John Clarke

John Clarke, author of The Battle for Britain, looks back to the authoritarian populism of Thatcherism to locate the origins of the ever-extending coercive reach of the state and argues that we desperately need a new way of thinking. …Read more

John Clarke discusses our multiple current crises and considers how the term permacrisis reminds us just how multifaceted and unstable society currently is.…Read more

John Clarke, author of 'Critical Dialogues', reminds us that the inequality in society means that people’s perspective of home can vary hugely, and explores the disruption the pandemic has had on our sense of place. …Read more

John Clarke, Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the Open University, and author of 'Critical Dialogues', reflects on the sense of dislocation and disorientation in this time of coronavirus.…Read more

Thinking critically is a demanding challenge, especially in these hard times. This blog celebrates the practice of thinking collaboratively and dialogically, drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin’s persistent concern with ‘dialogism’ and ‘heteroglossia’ as vital and productive features of social life. Critical thinking should never be a lonely experience. Even if I am not engaged directly in Read More