This Brutal World

Adam Steiner reviews Peter Chadwick’s book on Brutalism which brings the artistic architectural form together with pop culture, film and Continue reading →

Jacques Lacan: Between Psychoanalysis and Politics

Daniel Bristow reviews Tomšič and Zevnik’s collection which shows the desperate need for psychoanalysis in politics today. A truly Lacanian review Continue reading →

Liquid Evil

Francis Russell reviews Liquid Evil, discussing economics, politics and truth itself, ultimately considering the possibility of a resistance to late-capitalist subjectivity. Zygmunt Bauman and Continue reading →

HKRB ESSAYS: Pokémon Go and the Enigma of the City

Edwin Montoya Zorrilla’s HKRB ESSAY counters articles across the internet and finds a Benjaminian radical edge in Pokémon Go, arguing that it Continue reading →

Queer Marxism in Two Chinas

Brandon Kemp discusses Petrus Liu’s latest book arguing that Queer Theory and Marxism belong together and bringing this to bear Continue reading →

Airplane Reading

Stephen Lee Naish reviews a book of things to read when flying instead of browsing the Duty Free catalog for Continue reading →

Eight Juxtapositions

Sean Mahoney reviews China expert Jeffrey Wasserstrom’s latest collection of essays juxtaposing Chinese history and culture with some Western counterparts. Continue reading →

HKRB Interviews: Agon Hamza

Our co-editor Alfie Bown interviews philosopher Agon Hamza about his new book on the films of Pasolini and the philosophy Continue reading →