Alyssa Battistoni
@alybatt.bsky.social
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political theory @BarnardCollege: climate, Marxism, feminism. A Planet to Win at Verso; Free Gifts out now at Princeton UP https://tinyurl.com/fa8868a5 www.alyssabattistoni.com
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blmckean.bsky.social
Extremely excited to be welcoming @alybatt.bsky.social to Ohio State University next Friday afternoon! Please join us for this conversation about her wonderful new book _Free Gifts_ - we’ll be discussing climate change, value theory, social reproduction, existentialism, and much, much more.
Free Gifts
Capitalism and the Politics of Nature
CLIMATE AND CAPITALISM:
A CONVERSATION WITH ALYSSA
BATTISTONI
on her new book
Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature
Friday, Oct. 3, 4-6 p.m.
Hagerty Hall 050
Please join us for a conversation with Alyssa Battistoni, assistant professor of political science at Barnard College, about her new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. In Free Gifts, Battistoni explores capitalism's persistent failure to value nature, arguing that the key question is not the moral issue of why some kinds of nature shouldn't be commodified, but the economic puzzle of why they haven't been. To understand contemporary ecological problems from biodiversity collapse to climate change, she contends, we have to understand how some things come to have value under capitalism-and how others do not. Battistoni's book is a major new work of environmental thinking that offers new perspectives on everything from the politics of existentialism to the Wages for Housework campaign.
Sponsored by the Umwelt Center for Germanic Studies & Environmental Humanities, the Political Theory Workshop, and the Environmental History Initiative.
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asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social
Looking forward to discussing this next week with @alybatt.bsky.social !
Mon 15 Sep 2025 7PM BST / 2PM ET / 11AM PT
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princetonupress.bsky.social
Tomorrow (September 4) at 7pm EST, be part of this in-person @nplusonemag.com event where @alybatt.bsky.social will be in-conversation with senior editor Colin Vanderburg to discuss her new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. RSVP here:
Alyssa Battistoni in conversation
On Thursday, September 4, join n+1 for a conversation with Alyssa Battistoni about her new book, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.
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princetonupress.bsky.social
On Thursday, September 4 at 7pm (EST), be part of this in-person @nplusonemag.com event where @alybatt.bsky.social will be in-conversation with senior editor Colin Vanderburg to discuss her new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. RSVP here:
Alyssa Battistoni in conversation
On Thursday, September 4, join n+1 for a conversation with Alyssa Battistoni about her new book, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.
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jochenschmon.bsky.social
It was a great pleasure interviewing @alybatt.bsky.social about her new book "Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature" @princetonupress.bsky.social for @jhideas.bsky.social: “Class rule consists in the power to produce the environment itself"
jhideas.bsky.social
Alyssa Battistoni discusses her book, Free Gifts, a value-theoretical study of capitalism's appropriation of nature, with Jochen Schmon. They cover the "new materialism," reproductive labor, existentialism, and activism.
@alybatt.bsky.social, @jochenschmon.bsky.social, @princetonupress.bsky.social
The Production of Nature: An Interview with Alyssa Battistoni
by Jochen Schmon
www.jhiblog.org
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jhideas.bsky.social
Alyssa Battistoni discusses her book, Free Gifts, a value-theoretical study of capitalism's appropriation of nature, with Jochen Schmon. They cover the "new materialism," reproductive labor, existentialism, and activism.
@alybatt.bsky.social, @jochenschmon.bsky.social, @princetonupress.bsky.social
The Production of Nature: An Interview with Alyssa Battistoni
by Jochen Schmon
www.jhiblog.org
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aldasky.bsky.social
I'm so excited to talk to @alybatt.bsky.social about her *brilliant* new book, Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature.

Next Tuesday in SF, at Book Passage! Come through 📚💚

www.bookpassage.com/event/alyssa...
Alyssa Battistoni with Daniel Aldana Cohen - Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature (Ferry Building Event)
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newleftreview.bsky.social
NLR 153 is now online.

Featuring Zhang Yongle, Roberto Schwarz, Alyssa Battistoni, Aaron Benanav, Michael Burawoy and Michael Lieven.

newleftreview.org/issues/ii153

Subscribe now!
alybatt.bsky.social
thank you! you're featured in the excerpt ;)
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mkonings.bsky.social
"Debates about the value of nature, in other words, are never simply about ethics or “the environment.” They are also, always, debates about what we produce and why; about who decides, and toward what ends." by @alybatt.bsky.social
www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
The Value of Nature - Dissent Magazine
Why have some gifts of nature remained free?
www.dissentmagazine.org
alybatt.bsky.social
thanks Lukas! definitely think everyone should read the book
alybatt.bsky.social
thanks Ben! also thought those points of convergence & departure across reviews were interesting and glad we're in agreement ;)