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“… trust in technological fixes is a cultural perception having profound implications for human actions and power relations.” Sean Johnston, Techno-Fixers

In the 21st century, technology seems to provide solutions for almost any problem imaginable. From hi-tech medical equipment to an overabundance of varying phone apps, the implementation of technological fixes … Read More >

“If it is worth pausing and reflecting on the magnitude of the transformations of our world, it is also necessary to insist on the continuities.” Laurence B. Mussio, Whom Fortune Favours

The Book: A Backstory
by Christopher Dummitt

Why would anyone ever write a book? I first started thinking about the book that would become Unbuttoned in 2003. And yet it is only this spring, fourteen years later, that the book was published. I’m inclined to agree that delayed gratification increases pleasure, but that is one heck of … Read More >

We are very pleased to have John von Heyking, author of The Form of Politics: Aristotle and Plato on Friendship (Spring 2016), as our guest blogger. The post is an excerpt from International Political Anthropology Vol. 10 (2017) No. 1: Index; this issue is dedicated to The Form of Politics and includes … Read More >

We are very pleased to have Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger, editor of several MQUP titles and coeditor of War Memories (Spring 2017), as our guest blogger. In her post, Stéphanie who is one of the series editors, speaks about MQUP’s new Human Dimensions in Foreign Policy, Military Studies, and Security Studies Series. (Series editors: Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger, … Read More >

We are very pleased to have David Williams, author of upcoming Spring 2017 release Milton’s Leveller God, as our guest blogger. His new book takes a look at political evolution in Milton’s epic poems, from feudal monarchy to Leveller-style democracy in heaven and on earth. In his guest blog post, Williams discusses The Crisis of Liberal Democracy.

Academic … Read More >