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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
1/ A slightly strange and lovely thing to be able to say, my book The Social Life of Justice is published tomorrow... www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Katja Bego @katjabego.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🚨 Just one month to go until the release of my book “Deep Connections: the Hidden Battles to Control Subsea Cables”! Pre-order here: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"The end goal is for AI to enable the U.S. to hit 1,000 targets per hour... The Army has its own concept for using AI: Scarlet Dragon... this would mean the average time spent on any strike decision would be under four seconds." - John Arquilla for @noemamag.com www.noemamag.com/the-latest-c...
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The Latest Chapter In American Military Muddling | NOEMA
Strategic air power, even AI-aided, failed yet again in the war on Iran.
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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · 27/08/2026
"In the intense, sustained bombing of the opening weeks of the air war on Iran… the average number of targets hit each day hovered around 500. In theory, this equates to each target being contemplated & analyzed for just under three minutes." —John Arquilla #aiwarfare #ai #iranwar
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The Latest Chapter In American Military Muddling | NOEMA
Strategic air power, even AI-aided, failed yet again in the war on Iran.
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"In an age of self-actualization mandates, McGowan’s call for identifying with the death drive and its processes is untimely and urgent…” @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social review Self-Sabotage by Todd McGowan. lareviewofbooks.org/article/self...
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How to Lose More Slowly | Los Angeles Review of Books
Finding freedom through the death drive.
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Peggy Papada @peggypapada.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Special Offer – The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Books XIV & XV 🔹Book XIV: The Logic of Fantasy 🔸Book XV: The Psychoanalytic Act (available to pre-order) Edited by Jacques-Alain Miller Order through the @politybooks.bsky.social website using the code below. www.politybooks.com/search?s=lacan
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David Gunkel @davidgunkel.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Back to my NIU office and waiting for me were two new translations. 1) The Vietnamese translation of "#AI for Communication" @routledgebooks.bsky.social. And 2) the Japanese translation of "Communicative #AI" @politybooks.bsky.social which was co-authored with @coeckelbergh.bsky.social.
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Robert Falkner @robertfalkner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📖 Just over a month to go until my new book, Green Political Economy, is published by @politybooks.bsky.social. Available in paperback, hardback and ebook, you can get it in the UK by late September, and in the US by early December 2026.
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Author copies of the Japanese translation of “Communicative AI” (with @davidgunkel.bsky.social, @politybooks.bsky.social ) arrived! #seidosha
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Many of the doyens of French theory spent time in North Africa and their experiences profoundly shaped their concepts and their ways of thinking. @onurerdur.bsky.social's remarkable book uncovers the colonial roots of French theory. Out today in the UK. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Onur Erdur @onurerdur.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
It’s UK publication day! Today my book on the colonial roots of French theory is officially out with @politybooks.bsky.social. Thanks for the wonderful blurbs from @stuartelden.bsky.social, @juliango.bsky.social, Adam Rosenthal, and Joachim Whaley. (US publication date: October 6th)
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Delighted that Spectacles of Waste is now available in Korean, translated by Jongsik Yi and Jungha Hwang. No idea how they coped with the puns and wordplay. @politybooks.bsky.social #STS @aussts.bsky.social @sydsts.bsky.social
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배설 스펙터클 | 워릭 앤더슨
“우리는 결코 근대이었던 적이 없다. 왜냐하면 똥으로부터 자유로웠던 적이 단 한 번도 없기 때문이다.” 향기롭고 위생적인 삶을 영위하고자 애쓰는 우리 모두를 따라다니는 으스스한 그림자, 똥에 주목하는 책이 ...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In a time of growing despair about the fate of our planet, the environmental movement known as Earth Uprisings has emerged as a beacon of hope. Get 25% off 'First Tremors' when you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER26. Valid until 24th July www.waterstones.com/book/first-t...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
What can we do in the face of the growing power of tech giants that are colonizing statehood? Get 25% off 'Beyond Technofeudalism' by Cédric Durand when you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER26. Valid until 24th July. www.waterstones.com/book/beyond-...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Peter C. Perdue examines how the Qing dynasty expanded to occupy a vast territory and then endured for centuries. Get 25% off when you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER26. Valid until 24th July. www.waterstones.com/book/the-qin...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The internet could have been a global brain, an end to monopoly capitalism, a liberation of free speech. Get 25% off 'The Internet We Could Have Had' by Christopher M. Kelty when you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER26 Valid until tomorrow www.waterstones.com/book/the-int...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Get 25% off 'Voices of the Enslaved' by Karwan Fatah-Black and Camilla de Koningwhen you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER26. Valid until 24th July. www.waterstones.com/book/voices-...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Can we save Britain by reviving the ideal of a property-owning democracy? Get 25% off when you pre-order James Vitali's The Ownership Society from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER26. Valid until 24th July. www.waterstones.com/book/the-own...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Get 25% off Reindustrialise Britain by Costas Lapavitsas, Larry Elliott and Doug Nicholls when you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER26. www.waterstones.com/book/reindus...
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Jenn Stroud Rossmann @jenn-rossmann.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What stories do our technologies tell about us, and what other stories and tech are possible? In my new book from @politybooks.bsky.social I'm all about chasing down WHAT IFs and THEN WHATs, interrogating the history of technology in order to envision many possible futures.
The cover of Jenn Rossmann's new book WORLDBUILDING features an imagined planet made from folded paper.
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
At its peak, the British Empire governed a quarter of the world's land area and population. Leigh Gardner and Tirthankar Roy offer a rich economic history of the British Empire. Get 25% off when you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER26. www.waterstones.com/book/the-bri...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Get 25% off Teutocapitalism by Philip Robinson Rossner when you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER26. www.waterstones.com/book/teutoca...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Get 25% off when you pre-order the paperback edition of Susanna Rustin's 'Sexed' from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER26. Valid until 24th July. www.waterstones.com/book/sexed/s...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Get 25% off 'Israel and the Lure of History' by Gerard Araud when you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER26. Valid until the 24th July. www.waterstones.com/book/israel-...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"Mr. Vague, a former secretary of banking and securities for the state of Pennsylvania, writes with an expert’s assurance on the financial history of the era.” - @wsj.com review ‘The Banker Who Made America’ by Richard Vague www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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‘The Banker Who Made America’ Review: A Willing Servant
American revolutionaries knew a national bank was vital to freedom. Thomas Willing was the obvious choice to run it.
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
How do we engage with data as a cultural material, medium of participation and site of politics? Missing #LondonDataWeek already? Don't worry, you didn't miss 30% off Jonathan W. Y. Gray's 'Public Data Cultures'. Code PDC30 - valid until 31/07 politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... @jwyg.bsky.social
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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
how to critically and creatively engage with data as cultural material, medium of participation and site of politics? what can we learn from critical approaches to public data practices? @politybooks.bsky.social are giving a 30% discount on public data cultures for #LondonDataWeek. ✨📗🌌🌱 #LDW26
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"Schake’s superb historical overview demonstrates the resiliency of America’s civil-military structure throughout the history of the republic. In that, there is hope for the future.” —Claremont Review of Books review The State and the Soldier by Kori Schake claremontreviewofbooks.com/officers-and...
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Officers and Gentlemen - Claremont Review of Books
Officers and Gentlemen
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Paul Kelly @pjthinker.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Just submitted final proofs of my piece on John Gray and Post-liberalism for @politicalquarterly.bsky.social should be out soon … @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The heatwave sweeping Europe has us thinking about Nikolaj Schultz's 'Land Sickness'. Set during a heatwave in Paris and based on Nikolaj Schultz's own experiences, this fictionalized travelogue and inquiry into the climate crisis is becoming more relevant with every passing year.
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Is capitalist democracy ill-equipped to tackle climate change? As a heatwave sweeps across Europe, Jens Beckert is on the @prospectmagazine.co.uk to discuss his book How We Sold Our Future: The Failure to Fight Climate Change. Listen here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...
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Jens Beckert: Democracy won’t beat climate change
From profit maximisation to short term limits, is capitalist modernity equipped to tackle climate change?
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Gray Matthews @grayhiker.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Wonderful book. Wonderful, too, to simply consider one’s own tonality in thinking as a living being. More to come...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Every passing day in today’s world reminds us that imperialism is constantly renewing itself (did you say rare earths? Greenland? cobalt? Congo?)." Read Denis Cogneau's piece for our blog: www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/...
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Empire on the cheap, decolonisation to complete - Polity
by Denis Cogneau Every passing day in today’s world reminds us that imperialism is constantly renewing itself (did you say rare earths? Greenland? cobalt? Congo?). It also reminds us that North–...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
'June 12 marks 59 years since the US Supreme Court decided the ban on interracial marriage was illegal. Mixed and multiracial families across the country often celebrate this date as “Loving Day"' Read hephzibah strmic-pawl's blog post for us: www.politybooks.com/... #LovingDay
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
“…an accessible treatment that simplifies Big Ideas without being simplistic. Chris Coyne and Abby Hall have delivered.” @theceme.bsky.social review Austrian Economics: An Introduction by Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall. theceme.org/book_review/...
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‘Austrian Economics: An Introduction’ by Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall - Centre for Enterprise Markets and Ethics | CEME
Caleb S. Fuller reviews an elegant introduction to Austrian economics with a clarity of prose that does credit to the important ideas it contains.
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Huge congratulations to @madianou.bsky.social, whose brilliant book 'Technocolonialism: When Technology for Good is Harmfu'l has won both the 2026 International Communication Association Outstanding Book Award and the 2026 Philosophy, Theory and Critique (PTC-ICA) Book Award!
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“Our world runs on platforms.” 'Platforms: A Critical Introduction' shows how platforms structure modern life, from communication to commerce and labour. A new book from @silvertje.bsky.social and @fvandervlist.bsky.social is out today in the UK. See more: politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
As wooden piles under Amsterdam begin to rot, water levels rise in Venice. Compaction of peat soil in England is causing Hadrian's Wall to collapse. The climate crisis is threatening historical heritage. 'The Future of the Past' addresses this urgent issue. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
David Rutledge interviewed me about 'Spectacles of Waste' for ABC RN's Philosophers' Zone - now available as podcast. Also broadcast on RN this weekend. Trying to recall the book was like prepping for an exam. Hope I passed! @politybooks.bsky.social #histmed #histstm #sts @austhistassoc.bsky.social
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Purity, filth and 'promiscuous defecators': why we're weird about poo - ABC listen
Why are we so repelled yet fascinated by bodily waste? Today we're talking purity, pollution, colonial sanitation regimes, medicine and public health, and how they've been shaped by our deeply ambival...
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“a vital work. It is a book that reminds us that while the past may be another country, the present bears its contours.” - @historytoday.com review 'The German-Russian Century: History of a Tangled Relationship' by Stefan Creuzberger Read more: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
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‘The German-Russian Century’ by Stefan Creuzberger review
From Rapallo to the Zeitenwende, The German-Russian Century: History of a Tangled Relationship by Stefan Creuzberger discovers the dynamic that defines Europe.
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A concise conceptual summary of the key elements of #capitalism and how these operate in the #media and #tech landscapes. Des Freedman’s ‘Capitalism and the Media’ is out now in the UK @desfreedman.bsky.social See more: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Anne Helmond @silvertje.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
🎉 We just received our author copies of Platforms: A Critical Introduction! Out 5 June in Europe (August in the US) with @politybooks.bsky.social, but already available to order with 30% off using code HVD30: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... w/@fvandervlist.bsky.social
New book – Platforms: A Critical Introduction
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Laurent de Sutter @laurentdesutter.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Next book to be published in my @politybooks.bsky.social series, #TheoryRedux: #AlexTaekGwangLee Weak Technologies. Stay tuned.
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Read an interview with Ulrich Brand, author of Capitalism at the Limit, in @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
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Interview with Ulrich Brand – “An eco-socialist strategy questions the power of capital” - LSE Review of Books
Zeynep Öztürk interviews Ulrich Brand, co-author of Capitalism at the Limit, about the intertwinement of the socio-ecological crisis & the capitalist system.
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LSE Review of Books @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
NEW INTERVIEW: Capitalism at the Limit by @ulrichbrand.bsky.social & Markus Wissen @univie.ac.at @politybooks.bsky.social explores the deepening socio-ecological crisis's entanglement with the capitalist mode of production and consumption, & alternative futures. Zeynep Öztürk spoke to Ulrich Brand.
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Interview with Ulrich Brand – “An eco-socialist strategy questions the power of capital” - LSE Review of Books
Zeynep Öztürk interviews Ulrich Brand, co-author of Capitalism at the Limit, about the intertwinement of the socio-ecological crisis & the capitalist system.
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Major environmental problems threaten our planet and evoke within us a need to do something, no matter how small, to slow the damage. But what should we do?
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Laurent de Sutter @laurentdesutter.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Next week, I'll present my book "Superweak" (out with @politybooks.bsky.social ) at the Centre for Critical Thought at Kent Law School. #PhilippKender and @jessicaelias.bsky.social will be my discussants. Looking forward to this. Thanks at #GianGiacomoFusco for the invite.
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Why drug pricing is really about power. Read an interview with Tahir Amin, one of the authors of 'Pharma Monopoly', in Forbes. forbes.com/sites/aishan...
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A Former IP Attorney On Why Drug Pricing Is Really About Power
Pharmaceutical monopolies, patent law, and global health access shaping drug pricing, power, and inequities in the U.S. and worldwide.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
📢 Next week in Cambridge, Federico Varese will talk about his latest book 'Russia in Four Criminals' (@politybooks.bsky.social) in discussion with journalist @michelawrong.bsky.social hosted by @cambcriminology.bsky.social Info and registration ⤵️
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