Books

Book reviews (non-fiction literature about media, public, big tech and film).

  • When patriarchy and state violence go hand in hand

    DEBT: Women are more vulnerable to aggressive lending methods, high interest rates, and fees.

  • A world not just of facts, but of possibilities

    IDENTITY: Özge Baykan Calafato has collected a fascinating photo archive in the markets of antiquities and rarities of Istanbul. Through a selection of these…

  • Digital overconsumption

    TECHNOLOGY: The more I read in 'Screen Damage,' the stronger the guilt for the damage I must have caused my children. Children between zero…

  • In the desert landscape of speculation media

    MEDIA: Surveys show that more than half of Germany's population believe they receive fake news. In France, 80 percent believe the same.

  • ‘Refolution!’

    UPRISING: UPRISING / Asef Bayat attempts to challenge the analysis of the Arab Spring (2011) as an unequivocal defeat.

  • What does a radically tender society need?

    HATE: Turkish-German Seyda Kurt is preoccupied with the concept of hatred as a catalyst for tenderness. Hatred often has its roots in racism, misogyny,…

  • Nuclear war?

    NUCLEAR: Are nuclear weapons suitable for coercing other countries - a coercive diplomacy? No, according to these authors.

  • To be a stranger in one’s own town

    IRAQ: The Iraqi journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad has written an excellent book that dispels the typical view of a sectarian and divided society as the…

  • An anti-anti-racism

    RACISM: A neo-conservative movement has made its virtue to 'expose' the political agenda of critical race theory.

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