Published in The Toynbee Prize Foundation, June 2021. In February 2021, the British government announced the appointment of a “free-speech champion” for higher education, a new role aimed to guarantee the right of people to express their views on campus without fearing censorship or other sanctions. In an increasingly tense atmosphere of culture war, this… Continue reading Book Review, Time’s Monster: History, Conscience and Britain’s Empire by Priya Satia.
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Book review: Boundaries of the International
Boundaries of the International: Law and Empire By Jennifer Pitts. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. Pp 304. Forthcoming in The Historian, by Or Rosenboim The history of international law has captured the interest of historians, political theorists and jurists who sought to uncover the theoretical development of legal structures beyond the state. In recent years, scholars… Continue reading Book review: Boundaries of the International
Book Review: The Year of Our Lord 1943
The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian humanism in an age of crisis By Alan Jacobs (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2018) Book review for H-Diplo By Or Rosenboim In his new book, cultural critic Alan Jacob puts the spotlight on 1943 as a significant moment in the development of Christian humanist thought. In January, the… Continue reading Book Review: The Year of Our Lord 1943
Book Review: Globalists by Quinn Slobodian
By Or Rosenboim, forthcoming in German Studies Review. Quinn Slobobian, Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018. ISBN: 978-0-674-97952-9, x + 381 pp. In recent years, the intellectual foundation of neoliberalism has attracted the attention of historians and economists. Scholars like Angus Burgin and Dotan Leshem… Continue reading Book Review: Globalists by Quinn Slobodian
Trump and the age of the vulgar
The rise of Donald Trump presidential was facilitated by the waves of populism that radiated from his public figure. Trump attracted voters who felt excluded from existing power, capital and government centers, and from the political discourse of the Obama administration that emphasized the importance of minorities, immigrants and women’s rights. Trump offered another vision, “attentive” to… Continue reading Trump and the age of the vulgar
Montague Burton, a “model” immigrant
When I was writing my master’s thesis at Oxford, I explored the history of the discipline of International Relations. I was particularly interested in the career of Alfred E. Zimmern, who held in 1919 the first chair in IR in the world, as Wilson Professor of International Politics in Wales. A key moment in the history of the… Continue reading Montague Burton, a “model” immigrant
Sabbioneta, an Italian utopia
Few places are as daunted by their past as Sabbioneta, the ideal city envisaged by Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna in the 16th century. The Duke Vespasiano was a minor member of the famous clan of the Gonzaga, who ruled the near-by city-state of Mantova. Between 1554 and his death in 1591, he dedicated his energies to… Continue reading Sabbioneta, an Italian utopia
Review of A Great and Terrible World: The Pre-Prison Letters, 1908-1926 by Antonio Gramsci
The final version of this review will be published in Political Studies Review, Volume 14 of the Journal, Issue 4, November 2016. A Great and Terrible World: The Pre-Prison Letters, 1908-1926 by Antonio Gramsci (ed. and trans. by Derek Boothman). London: Lawrence & Wishart Ltd, 2014. This volume is a collection of the early letters of… Continue reading Review of A Great and Terrible World: The Pre-Prison Letters, 1908-1926 by Antonio Gramsci
Review of The Companion to Raymond Aron
photo©www.erlingmandelmann.ch Forthcoming in Political Studies Review, Volume 15 of the Journal, Issue 1, February 2017. The Companion to Raymond Aron by Jose Colen and Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut (eds). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. The Companion to Raymond Aron seeks to provide an overview of the works and ideas of the French sociologist, political thinker and commentator Raymond… Continue reading Review of The Companion to Raymond Aron
On immigration
The recent tragedy in the Mediterranean, which cost the life of hundreds of African migrants, caught the attention of the media, at least for a brief moment. The European leaders were forced to pay attention to the rising problem, acknowledging that Italy should not carry the burden of dealing with illegal maritime migration alone. Many… Continue reading On immigration
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