Piece for the London Review of Books on the forces mobilising against the BBC and what they actually want.
‘Woke conspiracies’
Review of Head Hand Heart
I reviewed David Goodhart’s new book, Head Hand Heart, for The Guardian
New journal article
‘Anti-equivalence: pragmatics of post-liberal dispute’ , looking at the fractious and warlike character of contemporary political discourse, is now published online by European Journal of Social Theory.
The economic context of the ‘war’ on universities
Blogpost published at PERC., on how the financial crisis opened the door to attacks on ‘low value’ and ‘woke’ degrees.
The politics of like and dislike
Essay in the London Review of Books, on how media and new technologies are harnessed to trigger ‘culture wars’.
The rise of the rule-breakers
Article written for The New Statesman, on the problem of rules and behavioural governance in the face of coronavirus.
What’s wrong with WhatsApp?
Guardian Long Read on how closed groups are unsettling politics and public life.
Succession Economics – new working paper
My new working paper on the politics and economics of inheritance, both in a public and a private sense, is now published online (and open access) by Centre for Understanding Prosperity.
‘Anger Fast and Slow’
My article, Anger Fast and Slow: Mediations of Justice and Violence in the Age of Populism, is now available open access in the latest issue of Global Discourse. The issue also contains a response from Jeremy Engels to my piece, plus a symposium on Nervous States, with two critical appraisals and my response.
The Great British battle
Essay published by Guardian Review, on the nationalist currents being stirred by the covid crisis.
Who will go back to work?
Blogpost on the class divisions emerging from the lock-down, published by the Goldsmiths Political Economy Research Centre.
The case for more progressive taxes
Piece written for Discover Society, on why the current mood of solidarity and empathy for the vulnerable should be converted into a new era of progressive fiscal policy.
The holiday of exchange value
Blogpost written for the Goldsmiths Political Economy Research Centre, looking at the coronavirus crisis from the perspective of economic sociology of markets.
Getting the measure of the Covid crisis
Comment piece published at The Guardian, on the novelty and scale of the new crisis of global capitalism.
Society as broadband network
Article in the London Review of Books, on how the Covid 19 pandemic has revealed different understandings of ‘society’.
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