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The Capitalist Self

The aim of this book is to find some precision and a point of origin for the concept of capital and by doing that, therefore capitalism. It also challenges the merchant based London centric interpretation...

Craig Muldrew | 3 Feb 2026

When Minds Are Turned Into Data: Governing Emotion Technology and Neurotechnology under EU Law

Alongside, and fuelled by, rapid advances in artificial intelligence, recent years have witnessed the rise of technologies that appear to cross what was once considered the final frontier: the datafication...

Elisabeth Steindl | 3 Feb 2026

A World of Wills in Shakespeare and Beyond

It’s another dull, grey Tuesday morning. A colleague asks you how you are. Reflecting on the seemingly endless flow of tedious meetings in the day ahead, you reply that you’re “losing the will the...

Douglas Clark | 2 Feb 2026

Can Writing Academic Papers be Fun?

Can Writing Academic Papers be Fun? Here’s a questionnaire for beginning and mid-career academics: Have you ever felt like giving up on academe and doing something useful, like opening a cheese...

Heather Jerónimo, Elisa Gironzetti, Hilal Ergül, Salvatore Attardo | 2 Feb 2026

Nationalism, Charisma, Narcissism

In the classic film Casablanca, the Frenchwoman Yvonne, one of the regulars of Rick’s Café, joins the other refugees assembled there to sing the Marseillaise, boldly defying the Nazi officers present....

Joep Leerssen | 29 Jan 2026

The History of European Union Law

It is a sure bet that almost every study ever written on EU law has, at some point, referenced Eric Stein’s aphorism that the Court of Justice of the EU has been able to fashion a constitutional, federal-type...

Bill Davies, Morten Rasmussen | 29 Jan 2026

Challenging the Caliphate: Wahhabism and Mahdism in the Late Ottoman Empire

Ottoman officials praying at Daraa Station. Source: Istanbul University, Rare Books Library, Sultan Abdülhamid II Photo Albums. NEKYA 90521/1. In 1886, the second edition of the yearbook of...

Ömer Koçyiğit | 28 Jan 2026

Theosis and Moral Transformation

The epistle of 2 Peter is not merely a polemic against false teachers; it is founded upon a compelling theological vision of life with God. In my commentary on 2 Peter, I argue that the letter’s ethical...

A. Chadwick Thornhill | 26 Jan 2026

Reconsidering 2 Peter as a Letter-Testament

One of the outcomes of my examination of 2 Peter is challenging the widely held scholarly designation of this letter as a “testament.” This genre classification has been profoundly influential, particularly...

A. Chadwick Thornhill | 26 Jan 2026

American Exceptionalism, Comparative Miscarriages of Justice and JJ Velazquez

Jon-Adrian (JJ) Velazquez has recently sued New York City and its police for $100 million stemming from his wrongful murder conviction. Velazquez is best known for his role in the Oscar nominated...

Kent Roach | 23 Jan 2026

From Crisis to Action: Q&A reflections from Abena Takyiwaa Asamoah-Okyere

1. What makes the book particularly timely and urgent in today’s global climate conversation? Why is now a critical moment to publish this book? This book re-emphasises the fact that the climate...

Abena Takyiwaa Asamoah-Okyere | 21 Jan 2026

Corporations as Political and Governing Actors in the Current Era

For much of the past decade, corporations occupied a very visible place in public life. They spoke after Charlottesville and January 6, opposed the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, intervened in immigration...

Matteo Gatti | 20 Jan 2026