“Power and Freedom in the Space of Reasons : Elaborating Foucault’s Pragmatism” Tuomo Tiisala taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/… or

Recent UK riots as "a primitive persecutory phantasy, shaped by the UK’s colonial history and by its entrenched material disparities". New perspective from Nadine El-Enany on Sidecar New Left Review newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

"During this voyage, I discovered that for my whole life I had been told a lie, namely, that we are the only rational species. But every species has its own rationality; the problem is to understand it, and this takes time.” Sebastiao Salgado, From my Land to the Planet, p.11

This looks like a great event featuring the wonderful Tim Kendall

James Lovelock and Dian Hitchcock. Very important article from jonathanwatts: theguardian.com/environment/ar… Sébastien Dutreuil

New edition of Simondon's great book.

"The Emmanuel Falque Reader: Key Writings in Phenomenology and Continental Philosophy of Religion" ed. Nikolaas Cassidy-Deketelaere bloomsbury.com/uk/emmanuel-fa…

Looks great:

"A Darker Turn in German Politics" Loren Balhorn newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/… New Left Review

Congratulations to ⁦William Dalrymple⁩ whose magnificent The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World is published today. The depth & range of knowledge is extraordinary; the story told is revelatory. An immense achievement by a truly brilliant historian.

Out now: a new LRB audiobook, 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳: 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘻𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘦 by Jonathan Rée, exploring the lives of some of the most influential thinkers of the past four hundred years. Listen to the first chapter on the pod: lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-v…

This looks great, and much needed.

"Virtue Capitalists: The Rise and Fall of the Professional Class in the Anglophone World, 1870–2008" Hannah Forsyth cambridge.org/gb/universityp… Hannah Forsyth she/her 🍉