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.
Review essay on Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation, published in London Review of Books.
An edited version of my recent LRB Winter Lecture, The Reaction Economy, has now appeared in the new issue of the London Review of Books. You can also listen to me discussing the piece on the LRB podcast or watch the original lecture.
An essay for the LRB Blog, on the bizarre outpouring of “thanks” to Queen Elizabeth.
Article written for The New Statesman, on the problem of rules and behavioural governance in the face of coronavirus.
Guardian Long Read on how closed groups are unsettling politics and public life.
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