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What can be done to tackle inequality at a time of deep political instability and environmental crisis? Piketty and Sand...
22/01/2025

What can be done to tackle inequality at a time of deep political instability and environmental crisis?

Piketty and Sandel agree on much: more inclusive investment in health and education, higher progressive taxation, curbing the political power of the rich and the overreach of markets. But how far and how fast can we push?

Should we prioritize material or social change?

What are the prospects for any change at all with nationalist forces resurgent?

How should the left relate to values like patriotism and local solidarity where they collide with the challenges of mass migration and global climate change?

To see Piketty and Sandel grapple with these and other problems is to glimpse new possibilities for change and justice but also the stubborn truth that progress towards greater equality never comes quickly or without deep social conflict and political struggle.

📚Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters
by Thomas Piketty, Michael J. Sandel

OUT NOW!

See more: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=equality-what-it-means-and-why-it-matters--9781509565504

If you missed the discussion of Orlando Patterson's 'Paradox of Freedom', hosted by Harvard University don't worry. You ...
20/01/2025

If you missed the discussion of Orlando Patterson's 'Paradox of Freedom', hosted by Harvard University don't worry. You can watch the panel here:

To mark the publication of The Paradox of Freedom: A Biographical Dialogue by David Scott and Orlando Patterson, Harvard Kennedy School’s Stone Program in We...

Michael Sandel: Let me test your international socialist principles with a question about borders. Is there any good pri...
20/01/2025

Michael Sandel: Let me test your international socialist principles with a question about borders. Is there any good principled reason not to have open borders?

Read an excerpt of Equality in The New York Times

Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel debate the value of open borders and what we owe migrants.

Think life is unfair and getting worse? This book will surprise you“powerful […] a reminder of why inequality matters” A...
15/01/2025

Think life is unfair and getting worse? This book will surprise you

“powerful […] a reminder of why inequality matters” Andrew Leigh reviews Equality by Thomas Piketty and Michael J. Sandel in The Sydney Morning Herald

Read more:

Sweden is an unexpected example of how things can get better.

Just over a week left to win a copy of Thomas Piketty and Michael J. Sandel's new book Equality: What It Means and Why I...
13/01/2025

Just over a week left to win a copy of Thomas Piketty and Michael J. Sandel's new book Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters. Open to all US residents.

Enter via Goodreads at the link below 👇

Enter to win one of 30 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Dec 27-Jan 21, 2025. We're giving away 30 copies of Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel's...

13/01/2025

We are two cis philosophers seeking to understand and convey trans realities. Our book, Real Gender: A Cis Defence of Trans Realities is the first book to present a cis defence of what it means to be a transgender person.

Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel's Equality is listed as one of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025!
11/01/2025

Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel's Equality is listed as one of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025!

Well, 2024 was fairly bad, and 2025 may in fact be worse. Regardless, we will be reading. Here are the books the Lit Hub staff is most excited to pick up in the (first half of the) year ahead. JANU…

China's military has entered a new era. It has acquired modern weapons to rival the world’s finest, undergone a massive ...
10/01/2025

China's military has entered a new era.

It has acquired modern weapons to rival the world’s finest, undergone a massive restructuring under Xi Jinping, and been on the frontlines of territorial disputes with Japan, India, Vietnam, and the Philippines. It is readying forces to be able to seize Taiwan sometime in the next decade. It aims to be a "world-class" military on par with the United States.

'China's Quest for Military Supremacy' provides a broad and accessible exploration of Chinese military power.

Out today in the UK.

See more: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=chinas-quest-for-military-supremacy--9781509556939

“a beautiful book on the nature of hope”Nick Cave recommends Byung-Chul Han’s The Spirit of Hope
09/01/2025

“a beautiful book on the nature of hope”
Nick Cave recommends Byung-Chul Han’s The Spirit of Hope

Dear Bailey and Anon, It is understandable to feel alarmed by the current state of things, to feel fearful and depressed. We are presented...

02/01/2025

‘Neanderthals differed from us linguistically and cognitively. The question is: can we leverage those differences to rein in our avaricious impulses before it’s too late? Can we mobilise culture to override biology?... We’ve failed dismally so far, but maybe we still have it in us. Or maybe the real hubris is to think that we are anything other than a dead end waiting to happen.’

'Hubris by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe' was selected as Book of the Day by The Guardian! Reviewed by Laura Spinney.

Why did we succeed when other hominins didn’t, and can lessons from our evolutionary past help rein in our destructive impulses?

Don't miss the chance to win a copy of Thomas Piketty and Michael J. Sandel's new book Equality: What It Means and Why I...
02/01/2025

Don't miss the chance to win a copy of Thomas Piketty and Michael J. Sandel's new book Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters.

Open to US residents. Enter via Goodreads at the link below 👇
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/399190-equality-what-it-means-and-why-it-matters

Enter to win one of 30 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Dec 27-Jan 21, 2025. We're giving away 30 copies of Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel's...

“sweeping and timely” The Critic review 'The Magic of Silence' by Florian Illies
02/01/2025

“sweeping and timely”
The Critic review 'The Magic of Silence' by Florian Illies

From Nosferatu (1922) to Walt Disney’s Bambi (1942), Friedrich’s art has inspired innumerable other works

Don't miss our best books of 2024!Including:📚The Spirit of Hope by Byung-Chul Han📚Mixed Signals by Rebecca Charbonneau📚S...
26/12/2024

Don't miss our best books of 2024!

Including:

📚The Spirit of Hope by Byung-Chul Han
📚Mixed Signals by Rebecca Charbonneau
📚Small, Medium, Large by Colleen A. Dunlavy
📚The War Against the Past by Frank Furedi
and many more!

Discover our top picks of the year! Celebrated in recent 2024 Best Books round-ups in The New Yorker and Financial Times!

Watch Thomas Piketty and Michael J. Sandel, authors of the upcoming, Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters, discuss...
24/12/2024

Watch Thomas Piketty and Michael J. Sandel, authors of the upcoming, Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters, discuss higher education, the dignity of work and progressive taxation.

(via Institute for New Economic Thinking)

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The toppling of statues in the name of anti-racism and the violence sometimes displayed towards others in the name of gender equality is disconcerting. Elisabeth Roudinesco points us in the direction of a future in which diversity is neither denied nor essentialized. See more: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-sovereign-self-pitfalls-of-identity-politics--9781509551224 #identitypolitics

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The idea of a connection between poetry and religion is as old as civilization. Homer consulted the Olympian gods on the fate of the fighters on the plain before Troy, and the poet made the heavenly ones speak. It was through poetry that the gods were brought within reach of human hearing. In the centuries after Homer, the Athenian stage became the setting where gods made their poetic interventions, resolving human impasses and contributing to the emotional synchronization of the public life of the city. Drawing on a wide range of examples from Ancient Greek theatre to the present, Sloterdijk develops a new interpretation of religion and poetry. His new book offers a fresh perspective on our current age in which narratives, facts and alternative facts compete with one another. See more: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=making-the-heavens-speak-religion-as-poetry--9781509547494 #religion #theology #literature #poetry #books

In Valentin-Yves Mudimbe's classic work he examines the complex links that bind Africa to the West and explores the difficulties Africans face in trying to free themselves from the legacies of colonialism. Now made available in English for the first time ↓ https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-scent-of-the-father-essay-on-the-limits-of-life-and-science-in-sub-saharan-africa--9781509551385

After reading this book, you will never see lichens, or the world, in the same way again. Lichens can live everywhere, even in very harsh environments. They persist when almost all other traces of life have disappeared. Does this mean that, despite their fragility, lichens are a force of resistance? Can their way of life help us think afresh about the climate crisis? The result of several years of investigation carried out on several different continents, this remarkable book offers an original, radical, and, like its subject matter, symbiotic reflection on this common but mostly invisible form of life. See more: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=lichens-toward-a-minimal-resistance--9781509553440

In this new book, Norman Ajari examines the ethical dimension of Black existence by using dignity as a touchstone. Recent events like the brutal murder of George Floyd demonstrate that the Black condition is defined by indignity, that indignity is what white people try to abolish when they exert violence against Black people, and that dignity is what Black people affirm when they resist white domination. Offering a staunch critique of the European philosophical canon, Ajari aims to recover the misunderstood history of radical Black thought and pave the way for a political ontology of emancipation. Out now! See more: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=dignity-or-death-ethics-and-politics-of-race--9781509548651

How far should we go to achieve public health goals? How can we balance the rights and needs of individuals against those of the community? The newest edition of Stephen Holland's book shows how philosophy is key to evaluating the suitability of public health interventions. See more: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=public-health-ethics-3rd-edition--9781509548293

The toppling of statues in the name of anti-racism and the violence sometimes displayed towards others in the name of gender equality is disconcerting. Elisabeth Roudinesco points us in the direction of a future in which diversity is neither denied nor essentialized. See more: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-sovereign-self-pitfalls-of-identity-politics--9781509551224 #identitypolitics

“Sweeping and exquisitely composed, this book should be the first stop for anyone interested in race and digital media. Lopez deftly synthesizes the problems and possibilities that emerge in our digital world. Lovingly worn, dog-eared, and adorned with colorful tabs ‒ this is how I expect to find this book in the hands of new students and long-time scholars alike!” Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University Lori Kido Lopez’s ‘Race and Digital Media: An Introduction’ is OUT NOW! See more: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=race-and-digital-media-an-introduction--9781509546923 May be of interest to: ICA Communication and Technology Division, IAMCR,Association of Internet Researchers,

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