In this episode of The Philosopher, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan discusses WHAT IS WE ( @agendapub.bsky.social ) — examining how the idea of “we” shapes the humanities & social sciences, and why we rarely question how “we” actually works. buff.ly/VJ5ZaJ6 #ThePhilosopher #Philosophy
Deryn's new book on the ethics of work is ace!
“An intellectually serious investigation of our ambivalent attitudes towards work... lays the conceptual groundwork for thinking of work as a space for the play of collective freedom.”
@impractknow.bsky.social on 'Working for Each Other' by Deryn Thomas
Out 5th March
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I wrote a lengthy piece about genocide, geopolitics and international law in the new era, for e-international.bsky.social.
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The SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies event, "Complicit: British Complicity in the Genocide in Gaza", with me and Peter Oborne, is now available on YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7ab...
@nimersultany.bsky.social
📢Just arrived:
Crime, Space and Place
New Geographical Perspectives
by Tim Hall and Richard Yarwood
“Responds incredibly well to student needs... a very welcome addition for courses.” - @qurbanist.bsky.social
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
#criminology #socialgeography
The Uneven Triangle: The US, China, and Russia in the Era of Trump 2.0
On 5 Feb., I'll be joining Bobo Lo and @giuliasciorati.bsky.social at @uclssees.bsky.social to talk about...well, what the title says! Do join us. (Free, but booking required)
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Tomorrow!
Join Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham for a conversation about WHAT IS WE? on Monday, February 2 at 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm UK. Register Today! buff.ly/8ifPtxP @agendapub.bsky.social
Photo of three copies of 'Stupid Rules: Reducing Red Tape and Making Organizations More Effective and Accountable' by Natasha Hamilton-Hart. Image on the cover is a person struggling to escape some red tape.
“Hamilton-Hart deftly uses intuitive concepts from economics, jurisprudence and organizational theory to make a provocative argument for authority, understood as the prudent use of judgement in an environment of accountability.”
@profmdwhite.bsky.social on 'Stupid Rules' which has just arrived!
The Jervis Forum Review 1257
Koen van Zon’s Heralds of a Democratic Europe: Representation without Politicization in the European Community, 1948–68
“tells us much about the roots, results, and remedies of European-level struggles for democratic representation” –Mechthild Roos
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I’ve been interviewed by BBC Radio Ulster about my book The New Age of Genocide: Intellectual and Political Challenges after Gaza. It’s about 20 minutes long and begins at 12.36.
My first interview with any BBC outlet in the last 26 months of genocide!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
“A sharply written and most welcome new contribution on the multiple new genocides of the 21st century... a thoughtful defense of the genocide concept, against those scholars who seek to discard it.”
@magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social on 'The New Age of Genocide' in the Journal of Peace Research.
For your diaries (3 February): join Peter Oborne, Nimer Sultany and me at SOAS to discuss Complicit: British Complicity in the Genocide in Gaza. Register now.
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
“Myers has written a book that demonstrates how, and why, to do postcolonial scholarship... a fresh and accomplished contribution to urban studies literature.”
Professor Mark Davidson on 'Postcolonial Urban Studies' by @garthandrew.bsky.social - out next week.
#PostcolonialStudies #UrbanStudies
On Philosophy - Winter 2026 Free via Zoom - Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except March 2nd is 30 min later, and March 9th is 3pm ET) Jan. 5 - Why Plato Matters Now - Angie Hobbs with Jon Hawkins and Peter West Jan. 12 - Indigenous Redirections in Political Thought - Yann Allard-Tremblay with Leila Ben Abdallah Jan. 19, Feb. 16, - The Philosopher and the News - Alexis Papazoglou and guests Jan. 26 - Love in Time - Fannie Bialek with Isabelle Laurenzi Feb. 2 - What is We? - Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan with Tara Emelye Needham Feb. 9 - On Loneliness - Kaitlyn Creasy with Kate Warlow-Corcoran Feb. 23 - TBC Mar. 2 - Are We Still Human? Günther Anders in the Age of Automation - Christian Dries, Chris Müller and Elke Schwarz with Jacob Blumenfeld Mar. 9 - Philosophy in a New Era of Climate Change - Travis Holloway and Contributors Information and registration at thephilosopher1923.org/events
Announcing: On Philosophy, Winter 2026!!
All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except March 2nd is 30 min later, and March 9th is 3pm ET)
featuring Angie Hobbs, Yann Allard-Tremblay, Fannie Bialek, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Kaitlyn Creasy, and so many more!
#Philosophy #PhilEvents
Photo of a shelf of 27 books pictured spine out. The books were all published by Agenda Publishing in 2025.
We'd like to close 2025 by sending best wishes to all the authors, editors, reviewers, librarians, printers, booksellers, distributors and reps we've worked with this year and to post with pride this 'shelfie' of the books we published together.
More to come in 2026 - so please follow for updates!
How genocide is being ‘normalised’
Mike Phipps reviews The New Age of Genocide, by Martin Shaw, published by Agenda. This book addresses not only the concept of genocide but its return to a central place in world politics. It explores both the West’s failure to prevent genocide, and, in the case…
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Last gig of 2025: giving evidence at London Assembly inquiry on social housing allocations
London is the epicentre of debt-based disqualifications. In 1 month of FOI data, 79% of disqualified HHs in England living in Temporary Accommodation were in London (3,000+ HHs). Nearly 1/2 incl. children.
*new Contesting AI talk* - The AI Matrix: Profits, Politics, and the Struggle Over Our Tech Future
21 Jan, 3pm GMT
Register: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Introducing new book by Regine Paul, @dmugge.bsky.social, and Vali Stan: www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
Hosted by: contestingai.uk
Spotted! Debt Trap Nation in Manchester Waterstones.
Particularly pleasing with the majority of families in the book living in Greater Manchester.
And featured in the British History section. What a damning history it will tell about how children and their families have been treated.
Jason Blakely on political science’s failure to grasp Trumpism.
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Great summary of the arguments in 'The Disorderly Society' by Bobo Lo in this YouTube recording. Thank you to @nestcentre.bsky.social for hosting.
'The Disorderly Society' is out now in the UK.
Coming soon in the USA & Canada (January) via @columbiaup.bsky.social👇
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Watch author Topher McDougal introduce readers to his new book GAIA WAKES.
📢Just arrived 📚 (publishes January 2026):
The Hobbled State: Fractured Politics in Contemporary Germany
by Mark Vail
May be of interest to the German Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) of @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
#GermanPolitics #EuropeanStudies
Delighted to discuss my new book "Unfinished Empire" before a large audience at Ireland’s PermRep to the EU 🇮🇪🇪🇺 - a timely conversation on Russia’s imperial project
Grateful for warm opening remarks from 🇺🇦 Ambassador to the EU and PSC Amb Luke Feeney + expert moderation by @shonamurray.bsky.social
I had a delightful conversation about #GaiaWakes with Scott Jones on his Give and Take podcast. I get the impression he could make even mundane topics shimmer with some combination of mystery and revelation and curiosity and joy.
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Book cover of "The AI Matrix" by Daniel Mügge, Regine Paul and Vali Stan, showing a world map, hands grabbing Dollar bills, a robot arm and interconnected cables
Regine Paul, Vali Stan and I have analysed how deeply #AI is entangled in global politics and corporate profit-hunting. “The AI Matrix” is the result – and the digital book-version is open access: www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... (Link doesn't work? Try this one: www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/M...)
📢#BookSale📢
Today only - if you are in the USA / Canada - you can buy any Agenda book at half price via the Columbia University Press website👇
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No code needed - discounts will be applied automatically on checkout.
#CyberMonday
