New Books in Critical Theory

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Marshall Poe

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetworkSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

Episodes · 25

Christina Lord, "Reimagining the Human in Contemporary French Science Fiction" (Liverpool UP, 2023)

Jun 7, 2026 · 44m

Michael Brownstein et al., "Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change" (MIT Press, 2025)

Jun 6, 2026 · 1h 11m

Emmanuel Buzay, "Contemporary French and Francophone Futuristic Novels: The Longing to be Written and Its Refusal" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)

Jun 5, 2026 · 39m

Lawrence Douglas, "The Criminal State: War, Atrocity, and the Dream of International Justice" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Jun 3, 2026 · 52m

Gloria Sibson Ayob, "The Concept of Emotional Disorder" (Oxford UP, 2025)

Jun 2, 2026 · 59m

On The State of Black Men's Studies and Black Masculinist Thought Scholarship

Jun 2, 2026 · 1h 11m

Steven Nadler, "Spinoza, Atheist" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Jun 2, 2026 · 40m

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, "Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word and Me" (37 Ink, 2026)

Jun 2, 2026

Alex Law, "The Roots of Sociology: Scottish Enlightenment and the Civilising Process" (Routledge, 2026)

Jun 2, 2026 · 1h 34m

Jonatan Leer and Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager, "Food Porn: Food Aesthetics in a Digital Age" (Bristol UP, 2026)

May 31, 2026 · 40m

Gary Hoover, "Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead" (U California Press, 2026)

May 30, 2026 · 1h 12m

Michael E. Sawyer, "The Door of No Return: Being-As-Black" (Temple UP, 2026)

May 28, 2026 · 1h 6m

Laura Tisdall, "We Have Come to Be Destroyed: Growing Up in Cold War Britain" (Yale UP, 2026)

May 27, 2026 · 36m

Petal Kimberly Samuel, "The Quiet Zone: Caribbean Expressive Cultures and the Feminist Aesthetics of Disturbance" (Rutgers UP, 2026)

May 26, 2026 · 1h 12m

Andrea Zarafshon Moore, "Audible Loss: New Music and the Crisis of Memory" (Fordham UP, 2025)

May 26, 2026 · 1h 9m

Nicole Seymour, "Glitter" (Bloombury, 2022)

May 25, 2026 · 2m

Thomas Xavier Sarmiento, "The Heartland of US Empire: Race, Region, and the Queer Filipinx Midwest" (Temple UP, 2026)

May 23, 2026 · 1h 3m

Shyam Ranganathan, "Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026)

May 21, 2026 · 53m

Utku Balaban, "Industrial Islamism: How Authoritarian Movements Mobilize Workers" (U California Press, 2025)

May 21, 2026 · 1h 20m

Hugo Drochon, "Elites and Democracy" (Princeton UP, 2026)

May 21, 2026 · 1h 4m

Brett Neilson, "The Rest and the West: Capital and Power in a Multipolar World" (Verso, 2024)

May 20, 2026 · 56m

Angharad N. Valdivia and Isabel Molina-Guzmán, "Rebooting Inequality: Critical Takes on Film and Television Remakes" (NYU Press, 2026)

May 20, 2026 · 1h 32m

Benjamin Dalton, "Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity" (Edinburgh UP, 2026)

May 18, 2026 · 1h 29m

Drew M. Dalton, "The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism" (Northwestern UP, 2024)

May 17, 2026 · 1h 12m

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, "The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us" (Liveright Publishing, 2026)

May 12, 2026 · 43m

New Books in Critical Theory

Episodes · 25

Christina Lord, "Reimagining the Human in Contemporary French Science Fiction" (Liverpool UP, 2023)

Michael Brownstein et al., "Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change" (MIT Press, 2025)

Emmanuel Buzay, "Contemporary French and Francophone Futuristic Novels: The Longing to be Written and Its Refusal" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)

Lawrence Douglas, "The Criminal State: War, Atrocity, and the Dream of International Justice" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Gloria Sibson Ayob, "The Concept of Emotional Disorder" (Oxford UP, 2025)

On The State of Black Men's Studies and Black Masculinist Thought Scholarship

Steven Nadler, "Spinoza, Atheist" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, "Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word and Me" (37 Ink, 2026)

Alex Law, "The Roots of Sociology: Scottish Enlightenment and the Civilising Process" (Routledge, 2026)

Jonatan Leer and Stinne Gunder Strøm Krogager, "Food Porn: Food Aesthetics in a Digital Age" (Bristol UP, 2026)

Gary Hoover, "Ladder or Lottery: Economic Promises and the Reality of Who Gets Ahead" (U California Press, 2026)

Michael E. Sawyer, "The Door of No Return: Being-As-Black" (Temple UP, 2026)

Laura Tisdall, "﻿We Have Come to Be Destroyed: Growing Up in Cold War Britain" (Yale UP, 2026)

Petal Kimberly Samuel, "The Quiet Zone: Caribbean Expressive Cultures and the Feminist Aesthetics of Disturbance" (Rutgers UP, 2026)

Andrea Zarafshon Moore, "Audible Loss: New Music and the Crisis of Memory" (Fordham UP, 2025)

Nicole Seymour, "Glitter" (Bloombury, 2022)

Thomas Xavier Sarmiento, "The Heartland of US Empire: Race, Region, and the Queer Filipinx Midwest" (Temple UP, 2026)

Shyam Ranganathan, "Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026)

Utku Balaban, "Industrial Islamism: How Authoritarian Movements Mobilize Workers" (U California Press, 2025)

Hugo Drochon, "Elites and Democracy" (Princeton UP, 2026)

Brett Neilson, "The Rest and the West: Capital and Power in a Multipolar World" (Verso, 2024)

Angharad N. Valdivia and Isabel Molina-Guzmán, "Rebooting Inequality: Critical Takes on Film and Television Remakes" (NYU Press, 2026)

Benjamin Dalton, "Catherine Malabou and Contemporary French Literature and Film: Witnessing Plasticity" (Edinburgh UP, 2026)

Drew M. Dalton, "The Matter of Evil: From Speculative Realism to Ethical Pessimism" (Northwestern UP, 2024)

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, "The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us" (﻿Liveright Publishing, 2026)

Laura Tisdall, "We Have Come to Be Destroyed: Growing Up in Cold War Britain" (Yale UP, 2026)

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, "The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us" (Liveright Publishing, 2026)