Ecosocialism

Promise Li returns to the HKRB to review the latest from Haymarket, discussing how and why to move forward as Continue reading →

thoughtRAVE

Thomas L. Lynn, Jr. reviews a new collection of interviews with Lady Gaga published by Punctum Books as a contribution to philosophy. Heidegger, Continue reading →

Doing Style

Maitrayee Deka reviews the latest by Constantine Nakassis – an unusual argument that brands and counterfeit culture can be re-appropriated in subversive ways and turn Continue reading →

Shooting Hipsters

Tom Short reviews a new Repeater book about hipsters, dissent and the meaning of political protest today. Christiana Spens, Shooting Continue reading →

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 →