Joss Hands
@josshands.bsky.social
Reader in Critical Theory, Newcastle University UK, author of ‘@ is for Activism’ (2011) and ‘Gadget Consciousness’ (2019) (Pluto Press). New book ‘The Public Brain’ (Bloomsbury)
My new book, “The Public Brain: Ideology and the Neuroscientific Turn From the Polis to Platforms”, it’s now available in the UK from Bloomsbury.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
The Public Brain
Joss Hands connects historical understandings of the brain with the histories of politics and democracy to address contemporary concerns about social media, dem…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My new book, “The Public Brain: Ideology and the Neuroscientific Turn From the Polis to Platforms”, it’s now available in the UK from Bloomsbury.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
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My new book, ‘The Public Brain’ has been published in the UK today. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
The Public Brain
Joss Hands connects historical understandings of the brain with the histories of politics and democracy to address contemporary concerns about social media, dem…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My new book, ‘The Public Brain’ has been published in the UK today. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
My new book, ‘The Public Brain’ has been published in the UK today. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
The Public Brain
Joss Hands connects historical understandings of the brain with the histories of politics and democracy to address contemporary concerns about social media, dem…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
My new book, ‘The Public Brain’ has been published in the UK today. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
Reposted by Joss Hands
Finished proof reading ‘The ‘Public Brain’, and it is now available to pre-order on the Bloomsbury website - I think the cover looks great. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
The Public Brain
Joss Hands connects the historic understanding of the brain with the history and politics and the democracy to address the current concerns about social media,…
www.bloomsbury.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Finished proof reading ‘The ‘Public Brain’, and it is now available to pre-order on the Bloomsbury website - I think the cover looks great. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
Finished proof reading ‘The ‘Public Brain’, and it is now available to pre-order on the Bloomsbury website - I think the cover looks great. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
The Public Brain
Joss Hands connects the historic understanding of the brain with the history and politics and the democracy to address the current concerns about social media,…
www.bloomsbury.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Finished proof reading ‘The ‘Public Brain’, and it is now available to pre-order on the Bloomsbury website - I think the cover looks great. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/public-br...
Reposted by Joss Hands
Come down to Newcastle, come up to Newcastle, come across to Newcastle — join the NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION in Newcastle on June 11th. Everyone who thinks HE needs to be supported and accessible to all is welcome! For your agenda's: 11 June, 12-2pm, Newcastle!
June 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Come down to Newcastle, come up to Newcastle, come across to Newcastle — join the NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION in Newcastle on June 11th. Everyone who thinks HE needs to be supported and accessible to all is welcome! For your agenda's: 11 June, 12-2pm, Newcastle!
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Sheffield UCU took part in the Workers Day of Action on Trans Rights from our picket lines today! The UK Trade Union movement stands behind our trans siblings
#tradeunionists4transrights
#tradeunionists4transrights
May 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Sheffield UCU took part in the Workers Day of Action on Trans Rights from our picket lines today! The UK Trade Union movement stands behind our trans siblings
#tradeunionists4transrights
#tradeunionists4transrights
Another day on the picket line at Newcastle Uni today - 18 days of strikes to defend jobs & conditions. I’ve been around the block a few times and this feels exceptionally cruel, with redundancies looming over us since January.
May 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Another day on the picket line at Newcastle Uni today - 18 days of strikes to defend jobs & conditions. I’ve been around the block a few times and this feels exceptionally cruel, with redundancies looming over us since January.
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Trade Unions 4 Trans Rights event this morning @newcastleucu.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Trade Unions 4 Trans Rights event this morning @newcastleucu.bsky.social
The production process of 'The Public Brain' is moving on nicely - copying editing done, cover done (I'm really happy with it and excited to get the book out there in the autumn). It will be coming out under the Bloomsbury Academic imprint, since Bloomsbury have now acquired Rowman and Littlefield.
May 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The production process of 'The Public Brain' is moving on nicely - copying editing done, cover done (I'm really happy with it and excited to get the book out there in the autumn). It will be coming out under the Bloomsbury Academic imprint, since Bloomsbury have now acquired Rowman and Littlefield.
Now moving onto the production phase for my new book, with the full title agreed as “The Public Brain: Ideology and the Neuroscientific Turn from the Polis to Platforms”, next comes the copy editing, likely published in US in October then Jan in UK.
March 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Now moving onto the production phase for my new book, with the full title agreed as “The Public Brain: Ideology and the Neuroscientific Turn from the Polis to Platforms”, next comes the copy editing, likely published in US in October then Jan in UK.
I deleted all my social media quite some time ago, amongst other reasons to try and help me finish a book. Now it’s done I thought I may as well pop my head up and see what’s going on.
February 2, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I deleted all my social media quite some time ago, amongst other reasons to try and help me finish a book. Now it’s done I thought I may as well pop my head up and see what’s going on.