I discussed the success of the Right online for the New Economics Foundation podcast, following my London Review of Books article about Farageist Tiktok
‘Facial recognitions’
A new essay in The Ideas Letter on how the politics of the face has grown more fractious, in context of smartphones, face-covering bans, facial recognition algorithms, ICE agents and protest culture.
‘A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0’
The Guardian has published an edited version of my N+1 essay on stupidity and Trumpism as a Long Read.
‘Repeal the 20th century’
I’ve reviewed When the Clock Broke by John Ganz for the latest London Review of Books, asking how the rise of Trump might change what we consider to be a ‘model case’ of a crisis, and its correlates in the UK.
Interview with Smart Cookies podcast
I discussed the frightening new mutations on the reactionary Right and its economic conditions with the Smart Cookies podcast. Watch on YouTube below or listen on Apple podcasts here.
‘Stupidology’
I have a (currently paywalled) piece in the new N+1, examining the charge of ‘stupidity’ that has been leveled so frequently against the Trump administration, and asking what are the background conditions of a ‘stupid’ age.
‘TV meets fruit machine’
An essay in London Review of Books on ‘Faragist TikTok’, which explores the discontents of the algorithmic public sphere.
‘Bonfire of the bureaucrats’
I have written the cover story for this week’s New Statesman, an essay on the new wave of anti-bureaucratic sentiment sweeping states around the world.
‘Another Age of Anxiety’
New (open access) article in Theory Culture & Society, on the genealogy of modern ‘anxiety’, the post-2008 surge in ‘anxiety disorders’, and their connection to the ‘asset economy’. This accompanies a previous article on similar themes, ‘Owning Towards Death’, that was published last year.
unSILOed podcast interview
I discussed many aspects of my work, particularly focusing on rationalism and quantification, with Greg LeBlanc for his unSILOed podcast. Links to the audio podcast here.
Interview with Novara
This interview with Ash Sarkar covers lots of things, well beyond Elon Musk: the nature of the current conjuncture, crisis or ‘vibeshift’; the threat of the Trump presidency and authoritarianism; the state of neoliberalism; the challenges and contradictions confronting the Labour government; and more.
Interview with Politics Theory Other podcast
I discussed Labour’s economic policy agenda on the Politics Theory Other podcast.
LRB Podcast on Labour’s economic policy
I discussed my recent London Review of Books essay, reflecting on Labour’s economic plans, with the LRB podcast.
‘Owning towards death’
I have a new, open access article published in Finance & Society, on the legitimation crisis of contemporary wealth-based capitalism and the existential unease that results.
‘A crisis in credibility’
Article in London Review of Books on Labour’s economic dilemmas and the recent budget.
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