The Chaplin Machine: Slapstick, Fordism and the Communist Avant-Garde by Owen Hatherley explores the Soviet intelligentia’s fascination with the America of the early 20th century, a mythic land of technological wonders, vast mechanised industries, spectacular cityscapes and the startling new medium of cinema.
The Battle for Home: The Memoir of a Syrian Architect by Marwa al-Sabouni is a profound, understated meditation on architecture’s capacity both to civilise and destroy, written while the author witnessed first-hand the destruction of her native city of Homs.
Review of Roch Winds: A Treacherous Guide to the State of Scotland, a razor-sharp look at of Civic Nationalism, Scotland’s old/new political orthodoxy.
If Britain does indeed vote ‘Leave’, and the gradual disintegration of the European Union were to gather pace, what would be left of ‘the idea of Europe’? What sense of collective identity and purpose, if any, predated the EU, and would it be strong enough to survive its breakup?
Richard Seymour’s Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics is the first serious study of the unexpected insurgency that has taken hold of the Labour Party.
Sometimes it may only be possible to solve an impossible problem by proposing an impossible solution. Is it possible for an Israeli and a Palestinian state to exist on the same land?
Kristin Ross’s Communal Luxury: The Political Imaginary of the Paris Commune assesses the abiding legacy of the 1871 experiment in radical democracy.