The UK’s Recent Riots & Islamophobic Politics
The recent riots across the UK may be considered the first great convulsion in politics since the accession of the new Labour government to power.…
Review: ‘The Fall’ by Henry Reece
Henry Reece’s The Fall: The Last Days of the English Republic points out the way stations whereby British history could have swerved the Restoration…
Climate Rhetoric & the Marketplace of Rationalizations
Our fate hangs on a hot war of words. But influential language hides the shape and scope of the political and resource battles being fought.…
Psychopolitics of AI: From Fetishism to Brutalism
AI is everywhere: from smart home devices to algorithm-driven content recommendation systems; from biometric security measures to online shopping plat…
The Federal Reserve & the White House Don’t See Eye-to-Eye
Our economic situation cannot solely be blamed on the supply and demand repercussions of Covid-19, the Russo-Ukrainian War, China, heightened corporate greed, or the government’s…
Free-Standing Sculptures with Weight and Meaning: A Conversation with David Shields
I love dialogic books and gestures: from Socrates and Plato in The Republic to Rob Bryon and Steve Coogan in The Trip. I’ve read as many of these bo…