Book Review: Double Nation
Ian McLean, Double Nation: A History of Australian Art (Reaktion, 2023)
Reviewed by Darren Jorgensen
Homage to Touraine
by Francois Dubet and Michel Wieviorka
Alain Touraine died in Paris 9 June 2023. Thesis Eleven is proud to honour his memory with this homage co-authored by Francois Dubet and Michel Wieviorka. The essay was originally published in La Vie des idées and translated into English for Thesis Eleven by David Roberts
Book Review: Capitalism Versus Democracy
Boris Frankel, Capitalism Versus Democracy: Rethinking Politics in the Age of Environmental Crisis (Greenmeadows, 2020)
Reviewed by Eric Ferris (Eastern Michigan University)
Issue 175, April 2023 – Factor(ie)s of Theory
Contributors: Peter Lenco, Raffaela Puggioni, Mark T. Hewson, Will Atkinson, Bregham Dalgliesh, Kateřina Nedbálková and Wojciech Zomerski
Book Review: The Summer of Theory
Philipp Felsch, The Summer of Theory (Polity, 2022)
Reviewed by Peter Beilharz (Sichuan University)
Book Review: The Summer of Theory
Philipp Felsch, The Summer of Theory (Polity, 2022)
Reviewed by Peter Beilharz (Sichuan University)
Book Review: The sociological Interpretation of Dreams
Bernard Lahire (trans. Helen Morrison), The Sociological Interpretation of Dreams (Wiley, 2020)
Reviewed by John Lechte (Macquarie University)
Our Starburst World, with thanks to Ross Gibson
by Alison Young
With the news of Ross Gibson’s death on Thursday March 2nd 2023, some of the light has gone out of our ‘starburst world’ (2012).
Issue 174, February 2023 – Undetermined Social Theory: Futures, Presents, Pasts
Contributors: Peter Wagner, Frédéric Vandenberghe, Florence Chiew, Domonkos Sik, Nicholas Holm, Tyson E. Lewis, Todd Madigan, Brad West, Jon Piccini, Claire Colebrook and Brooke Wilmsen
Article: “You all ok?” The Impossibility of Being Alright amid Mass Violence
by Christopher G. Robbins
In response to the 17th mass shooting in only 14 days of February 2023, or the 71st mass shooting in 45 days of 2023 in the U.S, this time at Michigan State University, my friend who lives a world away in Australia wrote a short, caring message, “You all ok? Re Lansing?” I live approximately 60 miles away from Lansing and have colleagues who work there and close friends whose children attend school there.
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