Merlin Daleman comes from England but he left it for a new life in the Netherlands. He returned to the land of his childhood to photograph, between 2017 and 2024, the post-Brexit, “economic north” of Britain.   Sean Sheehan   He finds a country where The Trussell Trust, a charity […]

Speculating is what gamblers and investors in a risky business proposition do but the word has another sense for the philosopher Hegel and it forms the core of “Reading Hegel”.    Sean Sheehan   What is retained from the ordinary meaning of the word is the idea of a bold […]

During Bolivia’s good years under ex-President Evo Morales and the MAS (Movimiento Al Socialismo) party, illiteracy rates dropped to 2%, extreme poverty was reduced by two-thirds, and the middle class thrived.   Sean Sheehan   An economic crisis, followed by a political one – see Mutiny in Bolivia – has […]

The author of “Pure excess: Capitalism and the commodity” does not go in for abstruseness. As with his earlier “Embracing alienation”, Todd McGowan unpacks and develops ideas from heavyweight thinkers, and explains them with a lightness of touch without sacrificing their depth.   Sean Sheehan   The commodity, something bought […]