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        A Philosophical Recounting

        by Susan Buck-Morss

        ISBN: 9780262548625

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 6, 2024

        Reclaiming the first century as common ground rather than the origin of deeply entrenched differences: liberating the past to speak to us in another way.
        Thus Waves Come in Pairs

        Thus Waves Come in Pairs

        Thus Waves Come in Pairs

        Thinking with the Mediterraneans

        Edited by Barbara Casavecchia

        ISBN: 9781915609229

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: February 6, 2024

        Forthcoming from the MIT Press
        The Hidden Powers of Ritual

        The Hidden Powers of Ritual

        The Hidden Powers of Ritual

        The Journey of a Lifetime

        by Bradd Shore

        ISBN: 9780262546584

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 12, 2023

        An illuminating overview of the development, benefits, and importance of ritual in everyday life, written by a leading cognitive anthropologist.
        Expanding Mindscapes

        Expanding Mindscapes

        Expanding Mindscapes

        A Global History of Psychedelics

        Edited by Erika Dyck and Chris Elcock

        ISBN: 9780262546935

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 21, 2023

        The first collection of its kind to explore the diverse and global history of psychedelics as they appealed to several generations of researchers and thinkers.
        No Dandy, No Fun

        No Dandy, No Fun

        No Dandy, No Fun

        by Hans-Christian Dany and Valérie Knoll

        Edited by Valérie Knoll and Hannes Loichinger

        ISBN: 9783956795619

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: November 7, 2023

        A cultural examination of the enigmatically iconic figure of the Dandy, both in history and as a figure for the future.
        Wonderflux

        Wonderflux

        Wonderflux

        A Decade of e-flux Journal

        Edited by Julieta Aranda, Kaye Cain-Nielsen, Anton Vidokle and Brian Kuan Wood

        ISBN: 9783956795671

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: October 10, 2023

        Illustrated essays that consider emergent consistencies and overarching issues that defined the first decade of e-flux journal.
        Film X Autochthonous Struggles Today

        Film X Autochthonous Struggles Today

        Film X Autochthonous Struggles Today

        Edited by Nicole Brenez, Jonathan Larcher, Alo Paistik and Skaya Siku

        ISBN: 9783956796500

        Publisher: Sternberg Press

        Pub Date: October 10, 2023

        First global exploration of contemporary forms of filmmaking from political and cultural self-determination movements of Autochthonous communities and peoples.
        In Visible Presence

        In Visible Presence

        In Visible Presence

        Soviet Afterlives in Family Photos

        by Oksana Sarkisova and Olga Shevchenko

        ISBN: 9780262048279

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 3, 2023

        An absorbing exploration of Soviet-era family photographs that demonstrates the singular power of the photographic image to command attention, resist closure, and complicate the meaning of the past.
        A Theory of Everyone

        A Theory of Everyone

        A Theory of Everyone

        The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going

        by Michael Muthukrishna

        ISBN: 9780262048378

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 3, 2023

        A blueprint for a better future that offers a unified theory of human behavior, culture, and society.
        Design Aesthetics

        Design Aesthetics

        Design Aesthetics

        Theoretical Basics and Studies in Implication

        by Mads Nygaard Folkmann

        ISBN: 9780262546317

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 19, 2023

        An original exploration of the role of aesthetics in contemporary design, uniquely combining philosophical aesthetics and cultural analysis of design.
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