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Critical Theory
Interviews with scholars of critical theory about their new books.
July 25, 2026
Self-Sabotage
Self-Sabotage: How We Try Not to Flourish (Polity Press, 2026) contends that an unconscious impulse to undermine our own interests plays a dominant ro…
July 24, 2026
Against Heritage
The rise of “heritage” foods—that is, the reinvention of traditional foods—has enjoyed a high profile thanks to the oft-praised efforts of chefs such …
July 21, 2026
The Alibi of Capital:
Stealing the future and concealing the theft—capitalism’s method, as examined by the author of the acclaimed Carbon Democracy Today, extraordinary wea…
July 21, 2026
State of Others
Elad Lapidot is Professor of Jewish Thought at the University of Lille, France. His work is guided by questions concerning the relation between knowl…
July 21, 2026
False Idols
False Idols: How Diversion is Destroying Democracy (Vernon Press, 2024) examines how modern forms of diversion shape civic life and weaken democratic …
July 20, 2026
Caste as a Material Question
This episode featured a conversation with Rahul Sonpimple, founder of the All-India Independent Scheduled Castes Association. Our conversation began w…
July 19, 2026
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
What does the JKF assassination mean to us now? In The Umbrella Man and Other Stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK Assassination, (B…
July 16, 2026
175 The Caste Pod: a Crossover episode with Ajantha Subramanian (JP)
In the spirit of Hannah Arendt's natality principle (that new things are always and should always be being born, each one unique and endowed with limi…
July 16, 2026
Fascism in India
Fascism swept the world in the 1920s and 1930s, but not only because of the seductive rhetoric of Mussolini, Hitler, and their collaborators. In India…
July 13, 2026
Heidegger in Ruins
Martin Heidegger’s sympathies for the conservative revolution and National Socialism have long been well known. As the rector of the University of Fre…
July 10, 2026
Freedom to Know
Freedom to Know: Creating Community with Ambedkar, Du Bois, Iqbal, Ramabai and Tagore (Edinburgh University Press, 2025) asks how a (world) community …
July 6, 2026
Blame the Intern
Who gets to be a creative worker? In Blame the Intern: On (Not) Breaking Into the Creative Economy, (Princeton University Press, 2026) Alexandre Frene…
July 4, 2026
Tamil Buddhism and Brahminism in Modern India
Tamil Buddhism and Brahminism in Modern India: Deep Resistance Against Caste (Oxford University Press, 2026) explores Tamil Buddhism in modern India, …
July 3, 2026
The Problem with Personalization
A respected voice on technology shows how seemingly simple ads help dismantle democracy and public discourse. Whether you’re intentionally shopping o…
July 1, 2026
Privatising Humanity
Privatising Humanity: How Our Essential Human Needs Became Financial Assets (Manchester UP, 2026) is the latest book from Dr Kate Bayliss, a Senior Re…
July 1, 2026
The Once and Future Republic
In preparation for the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, it would be wise to look back at the ancient thinkers and writers who helped inspire …
June 25, 2026
The Honesty Crisis
Research shows that honesty is the single most important characteristic a person can possess when it comes to liking them, respecting them, and unders…
June 25, 2026
Unfolding the Deleuze Seminars, 1970-1987
From the inside flap: “A rich resource of Deleuze’s research that is unavailable in his published writing Includes summaries of 216 seminar sessio…
June 24, 2026
What Do You Want Out of Life?
What do you want out of life? To make a lot of money―or work for justice? To have children―or travel the world? The things we care about in life―famil…
June 23, 2026
Disabled Empire
Disabled Empire: The Colonial Body in First World War Britain (U Chicago Press, 2026) examines how imperial precedents and racial ideologies shaped th…