Breffni Michael O’Connor
@breffnioc.bsky.social
Book evangelist. Head of marketing at politybooks.com. Cultivating my own garden. Specifically veg.
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I am pleased to announce the book Capitalism at the Limit. A Political Ecology of a World in Crisis by Markus Wissen and myself has been published with @politybooks.bsky.social.
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I am pleased to announce the book Capitalism at the Limit. A Political Ecology of a World in Crisis by Markus Wissen and myself has been published with @politybooks.bsky.social.
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Intimacy can be joyous, but also confusing and socially constrained.
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships by Luke Brunning & Natasha McKeever reveals how philosophy can deepen our understanding of how we date, love, have sex, and form relationships.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships by Luke Brunning & Natasha McKeever reveals how philosophy can deepen our understanding of how we date, love, have sex, and form relationships.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Intimacy can be joyous, but also confusing and socially constrained.
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships by Luke Brunning & Natasha McKeever reveals how philosophy can deepen our understanding of how we date, love, have sex, and form relationships.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships by Luke Brunning & Natasha McKeever reveals how philosophy can deepen our understanding of how we date, love, have sex, and form relationships.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary
BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary
Comments by Karoline Leavitt follow allegations that Panorama documentary misled viewers with its editing of a Trump speech
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
BBC ‘100% fake news’, says Donald Trump’s press secretary
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“A marvel of narrative art … it’s the very best book I’ve read in quite a while.”
Sara Dowse (@saradowse.bsky.social) reviews 'Marseille 1940' by Uwe Wittstock (@uwewittstock.bsky.social) for @insidestory.bsky.social
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Sara Dowse (@saradowse.bsky.social) reviews 'Marseille 1940' by Uwe Wittstock (@uwewittstock.bsky.social) for @insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/perilous-ref...
Perilous refuge • Sara Dowse
Uwe Wittstock’s Marseille 1940 is a marvel of narrative art
insidestory.org.au
October 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“A marvel of narrative art … it’s the very best book I’ve read in quite a while.”
Sara Dowse (@saradowse.bsky.social) reviews 'Marseille 1940' by Uwe Wittstock (@uwewittstock.bsky.social) for @insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/perilous-ref...
Sara Dowse (@saradowse.bsky.social) reviews 'Marseille 1940' by Uwe Wittstock (@uwewittstock.bsky.social) for @insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/perilous-ref...
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Coming soon! In one month my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social will be published by @politybooks.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships, Engagingly written, and rich with real-world examples, The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships is a crucial resource for students, researchers, a...
www.politybooks.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Coming soon! In one month my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social will be published by @politybooks.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Many people think they know what fairies are. Francis Young's book demonstrates that the truth about belief in fairies is far stranger than clichéd images of wings and wands.
Get 25% off @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social's 'Fairies: A History' from Waterstones. Details ⬇️
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Get 25% off @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social's 'Fairies: A History' from Waterstones. Details ⬇️
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October 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Many people think they know what fairies are. Francis Young's book demonstrates that the truth about belief in fairies is far stranger than clichéd images of wings and wands.
Get 25% off @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social's 'Fairies: A History' from Waterstones. Details ⬇️
waterstones.com/book/fairies...
Get 25% off @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social's 'Fairies: A History' from Waterstones. Details ⬇️
waterstones.com/book/fairies...
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"Are we going to abandon people whenever the rightwing press demands it?"
October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Are we going to abandon people whenever the rightwing press demands it?"
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
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What’s this called again?
FBI fires agents who kneeled during 2020 racial justice protest
Agents kneeled in Washington DC during protests following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What’s this called again?
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✨ look what just arrived from @politybooks.bsky.social — fabulous translation of my dear colleague Bénédicte Savoy’s latest book Who Owns Beauty
September 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
✨ look what just arrived from @politybooks.bsky.social — fabulous translation of my dear colleague Bénédicte Savoy’s latest book Who Owns Beauty
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'instead of a class-based society of the old capitalism, we now have an elite-ruled society', @brankomilan.bsky.social says.
Here I argue that we must constrain the power of that elite, to enhance liberty (republican theory) and growth (Schumpeterian theory): www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Here I argue that we must constrain the power of that elite, to enhance liberty (republican theory) and growth (Schumpeterian theory): www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
September 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
'instead of a class-based society of the old capitalism, we now have an elite-ruled society', @brankomilan.bsky.social says.
Here I argue that we must constrain the power of that elite, to enhance liberty (republican theory) and growth (Schumpeterian theory): www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Here I argue that we must constrain the power of that elite, to enhance liberty (republican theory) and growth (Schumpeterian theory): www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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It is UK publication day for "The Magic Kingdom and the Meaning of Life" (from @politybooks.bsky.social). I guess it's a strange time for a book about Disney to arrive in the world, but this project means a lot to me, and I'm really proud of it. www.wiley.com/en-ie/The+Ma...
The Magic Kingdom and the Meaning of Life: A Philosopher Visits Disney World
What truths and life lessons can we take away from a seemingly trivial theme park in Orlando, Florida? <br /><br />Father and philosopher Adam Kadlac reflects on his own visits to Walt Disney World, a...
www.wiley.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It is UK publication day for "The Magic Kingdom and the Meaning of Life" (from @politybooks.bsky.social). I guess it's a strange time for a book about Disney to arrive in the world, but this project means a lot to me, and I'm really proud of it. www.wiley.com/en-ie/The+Ma...
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Séverine Kodjo-Grandvaux, African Philosophies, trans. Matthew B. Smith - @politybooks.bsky.social, June 2025
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African Philosophies
African Philosophies, In this important book Séverine Kodjo-Grandvaux argues that a serious engagement with African philosophy is long overdue. She shows that there is a rich tradition of philosophic...
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September 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Séverine Kodjo-Grandvaux, African Philosophies, trans. Matthew B. Smith - @politybooks.bsky.social, June 2025
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Turning to Disney in a World of Trouble www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Turning to Disney in a World of Trouble www.politybooks.com/blog-detail/...
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“Exemplary philosophy...The profession needs exactly the sort of discussion to which this terrific book contributes.”
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews review 'Seeing Double' by Raymond Geuss
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Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews review 'Seeing Double' by Raymond Geuss
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Seeing Double
While on paper an obvious insider, Raymond Geuss has for decades been criticizing contemporary philosophy as though he were an outsider, viewing it as a...
ndpr.nd.edu
September 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
“Exemplary philosophy...The profession needs exactly the sort of discussion to which this terrific book contributes.”
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews review 'Seeing Double' by Raymond Geuss
ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/seei...
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews review 'Seeing Double' by Raymond Geuss
ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/seei...
