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Reorganize Production to Serve Life, Not Profit - An interview with Jason Hickel

Jason Hickel, Don Kalb, Maria Dyveke Styve, and Federico Tomasone

On 15 May 2025, Jason Hickel – economic anthropologist, leading degrowth theorist and author of popular works such as The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions and Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World – delivered a provocative lectio magistralis as the Third Annual Global Research Programme on Inequality (GRIP) Lecture at the University of Bergen, sponsored by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation’s Brussels Office (RFL). In his lecture, “The Struggle for Development in the Twenty-First Century”, Hickel rejected the idea that the development of the Global South can take place within the logic of extractive capitalism and economic imperialism...

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Some of Last Month's Top Journal Articles

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EnviroSociety

Is the UNFCCC climate governance truly pluralist? Examining the Loss and Damage Fund

Aritra Chakrabarty and Alexis Belle Tater

The UNFCCC has struggled to be effective in driving ambitious climate action due to several structural and procedural limitations. In the follow up to the Paris Agreement 2015, its reliance on consensus-based decision making has been impeded by divisions between developed and developing and small island nations due lack of inclusivity, lack of accountability, and use of technocratic dominant systems over Indigenous, traditional knowledge systems, etc.

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Open Access

Berghahn Migration and Development Studies Collection

Berghahn Books is proud to be partnering with Knowledge Unlatched to present the Berghahn Migration and Development Studies collection. Every year we will be adding 20 front-list titles to the collection, covering the topics of international migration and movement as well as the social implications of economic and environmental change for communities. As institutions sign up for the collection and pledge their financial support, we are able to fund the cost of making the books available as Open Access.

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The Berghahn Open Anthro Journey

Embarking on a discipline-driven equitable open access initiative, Part III

Vivian Berghahn, Managing Director and Journals Editorial Director

The impact on authorship and readership that Berghahn Open Anthro – Subscribe-to-Open has had since the launch of the pilot has been substantial.

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New Paperbacks

Southeast Asia Connection, The
June 2025

The Southeast Asia Connection

Trade and Polities in the Eurasian World Economy, 500 BC–AD 500

Chew, S. C.
Nationalism and Internationalism Intertwined
June 2025

Nationalism and Internationalism Intertwined

A European History of Concepts Beyond the Nation State

Ihalainen, P. & Holmila, A. (eds)
Planning for the Planet
June 2025

Planning for the Planet

Environmental Expertise and the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, 1960–1980

Schleper, S.
Artifak
June 2025

Artifak

Cultural Revival, Tourism, and the Recrafting of History in Vanuatu

DeBlock, H.
Negotiating the Secular and the Religious in the German Empire
June 2025

Negotiating the Secular and the Religious in the German Empire

Transnational Approaches

Habermas, R. (ed)
Stories Make the World
June 2025

Stories Make the World

Reflections on Storytelling and the Art of the Documentary

Most, S.
Constructing Industrial Pasts
July 2025

Constructing Industrial Pasts

Heritage, Historical Culture and Identity in Regions Undergoing Structural Economic Transformation

Berger, S. (ed)
Ambiguous Transitions
July 2025

Ambiguous Transitions

Gender, the State, and Everyday Life in Socialist and Postsocialist Romania

Massino, J.
Exchanging Objects
July 2025

Exchanging Objects

Nineteenth-Century Museum Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution

Nichols, C. A.
Chinese Medicine in East Africa
July 2025

Chinese Medicine in East Africa

An Intimacy with Strangers

Hsu, E.
In the Meantime
July 2025

In the Meantime

Toward an Anthropology of the Possible

Masquelier, A. & Durham, D. (eds)
Elsdon Best
July 2025

Elsdon Best

Holman, J. P. & Delgado Rosa, F.
Art of Resistance, The
August 2025

The Art of Resistance

Cultural Protest against the Austrian Far Right in the Early Twenty-First Century

Fiddler, A.
Ice and Snow in the Cold War
August 2025

Ice and Snow in the Cold War

Histories of Extreme Climatic Environments

Herzberg, J., Kehrt, C., & Torma, F. (eds)
Of Jaguars and Butterflies
August 2025

Of Jaguars and Butterflies

Metalogues on Issues in Anthropology and Philosophy

Lloyd, G. & Vilaça, A.
Exceptional Experiences
August 2025

Exceptional Experiences

Engaging with Jolting Events in Art and Fieldwork

Rethmann, P. & Wulff, H. (eds)
Rethinking the Age of Emancipation
September 2025

Rethinking the Age of Emancipation

Comparative and Transnational Perspectives on Gender, Family, and Religion in Italy and Germany, 1800–1918

Baumeister, M., Lenhard, P., & Nattermann, R. (eds)
Feelings Materialized
September 2025

Feelings Materialized

Emotions, Bodies, and Things in Germany, 1500–1950

Hillard, D., Lempa, H., & Spinney, R. (eds)
Beyond Posthumanism
September 2025

Beyond Posthumanism

The German Humanist Tradition and the Future of the Humanities

Mathäs, A.
Bureaucracy, Work and Violence
September 2025

Bureaucracy, Work and Violence

The Reich Ministry of Labour in Nazi Germany, 1933–1945

Nützenadel, A. (ed)

Current Best Sellers

Children Dancing in Bali

Children Dancing in Bali

Practice, Performance, and Power

McIntosh, J.
Courage and Compassion

Courage and Compassion

A Jewish Boyhood in German-Occupied Greece

Molho, T.
Edible People

Edible People

The Historical Consumption of Slaves and Foreigners and the Cannibalistic Trade in Human Flesh

Siefkes, C.
Fire on the Island

Fire on the Island

Fear, Hope and a Christian Revival in Vanuatu

Bratrud, T.
Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola

The Politics of Visual Pleasure

Backman Rogers, A.
Submerged on the Surface

Submerged on the Surface

The Not-So-Hidden Jews of Nazi Berlin, 1941–1945

Lutjens Jr., R. N.
Myth of Self-Reliance, The

The Myth of Self-Reliance

Economic Lives Inside a Liberian Refugee Camp

Omata, N.
Northern Ireland Conflict on the Margins of History, The

The Northern Ireland Conflict on the Margins of History

Protestant Memory on the Border

Funston, K. & McGrattan, C.
Understanding Social Images

Understanding Social Images

Essays on Visual Methods and Teaching Anthropology

Banks, M.
Zeitlyn, D. & El Khachab, C. (eds)
Women’s Zionism Worldwide, 1897–1948

Women’s Zionism Worldwide, 1897–1948

Katzburg-Yungman, M.

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Fabrics of Anthropological Knowledge

Fabrics of Anthropological Knowledge

Changing Perspectives in Europe and Beyond

Birkalan-Gedik, H. & Dimpflmeier, F. (eds)
Austria's Difficult Past

Austria's Difficult Past

Memory of National Socialism and the Filmization of Television (1960-1980)

Gortat, J.
Everyday Politics of Food Co-ops, The

The Everyday Politics of Food Co-ops

Care, Aid and Community in Austerity Britain

Plender, C.
Beyond the Euromissile Crisis

Beyond the Euromissile Crisis

Global Histories of Anti-Nuclear Activism in the Cold War

Brunet, L.-A. & Karamouzi, E. (eds)
Life as a Migrant Muslim Woman in Sectarian Northern Ireland

Life as a Migrant Muslim Woman in Sectarian Northern Ireland

An Exploration of Gender, Visibility, Movement and Placemaking

Lubit, A. J.
Encountering the Global in Early Modern Germany

Encountering the Global in Early Modern Germany

Microhistories of Mobility, Materiality, and Belonging

Brauner, C., Dürr, R., Hahn, P., Overkamp, A. S., & Siemianowski, S. (eds)
Market and Monastery

Market and Monastery

Capitalism in Manangi Trade Diaspora

Ratanapruck, P.
Colonial Intervention and Destabilization of African Identities

Colonial Intervention and Destabilization of African Identities

Contours of Trusteeship and Organized Infantilism in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mfum-Mensah, O.
Value and Worthlessness

Value and Worthlessness

The Rise of the Populist Right and Other Disruptions in the Anthropology of Capitalism

Kalb, D.
(Un)Settling Place

(Un)Settling Place

Diverse and Divergent Place-Making of People on the Move

Winters, N., Drotbohm, H., & Guevara González, Y. (eds)
Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia

Refugee Protection in Southeast Asia

Between Humanitarianism and Sovereignty

Kneebone, S., Mariñas, R., Missbach, A. & Walden, M. (eds)
Ritual, Rapture and Rebellion

Ritual, Rapture and Rebellion

The Making of Market, Mercy and Meaning Amongst the Gitanos of El Rastro

Brodersen, M. B.
Calibrated Engagement

Calibrated Engagement

Chronicles of Local Politics in the Heartland of Myanmar

Huard, S.
Voices in the Dark

Voices in the Dark

The Energy Lives of Refugees

Rosenberg-Jansen, S.
Performing State Boundaries

Performing State Boundaries

Food Networks, Democratic Bureaucracy and China

Lammer, C.
Unexpected Encounters

Unexpected Encounters

Migrants and Tourists in the Mediterranean

Vietti, F.
Vanquished and Victorious

Vanquished and Victorious

World War One Veterans in Austria and Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938

Šmidrkal, V., Cole, L., Leidinger, H., Kučera, R., Walleczek-Fritz, J., & Šustrová, R.
Care in a Time of Humanitarianism

Care in a Time of Humanitarianism

Stories of Refuge, Aid, and Repair in the Global South

Osanloo, A. & deBergh Robinson, C. (eds)
Governing Migration Through Paperwork

Governing Migration Through Paperwork

Legitimation Practices, Exclusive Inclusion and Differentiation

Andreetta, S. & Borrelli, L. M. (eds)
Migration, Dislocation and Movement on Screen

Migration, Dislocation and Movement on Screen

Trandafoiu, R. (ed)
New Anthropologies of Italy

New Anthropologies of Italy

Politics, History and Culture

Heywood, P. (ed)
Egalitarian Dynamics

Egalitarian Dynamics

Liminality, and Victor Turner’s Contribution to the Understanding of Socio-historical Process

Kapferer, B. & Gold, M. (eds)
Lives in Limbo

Lives in Limbo

Syrian Youth in Turkey

Bryant, R., Abdulla, A., Nimer, M., & Üstübici, A.
Rest in Plastic

Rest in Plastic

Death, Time and Synthetic Materials in a Ghanaian Ewe Community

Bredenbröker, I.
Black Schoolgirls in Space

Black Schoolgirls in Space

Stories of Black Girlhoods Gathered on Educational Terrain

Ohito, E. O. & Mock Muñoz de Luna, L.

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Cambridge Journal of Anthropology

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Études Durkheimiennes

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Ethnologia Europaea

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Focaal

Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology

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The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences

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Advances in Research

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Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies

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