🗣️"If a translation is not in a database, it is functionally invisible. For smaller languages, this is not a technical inconvenience. It is a form of cultural erasure." #Translation #Bibliodiversity

Heute ist ein Beitrag von mir im Politischen Feuilleton des Deutschlandfunk Kultur erschienen. 🎙️ www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/warum-der-un...

New World Order same Old Wars

“The world seems to be heading for a catastrophe, or, more precisely, already to be in its throes… Humans do not appear as subjects of their destiny, but rather as objects of a blind process of nature, and the reaction of moral sentiment to this state of affairs is compassion.” Max Horkheimer

At the beginning of April, Vincent Oberhauser successfully defended his dissertation. His work examines why social norms sometimes lose their regulating power and under which conditions rule-breaking becomes more likely. Using experimental and survey data, the dissertation offers new insights ...

Hans Kelsen on Constitutional Democracy by Sandrine Baume and David Ragazzoni. The volume explores the historical genesis, normative foundations, and legacy of Kelsen's theory of liberal constitutional democracy. 📚 https://cup.org/4b9H0tz #constitutionallaw

Beyond Anthropic’s Red Line: Human-in-the-Loop and the Illusion of Legitimacy in AI Decision-Support Systems opiniojuris.org/2026/04/13/b...

Not All Aggression is Equal: Why Force for Regime Change is the Graver Breach opiniojuris.org/2026/04/14/n...

👀ICYMI | "Le Petit Prince is one of the most translated books ever published. It exists in well over a hundred languages. But if you tried to find all those translations in a single database, you would fail" @ausiastsel.com #Books #Translation #Bibliodiversity

On 5 May, Prof Javier Auyero of UT Austin will be in Glasgow to present findings from his latest book, Dark Governance: Illegal Organisations and State Power. Please join us for this joint event of GLARN and IPED. 16:00 - 5 May 2026 Room 916, 42 Bute Gardens Followed by a drinks reception

JUST PUBLISHED 👀 Heine Andersen on the recent passing of Jürgen Habermas and his legacy in critical theory and sociology more widely: 🌐 doi.org/10.1177/0001...

“The Obsolescence of Homo Faber” open.substack.com/pub/andersce...

1970’s are so back!

One month left for prospective PhD students to apply for the AIM PhD programme. We provide support for each part of the application process, tailoring it for each person depending on where they need the most help. Apply by 10 May. Learn more and apply: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/aim-phd

De l’esprit du capitalisme et du rôle de la critique shs.cairn.info/le-nouvel-es...

SSRN PAPER: Alessandro VOLPI, "Legal and Political Constitutionalism from Schmitt and Kelsen to Contemporary Debates: Notes on Constitutional Guardianship and Democracy" [OPEN ACCESS] @ssrn.bsky.social esclh.blogspot.com/2026/04/ssrn...

Now you can quote him on the definition of the crimes against humanity…

"But the urgent question for any human translator remains: How, after overcoming the shock of obsolescence, should this future be managed?" From our new issue, read Lawrence Venuti's "The Human Translator versus the Machine": www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

This passage from Gurvitch's Bill of Social Rights captures what I see as his central critique of the institution of law and his proposed alternative: the emergent group property he calls 'social law.'

"The new five-year plan calls for the Chinese government to keep research and development spending growing at least 7 percent per year...That means China’s national labs, universities, and industrial clusters will be flush with cash at a time when the United States is slashing those same budgets."

My university: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently." Microsoft: LOL

Foreign central banks sell US Treasuries in wake of Iran war ft.trib.al/00iuYNQ

US bond market shows signs of strain as Iran war sparks Treasury tumult ft.trib.al/z6ugvOG

Life youtu.be/XlM9sBhhx1g?...

Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals by Matilda Carter. Drawing on her professional experience, Matilda Carter offers a political analysis of the social position of people living with dementia. 📚 https://cup.org/3NJWFqp #bioethics #medicallaw

We are very pleased to invite you to the conference Global Health Justice: Principles and Practice, which will take place on 28–29 May 2026 at Goethe-Universität Frankfurt. We are honored to host keynote lectures by Jonathan Wolff, Kanchana Mahadevan, and Caesar Atuire.

Edinburgh staff urge university to ditch OpenAI deal: www.timeshighereducation.com/news/edinbur...

Weltgeist auf Papier Zum Tode von Jürgen Habermas von Hauke Brunkhorst www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2026...

Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026). Read his "Work and Weltanschauung: The Heidegger Controversy from a German Perspective" in our 1989 symposium on Heidegger and Nazism. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

CI remembers Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026). Read his essay "Georg Simmel on Philosophy and Culture: Postscript to a Collection of Essays" (1996). www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

For International Women’s Day, we’re spotlighting free-to-access resources that highlight gender equity and justice. The research in this collection recognizes the work that women have done to drive progress across disciplines. Explore the collection: https://ow.ly/H9aj50YqfO5

3/ This is not just a commodity price story. Years of research with my collaborators showed that cost shocks don't just pass through markets neutrally—they give dominant corporations cover to hike prices, protect margins, and *increase* profits. We called this sellers' inflation.

🗣️"Ultimately, I’m not sure it matters whether it’s the connections themselves, or the appearance of them, which leads academics to remain committed to a social media platform." #AcademicSky

Most US citizens are not even aware that their government is committing crimes against humanity. And even if they know, they don’t really care. They only care about the consequences on the economy.

Twisting the arm of Roman law and quoting fascist (nazi) law — without quoting Carl Schmitt , even though anybody could recognize his thought — doesn’t make things true or just and proper law for the matter.

Unlike information obtained from cellphone providers, this data can be accessed without a warrant — and used to track anyone.

Nouvelle édition en un unique volume de Jacques Derrida - Force de loi - Voyous - Fichus Précédés de "Derrida, L’Urgence de la justice", par Marie Goupy À paraître en mai au Seuil

#DR26 The U.S. democracy is currently in a much faster deterioration process than any other democracy in modern times. Within only one year, the USA’s score on the V-Dem Liberal Democracy index (LDI) has declined by 24 %, from 0.75 in 2024 to 0.57 in 2025. 🧵1(4) #Polisky #PoliSciSky #PolDataSky

»Man stehe, so sagte Habermas am Grab von Adorno, mit dessen Tod philosophisch plötzlich blank dar. Wie viel mehr Gründe haben wir, das heute von uns zu behaupten, die wir sein Werk fortsetzen wollen?« Axel Honneth, ehem. Direktor des Instituts für Sozialforschung in der FAZ (@faznet.bsky.social)

Es gibt übrigens keine Verpflichtung dazu, dass jede/r seinen Schnipsel Habermas ausstellt. Manchmal darf der Diskurs auch schweigen.

From the Past: The Kantian Project of International Law: Engagements with Jürgen Habermas’ „Divided West“ (German Law Journal Vol. 10, 2009, @cambup-law.cambridge.org) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Habermas, a life in public discourse.

Das Institut für Sozialforschung (IfS) in Frankfurt am Main schreibt das Horkheimer Fellowship 2026 zum Thema "Faschisierung und Antifaschismus" aus. Das dreimonatige Fellowship richtet sich an Postdocs aus den Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften, die ein... https://www.theorieblog.de/?p=30518