Many thanks to Fèlix Badia for engaging with #FearTheBook in this article published in La Vanguardia on the Industrial Revolution, our fears of technology, and more. Profile Books Aitken Alexander

Much has changed since Joseph Ellis published his excellent ‘Founding Brothers’ (2000): “…all alternative forms of political organization appear to be fighting a futile rearguard action against the liberal institutions and ideas first established in the United States…”

My second baby of the summer has been delivered. 🥹 ‘A History of the World in Six Plagues’ will be published on March 2025. I’ll post more about it in the coming months, but you can learn more or pre-order the book through the link in my bio. One Signal Publishers Simon & Schuster

My reflections on freedom, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei and the art market: robertpeckham.substack.com

Glad to be in Time magazine today! The critical conversation about AI focuses on job loss, bias and surveillance - all important! - but we're missing another vital issue #TheLastHumanJob time.com/7010288/when-a…

From pre-Reformation Europe to twenty-first-century China, from the Black Death to contemporary eco-panics, how has fear shaped societies & driven change throughout history? Robert Peckham examines all this & more in #FeartheBook out in PAPERBACK in 1 month: tinyurl.com/FearPaperback

My column for this week's The Spectator is about the industry of nostalgia that's booming in China. Shops called 'Childhood Memories', villages that purport to be like the 70s, even tourism to North Korea. Why do so many Chinese miss a poorer era? spectator.co.uk/article/why-ch…

⁦Controlling the past to control the present: Amy Hawkins⁩ on why the Communist Party is trying to grab documents housed ⁦Stanford University⁩ ⁦Hoover Institution⁩, with quotes by ⁦Joseph Torigian Frank Dikötter and⁩ yours truly. theguardian.com/world/article/…

‘Breathtakingly wide-ranging ... gripping and beautifully written’. – Simon Schama Robert Peckham’s #FeartheBook paperback is out 12th September! Learn more & preorder here: tinyurl.com/FearPaperback

Sad to learn that the Greek philosopher Christos Yannaras has died. Many years ago, I had the honour of presenting a paper with him at a conference — such a learned and generous interlocutor, who will be greatly missed. kathimerini.gr/society/563187…

Announcing THE DISCOVERY OF OTTOMAN GREECE by Richard Calis! I couldn't put this book down when I first read it, and I'm thrilled to say that it will be published in January 2025 Harvard University Press #coverreveal

If you haven’t had a chance to listen yet my BBC World Service doc Erasing Hong Kong on the ongoing memory wars over the recent & colonial past, where voicing the “wrong interpretation” can lead to trouble, being banned or jail, is still available online - bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

On the Roof - my first book - publishes in the UK today. I've put an awful lot into this project, and it's both wonderful and surreal to finally see it out in the world. You can order a copy here: profilebooks.com/work/on-the-ro…

How has fear been conscripted to serve power, and how can we use that knowledge to avoid being exploited now and in the future? The #Fearthebook paperback by Robert Peckham hits the shelves in two weeks! Pre-order yours: tinyurl.com/FearPaperback

'Peckham’s brilliant survey of fear is both erudite and wide-ranging' A fantastic The Guardian review for Robert Peckham's #Fear 👇 theguardian.com/books/ng-inter…

Uncover how fear has been a pivotal, make-or-break force throughout history, with #Fearthebook by Robert Peckham. Out next Thursday in paperback and available to pre-order now: tinyurl.com/FearPaperback

I very much recommend Robert Peckham's remarkable site on Histories & Futures: robertpeckham.substack.com His texts are surprising and thought-provoking. I particularly enjoyed "Is all great art coincidental?" focusing on Velazquez's Las Meninas. tinyurl.com/4feub6fk

#FearTheBook by Robert Peckham is out in paperback TODAY! Discover an alternative history of the world, through Robert Peckham’s shrewd examination of the role of fear throughout the ages, and across the globe. Learn more & order your copy: tinyurl.com/FearPaperback

A great conversation today with James Hanson on Times Radio about fear as a force in history (interview starts at approx 1 hr 20 mins): thetimes.com/radio/show/202…