Culture from the Slums, by Jeff Hayton
Based on the flurry of academic titles about it over the last decade, punk has become as common to college curriculums as it is to the Top 40. Why this took so long is baffling.(...)
Ukraine and American Strategy
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues with no end in sight.(...)
Non-things: Upheaval in the Lifeworld, by Byung Chul-Han
When talk of the “information age” first began in the 1960s, it implied optimism. Information is knowledge, of which more is better than less, generally speaking.(...)
Truss and the Trump Legacy
Don’t blame the Tories. She was never fit for office. That’s the standard line.(...)
Philosophy and Sociology, by Theodor Adorno
Looking back from a distance of more than half a century, 1960 appears almost as a period of calm.(...)
Mussolini in Myth and Memory, by Paul Corner
Truss and the Backstop
The Tories believe they’re the most consistent party in British politics.(...)
Hyperculture, by Byung Chul-Han
Korean-German philosopher Byung Chul-Han is the quintessential postmodern figure. Having to come to Germany to study metallurgy, he switched fields and mastered the argot of German philosophy.(...)
Labour and the Forde Report
The Forde Report represents a new stage of the malaise afflicting the Labour Party.(...)
Geographies of Digital Exclusion, by Mark Graham and Martin Dittus
In all but the most prosaic discussions of cartography today, it’s obligatory to mention “On Exactitude in Science.”(...)