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The Language of the Conquerors The Language of the Conquerors, By putting language, writing and printing at the centre of his analysis, Serge Gruzinski develops a fresh perspective on the colonization and conversion of the indigeno...

The Language of the Conquerors: When Amerindians Spoke Latin in Sixteenth-Century Mexico by Serge Gruzinski

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One of the most decisive consequences of the Spanish conquest of the Americas was the alphabetic revolution, which changed the forms of communication in indigenous societies.

By putting language at the centre of his analysis, Serge Gruzinski develops a fresh perspective on colonization.

Immigration by Nancy Foner is out now in the UK.

Drawing on a wealth of research the book makes a powerful case for writing history into the study of contemporary immigration.

What’s new about the immigrant story?

And to what extent have we been there before?

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Rethinking Humanitarianism | The aid sector’s techno-colonialism problem Experts unpack AI and new tech in crises, the fallback on “techno-utopian” solutions, and the risk of “techno-colonialism” and why it matters.

I enjoyed the conversation with @tammam.bsky.social Rana Sweis and Nathaniel Raymond for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social on tech & AI in the aid sector - I spoke about my recent book 'Technocolonialism' out with @politybooks.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... @mediacomgold.bsky.social

📚 Dr Rachel O'Neill's #Seduction: #Men, #Masculinity & Mediated Intimacy @politybooks.bsky.social has been translated into Chinese!

👉 For this edition Dr O’Neill wrote a new preface on the book’s relevance in the #Chinese context with former MSc student Kedi Zhou: book.douban.com/subject/3783...

Inside the belly of the beast - The Tablet The Closing of the Russian Mind: How Putin’s Ideology Took the Nation HostageANDREI KOLESNIKOV(POLITY, 256 PP, £25)TABLET BOOKSHOP PRICE £22.50 • TEL 020 7799

“Writing with both trenchancy and humour, but above all with a fervent and much needed moral clarity, Kolesnikov examines the deep and ancient roots of [Putin’s] ideology,”
- @thetablet.bsky.social review Andrei Kolesnikov's 'The Closing of the Russian Mind'.

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BOOK TALK: Superweak: Thinking in the 21st Century: Laurent de Sutter in conversation with Alfie Bown Using the stealth capacities of hermeneutic distrust as his weapon of choice, de Sutter’s writing breaks into unrecovered areas of subtle teachings, shedding light on philosophemes gleaned from Ari…

London visitors and locals, don't miss @laurentdesutter.bsky.social discussing his book Superweak: Thinking in the 21st Century, in conversation with fellow polity author, Alfie Bown.

Tuesday March 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

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Understanding Trans Lives Raewyn Connell in conversation with Atlas Torbati and José Loureiro

London visitors and locals, don't miss the chance to see Raewyn Connell discussing her new book Trans Lives, on Tuesday, 17th March at the Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre.
2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

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The performance of power in politics - LSE Review of Books Performing Power by Marcus Morgan develops a comprehensive theory of social performance, showing how it shapes the exercise of power in politics and beyond.

NEW: How important is the art of performance to gaining political power?

Performing Power by Marcus Morgan @bristoluni.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social develops a comprehensive theory of social performance, showing how it shapes the exercise of power in politics.

Review by Milica Resanovic 👇

BOOK PRESENTATION: Laurent DE SUTTER (Brussels: The Merode [Philosophy Club], 3 MAR 2026) (image: view from Poelaertplein; source: Wikimedia Commons ) At the occasion of the English translation of Superfaible  (PUF) with Polity ...

BOOK PRESENTATION: Laurent DE SUTTER, Superweak (Brussels: The Merode [Philosophy Club], 3 MAR 2026)

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Written in critical dialogue with AI, 'Prompt Thinking' by Jianwei Xun proposes a radical reconceptualization of what it means to think, create and exist in an era where intelligence itself takes increasingly distributed forms.

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“Prosperity is not about wealth, it’s about health. Care, in all its forms, underpins a vibrant life. Yet in today’s economy, it is undervalued, underpaid and often overlooked.”

Briony Lipton on The Care Economy by @timjackson.org.uk @politybooks.bsky.social

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Prompt Thinking: A Critique of Generative Reason Prompt Thinking: A Critique of Generative Reason, Prompt Thinking explores how artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the nature of thought

Check it out. #JianweiXun is back. His book, #PromptThinking is imminent in my #TheoryRedux series with @politybooks.bsky.social. Very excited.

Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI, Since the emergence of ChatGPT, generative AI has been heralded as a technology poised to revolutionize our world

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How Big Tech Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bombs Until quite recently, many Big Tech firms opposed the militarization of AI, but that now seems like ancient history as they move to sign partnerships with arms companies. The prospect of lavish Pentag...

"Charting AI’s development within its proper economic and geopolitical context...Srnicek’s guide can help us maintain a long-term, realistic perspective of the technology’s likely trajectory.”
@jacobinmag.bsky.social review @nsrnicek.bsky.social's 'Silicon Empires'

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Cover of book - title in very large letters taking up 2/3 of the image, in red and blue, on black background, moving from nearly all red in bottom left to blue in top right. Author name at bottom, almost all red.

Mark Leonard, Surviving Chaos: Geopolitics When the Rules Fail - @politybooks.bsky.social, April 2026
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Marseille 1940: The Flight of Literature Marseille 1940: The Flight of Literature, This intensely compelling book tells the story of an exceptionally daring operation to rescue as many writers, artists and intellectuals under threat from the...

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Rescuing the Refugees | Maurice Samuels After the fall of France many writers and artists fleeing the Nazis ended up in Marseille, desperately seeking a way out of occupied Europe.

"A timely intervention: as governments once again shut borders and attempt to turn us against the foreigners in our midst, it helps us understand... our responsibility to help them.”
@nybooks.com review @uwewittstock.bsky.social's 'Marseille 1940'

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The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet Check out The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet - <p><i>The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet</i> investigates how intelligence-human and artificial-manifests under conditions of secrecy, hostility,...

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How the “dark forest theory” helps us understand the internet Writer and media theorist Bogna Konior connects cosmos and computer by reconsidering our eerily silent universe.

"How does the internet, where communication is compulsive and constant, practically synonymous with all social life as such, fit within the dark forest theory?"

Read an excerpt of The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet by Bogna Konior in @bigthink.com

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Trans people have been thrust into the spotlight in recent years across the world as never before.

In this book, Raewyn Connell, a world-leading sociologist and gender researcher, writes about the lives of trans women and men around the world.

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YouTube video by Hermitix Podcast The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet - Deception, Silence, Intelligence with Bogna Konior

Listen to Bogna Konior discuss her book The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet, on @hermitixpodcast.bsky.social

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YouTube video by Emancipations with Daniel Tutt Critical Theory After Habermas (feat. Philipp Felsch)

Listen to Philipp Felsch discuss the subject of his book The Philosopher, Jürgen Habermas, on the Emancipations podcast:

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The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821 The Banker Who Made America: Thomas Willing and the Rise of the American Financial Aristocracy, 1731-1821, In this book, Richard Vague shows how Willing bankrolled – and in the process saved – the Rev...

Richard Vague's The Banker Who Made America is out today in the UK and comes to the US this Tuesday!

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Thomas Willing was the most powerful figure in early American history that you’ve likely never heard of. He was America’s dominant merchant and banker through the Revolution and the earliest days of the Republic and stood at the very heart of America’s founding financial elite.

"Our brains are not born racist, nor are they biologically hardwired to fear particular groups. But they are good at learning patterns. In a society organized by racial hierarchies, those patterns become embodied with remarkable speed."

Rengin Firat for our blog: www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/...

New book out in May via @politybooks.bsky.social that puts capitalism centre stage for any understanding of media

The dark night of liberalism - The Tablet Be careful what you wish for. A generation ago, it seemed unlikely that academic theology could ever have much influence on politics. Then one form of

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A great discussion of @pjthinker.bsky.social and @mattsleat.bsky.social in @thetablet.bsky.social - perceptive, and challenging. Thanks to Theo Hobson. @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social

PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with Manon Garcia Guest host Kate Kirkpatrick discusses 'Living with Men' with French Philosopher, Manon Garcia.

Oxford visitors and locals, don't miss Manon Garcia, author of 'Living With Men: Reflections on the Pelicot Trial', discussing her book at Blackwell's.

Saturday, Feb 14 from 3 pm to 4 pm GMT

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Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI, Since the emergence of ChatGPT, generative AI has been heralded as a technology poised to revolutionize our world

Nick Srnicek, Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI – @politybooks.bsky.social October 2025 www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...