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When Science Is Abandoned, The Flower Withers: A Review of 'Flowers For Marx'
Nicolas D Villarreal, August 20, 2025
Flowers For Marx, a new collection of essays on Marxism, successfully facilitates dialogue between multiple camps of the contemporary socialist movement, but suffers from its contributors' collective reluctance to defend Marxism as a heterodox science, argues Nicolas D Villarreal.
Anarchism In Theory: A Review of Catherine Malabou's 'Stop Thief!: Anarchism and Philosophy'
Catherine Malabou's Stop Thief!: Anarchism and Philosophy is a brilliant attempt to think anarchism anew. If it fails to convincingly link up its critique with present-day politics, it could prove decisive for the anarchist movements of the future, argues Conrad Hamilton. – Read review
Pre-Digestion of the Status Quo: A Review of 'Why We Fear AI'
Nico D Villarreal reviews Why We Fear AI, a new book by Hagen Blix and Ingeborg Glimmer, and argues that, although the work has merits, the authors' heavy reliance on well trodden ideas from the left of academia precludes a broader critical discussion of AI. – Read review
The Active Side of Human Praxis: A Review of 'The Vygotsky Anthology'
Suresh Chauhan reviews a recently published anthology of writings by Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, arguing that the collection successfully showcases Vygotsky's extensive scholarly interests, but fails to account for the socio-political aspects of his work. – Read review
Yestergay's Man: Eric Orner's Smahtguy
Hank Kennedy reviews cartoonist Eric Orner's biography of US politician Barney Frank. – Read review