. Plus we are running a giveaway over on our Twitter – read until…
A Continental Tour of Philosophy- An abridged excerpt from “A Continental Guide to Philosophy”
by John Douglas Macready The history of philosophy can be thought of as an art gallery filled with paintings by various artists. Each painting is a representation of reality from a particular perspective and makes use of distinct methods and…
Q&A with Anne Sofie Schøtt, author of Kurdish Diaspora Mobilisation in Denmark: Supporting the Struggle in Syria
In this interview, Anne Sofie Schøtt, author of Kurdish Diaspora Mobilisation in Denmark: Supporting the Struggle in Syria, discusses the process behind her new book. Can you tell us a bit about your book? The book is about how the…
A Conversation with Graham Harman and Hilan Bensusan on ‘Indexicalism’
Graham Harman and Hilan Bensusan Graham Harman: Your new book Indexicalism has already created a lot of excitement, including a wonderful online book launch conference, the likes of which I have never seen before[i]. Could you start by explaining to…
A Conversation with Graham Harman and Hilan Bensusan on ‘Indexicalism’ (Part 5)
Graham Harman and Hilan Bensusan Have you read Part 1 – 4? Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4 Graham Harman: In your book, you speak of Leibniz as a “relational” philosopher in much the same sense of Whitehead. A monad is determined by…
A Conversation with Graham Harman and Hilan Bensusan on ‘Indexicalism’ (Part 4)
Graham Harman and Hilan Bensusan Have you read Part 1 – 3? Part 1Part 2Part 3 Graham Harman: Another influence on your book is the appeal to “multinaturalism” that we find not only in Bruno Latour, but also in those concerned with…