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The Demons That Rule Us
Peter B. Kaufman considers Whitney Phillips and Mark Brockway’s “The Shadow Gospel: How Anti-Liberal Demonology Possessed U.S. Religion, Media, and Politics.”
Politics
"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins
Religion Without Politics
Winnifred Fallers Sullivan reviews Faisal Devji’s “Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam.”
Party Lines and Bottom Lines
Martin Laflamme traces the history and future of globalization through three recent books on China’s techno-nationalism.
The Point, However, Is to Change It
In advance of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton’s forthcoming book “The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late,” Genevieve Guenther revisits the authors’ 2024 title “Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown.”
Microdoses of Power on the Eastern Front
Alan Barenberg considers Michael David-Fox’s “Crucibles of Power: Smolensk Under Stalinist and Nazi Rule.”
The Will to Power in China
Anne Stevenson-Yang reviews Robert L. Suettinger’s “The Conscience of the Party” and Joseph Torigian’s “The Party’s Interests Come First.”
In Hitler’s Shadow
Gavriel D. Rosenfeld reviews Alec Ryrie’s “The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It.”
The Sound of Our World Resurging
David Palumbo-Liu considers Linda Quiquivix’s “Palestine 1492: A Report Back.”
Tongues Tied, Mirrors Shattered
Tammy Lai-Ming Ho explores Ho Sok Fong’s “Lake Like a Mirror,” translated by Natascha Bruce, and Lau Yee-Wa’s “Tongueless,” translated by Jennifer Feeley.
Revolution of Our Times
Graham J. Murphy considers Badiucao and Melissa Chan’s “You Must Take Part in Revolution.”
Howling Memories
Rhoda Kwan reviews two newly translated novels reckoning with China’s bloody past, Fang Fang’s “Soft Burial” and Tsering Döndrup’s “The Red Wind Howls.”
Why the Supreme Court Is Not to Be Trusted
Laurie L. Levenson cross-examines Leah Litman’s “Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes.”
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