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Bernd Roeck’s The World at First Light argues that the Renaissance was a long, multi-century, globally connected transformation driven by media, exchange, and accumulated cultural change—not a sudden European “rebirth.”
The World at First Light: A New History of the Renaissance|Hardcover
A magisterial history of the Renaissance and the birth of the modern worldThe cultural epoch we know as the Renaissance emerged at a certain time and in a certain place. Why then and not earlier? Why ...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Bernd Roeck’s The World at First Light argues that the Renaissance was a long, multi-century, globally connected transformation driven by media, exchange, and accumulated cultural change—not a sudden European “rebirth.”
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age (Dipesh Chakrabarty, 2021) argues that climate change forces us to rethink history beyond human-centered narratives, integrating geological time and planetary processes to reshape ideas of agency, modernity, and responsibility.
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August 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age (Dipesh Chakrabarty, 2021) argues that climate change forces us to rethink history beyond human-centered narratives, integrating geological time and planetary processes to reshape ideas of agency, modernity, and responsibility.
In States of the Earth, @mohamedamermeziane.bsky.social argues that secularization is a colonial process that replaced non-European spiritualities, enabling racial capitalism and ecological destruction under the guise of modernity and empire.
The States of the Earth
While industrial states competed to colonize Asia and Africa in the nineteenth century, conversion to Christianity was replaced by a civilizing mission. This new secular impetus strode hand in hand wi...
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July 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In States of the Earth, @mohamedamermeziane.bsky.social argues that secularization is a colonial process that replaced non-European spiritualities, enabling racial capitalism and ecological destruction under the guise of modernity and empire.
The main argument of AI Snake Oil by @randomwalker.bsky.social is that many AI applications—especially in hiring, policing, and education—are overhyped and ineffective, lacking scientific validity and transparency, and often fail to deliver on their claimed societal benefits.
AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference
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July 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The main argument of AI Snake Oil by @randomwalker.bsky.social is that many AI applications—especially in hiring, policing, and education—are overhyped and ineffective, lacking scientific validity and transparency, and often fail to deliver on their claimed societal benefits.
The Spell of the Sensuous (1996) by David Abram explores how human perception is deeply rooted in the natural world. Drawing on phenomenology and indigenous wisdom, Abram argues that language and sensory experience shape our relationship with the more-than-human world.
The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram: 9780679776390 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Winner of the International Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction Animal tracks, word magic, the speech of stones, the power of letters, and the taste of the wind all figure prominently...
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July 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Spell of the Sensuous (1996) by David Abram explores how human perception is deeply rooted in the natural world. Drawing on phenomenology and indigenous wisdom, Abram argues that language and sensory experience shape our relationship with the more-than-human world.
In Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late Capitalism, @annakornbluh.bsky.social argues that today’s fast, immersive, anti-reflective culture mirrors capitalism’s focus on circulation over production, eroding mediation and critical thought.
Immediacy by Anna Kornbluh: 9781804291344 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Why speed, flow, and direct expression now dominate cultural style Contemporary cultural style boosts transparency and instantaneity. These are values absorbed from our current economic conditions of...
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June 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late Capitalism, @annakornbluh.bsky.social argues that today’s fast, immersive, anti-reflective culture mirrors capitalism’s focus on circulation over production, eroding mediation and critical thought.
The Eurasian Century by Hal Brands argues that control over Eurasia has been central to global power—spanning hot and cold wars—and that pivotal 20th‑century events (from WWII to the Cold War) were driven by rivalries for dominance across this strategic supercontinent.
The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World 1st edition | 9781324036944, 9781324036951 | VitalSource
The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World 1st Edition is written by Hal Brands and published by W. W. Norton & Company. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Eura...
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June 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The Eurasian Century by Hal Brands argues that control over Eurasia has been central to global power—spanning hot and cold wars—and that pivotal 20th‑century events (from WWII to the Cold War) were driven by rivalries for dominance across this strategic supercontinent.
Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers argues that today’s inflation isn’t just about overheated demand—it’s driven by supply shocks, climate, and geopolitics. @mkblyth.bsky.social and @nfraccaroli.bsky.social urge a rethink of old inflation cures that often hurt the vulnerable most.
Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers|Hardcover
"An essential dose of clear thinking on one of the most contentious issues in economic policy." —Adam Tooze A fresh, revealing, and myth-busting guide to the ins and outs of inflation from two l...
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June 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers argues that today’s inflation isn’t just about overheated demand—it’s driven by supply shocks, climate, and geopolitics. @mkblyth.bsky.social and @nfraccaroli.bsky.social urge a rethink of old inflation cures that often hurt the vulnerable most.
In Crashed, @adamtooze.bsky.social argues that the 2008 financial crisis triggered a global chain reaction—reshaping geopolitics, fueling populism, and exposing the fragility of the international financial system dominated by U.S. dollar-based interdependence.
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
From a prize-winning economic historian comes an eye-opening reinterpretation of the 2008 economic crisis (and its 10-year aftermath) as a global event that directly led to the shockwaves being felt a...
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June 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
In Crashed, @adamtooze.bsky.social argues that the 2008 financial crisis triggered a global chain reaction—reshaping geopolitics, fueling populism, and exposing the fragility of the international financial system dominated by U.S. dollar-based interdependence.
In The Master’s Tools Michael A. McCarthy argues that finance has captured politics, hollowing democracy. He calls for democratizing financial institutions—using sortition and deliberation—to fund green transition, housing, and public goods, shifting power to working‑class and excluded communities.
The Master's Tools
Why is democracy so broken and how might it be fixed? In The Master's Tools, award-winning author Michael A. McCarthy argues the answer can be found in the flows of credit and investment bound up with...
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June 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In The Master’s Tools Michael A. McCarthy argues that finance has captured politics, hollowing democracy. He calls for democratizing financial institutions—using sortition and deliberation—to fund green transition, housing, and public goods, shifting power to working‑class and excluded communities.
In The Age of Choice: A History of Free Will, Sophia Rosenfeld argues that the modern ideal of personal choice, central to democracy and individual freedom, has always been contested. She traces its history, showing how politics, philosophy, and science have shaped and challenged it.
The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life|Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA sweeping history of the rise of personal choice in the modern world and how it became equated with freedomChoice touches virtually every aspect of o...
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March 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In The Age of Choice: A History of Free Will, Sophia Rosenfeld argues that the modern ideal of personal choice, central to democracy and individual freedom, has always been contested. She traces its history, showing how politics, philosophy, and science have shaped and challenged it.
Kari Marie Norgaard argues in Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People that settler colonialism disrupted the Karuk Tribe’s traditional ecological practices, leading to environmental decline and social harm. She highlights the deep ties between Indigenous knowledge, cultural survival and ecological health.
Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People - Rutgers University Press
Finalist for the 2020 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems Since time before memory, large numbers of salmon have made the...
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March 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Kari Marie Norgaard argues in Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People that settler colonialism disrupted the Karuk Tribe’s traditional ecological practices, leading to environmental decline and social harm. She highlights the deep ties between Indigenous knowledge, cultural survival and ecological health.
In Marxist Modernism (1984), Gillian Rose critiques Marxist and structuralist readings of modernism, arguing that they fail to engage with Hegelian dialectics. She contends that modernist thought reflects capitalism’s contradictions but remains trapped, unable to envision true social transformation.
Marxist Modernism by Gillian Rose: 9781804290118 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Lectures on art, Marxism, and critical theory by the legendary philosopher, collected for the first time, with an afterword by Martin Jay Marxist Modernism is a comprehensive yet concise and conversa...
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March 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In Marxist Modernism (1984), Gillian Rose critiques Marxist and structuralist readings of modernism, arguing that they fail to engage with Hegelian dialectics. She contends that modernist thought reflects capitalism’s contradictions but remains trapped, unable to envision true social transformation.
Humans: A Monstrous History by @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social argues that societies have long used monsters to define the boundaries of humanity, reinforcing hierarchies of race, gender, and power. By tracing these constructs, she reveals how myths of monstrosity shape discrimination across history.
Humans by Surekha Davies - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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March 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Humans: A Monstrous History by @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social argues that societies have long used monsters to define the boundaries of humanity, reinforcing hierarchies of race, gender, and power. By tracing these constructs, she reveals how myths of monstrosity shape discrimination across history.
In Outraged, @kurtjgray.bsky.social argues that moral outrage isn’t just irrational emotion—it plays a key role in enforcing norms, uniting groups, and driving change. However, it can also be exploited or misdirected, fueling division and performative activism.
Outraged by Kurt Gray: 9780593317433 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ BOOK • A groundbreaking new perspective on the moral mind that rewrites our understanding of where moral judgments come from, and how we can overcome the feelings...
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February 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In Outraged, @kurtjgray.bsky.social argues that moral outrage isn’t just irrational emotion—it plays a key role in enforcing norms, uniting groups, and driving change. However, it can also be exploited or misdirected, fueling division and performative activism.
@mikesavagelse.bsky.social's The Return of Inequality argues that historical inequalities shape modern society, challenging the idea that capitalism naturally reduces inequality. Using historical and quantitative data, he shows how wealth persist across generations, deepening disparities.
The Return of Inequality — Harvard University Press
A pioneering book that takes us beyond economic debate to show how inequality is returning us to a past dominated by empires, dynastic elites, and ethnic divisions.The economic facts of inequality are...
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February 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
@mikesavagelse.bsky.social's The Return of Inequality argues that historical inequalities shape modern society, challenging the idea that capitalism naturally reduces inequality. Using historical and quantitative data, he shows how wealth persist across generations, deepening disparities.
In Nationalism: A World History @ericstorm.bsky.social argues that nationalism is an evolving ideology shaped by historical, cultural, and technological forces. He examines its role in forming nation-states, influencing politics and society, making it both a source of unity and division worldwide.
Nationalism: A World History|Hardcover
A global perspective on the nature and evolution of nationalism, from the early modern era to the presentThe current rise of nationalism across the globe is a reminder that we are not, after all, livi...
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February 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In Nationalism: A World History @ericstorm.bsky.social argues that nationalism is an evolving ideology shaped by historical, cultural, and technological forces. He examines its role in forming nation-states, influencing politics and society, making it both a source of unity and division worldwide.
Peter Burke's Ignorance: A Global History explores how societies create, sustain, and exploit ignorance. He examines historical examples of suppressed knowledge, blind spots in science, and political misinformation, showing how ignorance shapes culture, power, and decision-making worldwide.
Ignorance
"A fascinating catalogue of the conditions and agency of ignorance"—Jeffrey Collins, Times Literary Supplement "A declaration of love for education"—Stef...
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February 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Peter Burke's Ignorance: A Global History explores how societies create, sustain, and exploit ignorance. He examines historical examples of suppressed knowledge, blind spots in science, and political misinformation, showing how ignorance shapes culture, power, and decision-making worldwide.
Annette Kehnel's The Green Ages argues that medieval societies practiced sustainable living through commons-based resource management, local economies, and social cooperation. By revisiting these historical models, we can find solutions for modern environmental and social challenges.
The Green Ages
In this fascinating meld of history and ecological economics, the author uncovers the medieval precedents for modern concepts of sustainable living. Communities that operated...
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February 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Annette Kehnel's The Green Ages argues that medieval societies practiced sustainable living through commons-based resource management, local economies, and social cooperation. By revisiting these historical models, we can find solutions for modern environmental and social challenges.
The Long History of the Future by @njkobie.bsky.social argues that many promised futuristic technologies—flying cars, robots, and smart cities—fail to materialize due to historical, economic, and technical challenges. She explores why these innovations remain stuck in the realm of speculation.
The Long History of the Future
We love to imagine the future. But why are groundbreaking future technologies always just around the corner, and never a reality?For decades we've delighted in…
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February 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The Long History of the Future by @njkobie.bsky.social argues that many promised futuristic technologies—flying cars, robots, and smart cities—fail to materialize due to historical, economic, and technical challenges. She explores why these innovations remain stuck in the realm of speculation.
The Hidden Globe by @atossaaraxia.bsky.social argues that the ultra-wealthy manipulate global systems—using tax havens, special zones, and loopholes—to create parallel worlds that serve their interests while evading laws, taxes, and accountability, deepening inequality and undermining democracy.
The Hidden Globe by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian: 9780593329856 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 5 BOOKS OF 2024 ON CBS SUNDAY MORNING ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2024 A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “Vivid, revelatory, and politically unpredictable…What...
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February 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The Hidden Globe by @atossaaraxia.bsky.social argues that the ultra-wealthy manipulate global systems—using tax havens, special zones, and loopholes—to create parallel worlds that serve their interests while evading laws, taxes, and accountability, deepening inequality and undermining democracy.
Disaster Nationalism by @leninology.bsky.social argues that crises— climate disasters, economic shocks—are exploited by nationalist forces to strengthen state power, scapegoat outsiders, and entrench capitalist interests. He critiques neoliberalism and advocates ecosocialism as an alternative.
Disaster Nationalism
The rise of the new far right has left the world grappling with a profound misunderstanding. While the spotlight often shines on the actions of charismatic leaders such as Donald Trump and Jair Bolson...
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February 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Disaster Nationalism by @leninology.bsky.social argues that crises— climate disasters, economic shocks—are exploited by nationalist forces to strengthen state power, scapegoat outsiders, and entrench capitalist interests. He critiques neoliberalism and advocates ecosocialism as an alternative.
In Living on Earth, @petergs.bsky.social argues that life doesn't just adapt to Earth—it actively shapes it. From forests to coral reefs, organisms transform their environments, influencing evolution and planetary systems. He explores how consciousness and agency emerge through these interactions.
Living on Earth
One of the Washington Post's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet....
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February 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In Living on Earth, @petergs.bsky.social argues that life doesn't just adapt to Earth—it actively shapes it. From forests to coral reefs, organisms transform their environments, influencing evolution and planetary systems. He explores how consciousness and agency emerge through these interactions.
@brunoleipold.com's Citizen Marx argues that Karl Marx's thought was deeply influenced by republicanism. Marx saw true freedom as the absence of arbitrary power and believed democracy was key to overcoming capitalism’s social domination, advocating for popular sovereignty and state transformation.
Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx's Social and Political Thought | Seminary Co-op Bookstores
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February 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@brunoleipold.com's Citizen Marx argues that Karl Marx's thought was deeply influenced by republicanism. Marx saw true freedom as the absence of arbitrary power and believed democracy was key to overcoming capitalism’s social domination, advocating for popular sovereignty and state transformation.
Steven Mithen's "The Language Puzzle" explores the evolution of human language over six million years. It traces the shift from apelike calls to words, emphasizing cognitive and social influences, metaphor's role in abstract thought, and language's impact on culture.
The Language Puzzle
A top scholar reveals the most complete picture to date of how early human speech led to the languages we use today The emergence of language began with...
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January 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Steven Mithen's "The Language Puzzle" explores the evolution of human language over six million years. It traces the shift from apelike calls to words, emphasizing cognitive and social influences, metaphor's role in abstract thought, and language's impact on culture.