Professor of Political Theory, University of Edinburgh
I have just had a paper accepted in the Journal of Politics. Its title is: “Acting Otherwise in the Face of Ecological Collapse: Günther Anders and the Politics of Infinite Delay”.
After its publication, I will update this information. Meanwhile, the pre-print can be downloaded here:
Utopian Studies just published a generous and thought-provoking review of my book No Other Planet, by Ashley S. Moser (Tacoma Community College).
Here is an excerpt:
“What could easily become a heady, jumbled rush of theories and observations is kept in line by Thaler’s tight structure, leaving a monograph that is engaging to read while synthesizing many competing or divergent strands of thought. […] We may ‘not yet possess a satisfactory account of utopian visions in and for our times’ (2), but Thaler is plotting a path forward for others to follow.”
The full review can be found here:
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/2/article/971821
The SCAS podcast has recently recorded a conversation with me. The conversation, entitled Can Science Fiction Help Us Imagine New Ways of Acting Together in the Anthropocene?, can be found here:
https://www.swedishcollegium.se/outreach/the-scas-talks-podcast#Episode66
I have just had a short piece on climate pessimism published in the Austrian newspaper Der Standard. You can read the text here:
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000282701/das-gute-am-klimapessimismus
The journal Distinktion just published a piece bringing together four excellent readers of my book No Other Planet (CUP 2022). They also gave me an opportunity to respond to the generous and insightful comments from Ruth Kinna, Gerard Delanty and Marit Hammond, which was a real pleasure. Special thanks to Andy Schaap for bringing us all together and for editing this conversation!
The paper (open access) can be downloaded here:
William Sass, from the Danish newspaper Information has published an informative and engaging piece on utopianism and climate change. In researching the article, he interviewed me and closely read my book. You can find the whole article here:
I just came across a very insightful review of my book by Darrel Moellendorf in the Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie. Here is a an excerpt with some praise, but the text also contains excellent objections to my ideas:
“No Other Planet ist eine reichhaltige Quelle für utopische Theoriearbeit und eine faszinierende Diskussion der menschlichen Aussichten im Anthropozän. Jeder, der an einer politischen Theorie des Anthropozäns interessiert ist, tut gut daran, sich damit zu befassen. Die Gelehrsamkeit und Vorstellungskraft, die in diesem Buch zum Ausdruck kommen, sind sowohl inspirierend als auch höchst informa tiv. Es ist eine intellektuell fesselnde Lektüre, die mit Sicherheit das Denken jedes Lesers über das Anthropozän beeinflussen wird.”
The full review can be consulted here:
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/dzph-2024-0046/html
A recording of my inaugural lecture as Professor of Political Theory at the University of Edinburgh from May 2024 can be found here:
Political Theory has just published a very thoughtful and generous review of No Other Planet by Didier Zúñiga (University of Alberta).
A short excerpt:
“No Other Planet is path-breaking in the sense that it creates a space within political theory for new ideas to emerge and be played with—ideas that have the potential to deparochialize the field and inspire readers to rethink our modes of relating. The sort of questions that arise after reading the book revolve around the direction in which political thought should move: what ideals, goals, and ends, if any, should political theory uphold in imagining posthumanist futures? How can we find direction through processes of estrangement and defamiliarization?”
The full text can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.1177/00905917241291148
My review of Darrel Moellendorf’s most recent book Mobilizing Hope has just appeared in the Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie. You can find the text here:
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/dzph-2024-0045/html
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