by Howard Prosser
A.J.A. Woods is an intellectual historian based in Brighton, UK, whose work spans social and political theory, British cultural studies and the history of conspiracy theories. The Cultural Marxism Conspiracy: Why the Right Blames the Frankfurt School for the Decline of the West, published by Verso in 2026, provides the basis for the present interview.
Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, A Hopeful Political Imagination: Courage and Fantastic Critique in the Age of Meltdown (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Reviewed by Costas Douzinas
Michael Symonds, Why Should We Still Read Max Weber? (Routledge, 2027)
Reviewed by Harry Blatterer
Siniša Malešević, Nationalism as a Way of Life: The Rise and Transformation of Modern Subjectivities (Cambridge University Press, 2025)
Reviewed by John A. Hall
Fredric Jameson, The Years of Theory. Postwar French Thought to the Present (Verso 2024)
Reviewed by Peter Beilharz
Who was Fredric Jameson? What were the years of Theory? Jameson died last year, leaving behind a thick and rich legacy of, well, Theory. Already in advance, the title of this book of lectures seems to anticipate the possibility that Theory may also be terminal. Has the moment of Theory then passed?
This special issue is based on papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Marxist Critical Theory in Eastern Europe: In Memory of Zygmunt Bauman, held at Sichuan University, China, in 2024. Many thanks to all contributors.
Expressions of interest are invited for contributions to an edited collection on Friendship in Troubled Times: Social, Cultural and Political Perspectives, following an approach by a reputable academic press.
by Angus Nicholls
This essay offers a deep historicization of Jürgen Habermas’s career in postwar Germany, arguing that three untranslated texts written during the 1950s and early 1960s provide insight into his intellectual development and the contemporary relevance of his thought.
by Christopher G. Robbins and Eric Ferris
This book examines the intensification of fascist politics in contemporary America via an analysis of the fundamental shift in relationships between political fringes and institutions of power, situating the rise of contemporary fascist politics within a broader culture of pedagogy.
Donald Sassoon, Revolutions: A New History (Verso, 2025)
Reviewed by Archie Brown
Donald Sassoon, a skilled and erudite comparative historian, has turned his hand to the study of revolutions. The result is a stimulating and highly readable book, richly endowed with provocative judgements and witty asides.
