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Political thought since September 11

A review of Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction by Ray Brassier. An excerpt from A Brief History of the Future by Jacques Attali. A review of Politik: Wesen, Wiederkehr, Entlastung by Miguel Skirl. A review of The Right Road to Radical Freedom by Tibor R. Machan. A review of The Cultural Contradictions of Democracy: Political Thought Since September 11 by John Brenkman. "Democratic capitalism" is an inherently contradictory notion, and the gap between rhetoric and reality in today's politics is there for all to see—so why aren't politicians looking? Here are three better terms for "democracy". A review of Democracy and Legal Change by Melissa Schwartzberg. A review of Law and Catastrophe. A review of Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia and Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray (and more).