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The Dangerous Fantasy of Cybernetic Cops Augmented and virtual reality technologies are deepening the militarization of police forces and infiltrating everyday life.

By Ben Egliston & Marcus Carter

Plato’s Cave and the Stubborn Persistence of Ignorance Plato's cave metaphor illustrates the cognitive trap of ignorance, where we may be unaware of the limitations of our understanding.

By Daniel R. DeNicola

A Prehistory of Scientific Racism The author of “Whiteness” traces the evolution of race as a social and political instrument, from its beginnings in ancient hierarchies through European colonial expansion and into contemporary times.

By Martin Lund

The Deep Religious Roots of American Economics Any attempt to understand the complexities of American economic thought without considering the significant role of religious beliefs is incomplete.

By Benjamin M. Friedman

Food, Health, and the Environment

The Food, Health, and the Environment series presents the theories, evidence, and strategies that enable scholars, practitioners, and activists to identify and advance just and resilient food, health, and environmental systems. Titles in the series offer critical analyses of food production, distribution, and consumption, from the global to the local, unmasking the political, economic, cultural, and technological dimensions of existing food systems and illustrating pathways for transformation.

The Painful Truth about Hunger in America: Why We Must Unlearn Everything We Think We Know—and Start Again by Mariana Chilton is the newest book in the series and offers a radical and urgent new approach to how we can solve the problems of hunger and poverty in the US. Available for preorder now.

Series editor: Robert Gottlieb and Nevin Cohen

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