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Human - Series 1: 3. Last Humans Standing Shocking new insights into the demise of modern humans' sister species, the Neanderthals, Homo sapiens's possible role in their downfall and how it became the last human species on Earth.

You can see Ludovic Slimak, author of the forthcoming book 'The Last Neanderthal: Understanding How Humans Die', on the first episode of BBC's 'Human'.

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Final clip from my interview with Simon Copland about the toxic politics and very real needs of men who fall into "the #manosphere" - and the theory that inspired The Male Complaint, from @politybooks.bsky.social. Follow the 🔗 in bio to subscribe to Strange Exiles 💪 More soon...

#ERSNew🐣🔓Author uses John Solomos’s timely return to the serious question of how to study antiracism at what the Black studies scholar Charisse Burden-Stelly refers to as this ‘time of monsters'. Article by Alana Lentin: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2515252

Antiracism: A Critique Antiracism: A Critique, While there has been a wealth of research and conversation about the role of racism in shaping our social, political and economic structures, antiracism – its highly publicized...

“Antiracism is flailing between attacks on its legitimacy & co-optations. As Solomos argues in his important new book, it is more important than ever to take antiracism seriously as an object of study.”
Alana Lentin reviews @ersjournal.com ‬ @baggieyiannis.bsky.social’s ↓ tinyurl.com/msu8yuz7

Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries Migration as Economic Imperialism: How International Labour Mobility Undermines Economic Development in Poor Countries, For several decades, wealthy states, international development agencies and mult...

“With up-to-date statistics, analytic rigour, and a detailed narrative, Ness offers a compelling account of contemporary migration that can grasp both its breadth and its depth as phenomenon.”
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Growing techlash has the potential to spill into violent extremism. Connecting insurrectionary anarchists, eco-extremists, and eco-fascists, our book of the week charts the contradictory emergence of "anti-tech extremism."

By @maurolubrano.bsky.social on @politybooks.bsky.social

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Pizza has conquered the world: from Brussels to LA, from Beijing to Buenos Aires. How did pizza rise from its humble origins to become the world's best-loved food?

Get 25% off when you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social with code SUMMER25

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Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI, Looking beyond the flurry of rapid changes in artificial intelligence, Silicon Empires uncovers the deep economic forces guiding the expansion of AI

Nick Srnicek, Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI - @politybooks.bsky.social, October 2025
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The Precarious Migrant Worker: Around the World A collection of talks, media appearances and articles by Interregnum's Panos Theodoropoulos that relate to the publication of The Precarious Migrant Worker: The Socialization of Precarity (Polity Pres...

A collection of talks, media appearances and articles by Interregnum's Panos Theodoropoulos that relate to the publication of The Precarious Migrant Worker: The Socialization of Precarity (Polity Press, 2025).

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“In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children.” With these words, women fell into a world that saw them as cursed. They are still falling.

Through inspiring stories, 𝐸𝑣𝑒’𝑠 𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 by Suzannah Weiss charts paths from pain to pleasure so that you can walk your own.
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Last night at Verdurin, launching Philip Cunliffe's The National Interest.
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The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships, Engagingly written, and rich with real-world examples, The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships is a crucial resource for students, researchers, a...

The book is out in November with @politybooks.bsky.social - find out more here: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

The risk of engaging with the #manosphere? By playing a game of 'both sides' we elevate grifters - instead we should focus on engaging its followers, argues Simon Copland.

Watch the latest Strange Exiles at bit.ly/strangex39. Get Simon's book 'The Male Complaint' from @politybooks.bsky.social

Imperialisms: The International Circulation of Ideas and the Struggle for the Universal Imperialisms: The International Circulation of Ideas and the Struggle for the Universal, While Bourdieu’s work on cultural production, the reproduction of inequality and the rise of the modern state i...

Pierre Bourdieu, Imperialisms: The International Circulation of Ideas and the Struggle for the Universal - trans. Peter Collier, @politybooks.bsky.social, June 2025
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Mark Stoll with his Profit: An Environmental History in Munro's Books, Victoria, BC.

I saw #Profit: An #EnvHist on the shelf of magnificent Munro's Books in Victoria, BC, recently. It's always a pleasure to see one's book "in the wild"!
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Misogyny didn't begin with the manosphere, says Simon Copland. Watch our full conversation about his excellent new book 'The Male Complaint' from @politybooks.bsky.social over at Strange Exiles on Substack 🔗 bit.ly/strangex39

"The ease of online transactions makes them a major driver in the modern consumer economy. The environment, however, pays a steep price."

Read @markstoll.bsky.social's essay in the Montreal Review!

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Episode 39: Simon James Copland - Beyond The Manosphere Author, researcher and academic Simon James Copland discusses his new book, 'The Male Complaint' - a deep dive into the murky politics of the Manosphere

😶‍🌫️ NEW STRANGE EXILES 😶‍🌫️ Simon Copland discusses his new book, 'The Male Complaint' - a deep dive into the murky politics of the Manosphere, how young men are radicalised, and what we can do about it. Watch now.

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Check out my new essay in the Montreal Review! www.themontrealreview.com/Articles/Con....
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City Spotlight: Don’t Go Cover photo credit: Tonika Lewis Johnson; Cover design: David A. GeeImages and excerpts reprinted with permission from Polity Press. Maria Krysan, University of Illinois Chicago Have you ever been …

Getting ready for ASA in Chicago? Maria Krysan asks us to challenge assumptions we may have about Chicago’s south or west sides comurb.org/2025/07/13/c... #ASA2025
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You’ve been digitally dumped — the great ghosting epidemic It is easier than ever to communicate with other people — and to deliberately ignore them. In his book, Ghosting, Dominic Pettman lays down the rules of disengagement

‘It is easier than ever to communicate with other people — and to deliberately ignore them. In his book, Ghosting, Dominic Pettman lays down the rules of disengagement’
- Ceci Browning, The Sunday Times review @dominicpettman.bsky.social's 'Ghosting'.

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Hartmut Rosa's Democracy Needs Religion - Logos Journal Maintaining that our democracy needs religion seems an idea ill-fitted to our times. In the West at least, religion is not faring well. Western Europe is arguably a post-religious society, with many c...

"In these times, when ominous political realities have been compounded by pessimism, it is good to receive a message of hope. Hartmut Rosa is a humane scholar who pushes against conditions that govern our lives and the malaise that has darkened our social horizons’’

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Looking forward very much to reading Scott Frickel and Kelly Moore's new book as well!

Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel on the struggle for equality - LSE Review of Books Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters is a wide-ranging discussion between economist Thomas Piketty and philosopher Michael J. Sandel on ways to think about and achieve real equality.

Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters by #ThomasPiketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social and #MichaelSandel @politybooks.bsky.social.

#Review by @michaelvaughan.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social.

Big news to share: my book West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East is coming out in November 2025 with @politybooks.bsky.social

Proud to read that my book #Narcocapitalism (out with @politybooks.bsky.social) served as an inspiration for this amazing new work from the great @ingridguardiola.bsky.social. Check it out.

The Refusalist International The Refusalist International, The many mass protests that have taken place since 2011 have been characterised by an unmistakable need to challenge, overthrow and destroy the prevailing political repre...

Next book to be published in my series @politybooks.bsky.social. Stay tuned.

Highly recommend! I have already used some of it for teaching, and the students loved it. It does an extraordinary job of connecting dots btwn neoliberalism and modern science/tech. (I assigned the chapter on the university, which was very eye-opening, especially in the current political moment.)

From Scott Frickel and Kelly Moore, @brown-ibes.bsky.social‬ ‪@brownsociology.bsky.social‬ @loyolachicago.bsky.social‬‬‬‬‬