
Notes on Social Theory: Histories of the Crisis of Democracy
A take on the “crisis of democracy” literature and related essays.
A take on the “crisis of democracy” literature and related essays.
Reviewing Danilo’s brilliant essays and journalism was a fascinating project.
Two books critical of GDP cause me to revisit the trajectory of the “fixing/making-up the economy” literature.
A review of Sven-Eric Liedman’s substantial new biography in the FT.
Reading the politics of the eurozone crisis through the Birmingham school.
Musical labour in the 19th century.
From Mensch to Man: How did gendered language get inserted into one of the most cherished passages of Marx’s writing?
Exploring Perry Anderson’s intellectual workshop.
Reviewing Anderson on Hegemony in the FT.
Do the stresses of globalization, the “left behind white working-class” or racism and authoritarianism explain the surge in support for right-wing populism? Can we escape an intellectual impasse? Back to Gramsci and Sartre?
Recommending an excellent theoretical blogpost by the formidable Richard Seymour on how to think about social movements in relational and processual terms.
Alternatives to Mass Production. A critique of Sabel and Zeitlin’s classic work. How economics, politics and technology shape modes of production.
Bruno Latour on Trump: “Good, we have now been warned, so that we might avoid being so surprised moving forward. Indeed, our incapacity to foresee
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