Journal News: September 2025

Volume 42, Number 5, September 2025

Read the latest issue of Theory, Culture & Society with articles on psychological distress and the ‘asset economy’, examining dog-assisted therapy sessions in triadic terms, how the psychical satisfaction of playing videogames comes from the enjoyment of failure rather than the attainment of pleasure, how 19th century mass media provided the conceptual scaffolding for early psychoanalytic theory, and more.

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Volume 31, Number 3, September 2025.

Read the latest issue of Body & Society with articles on the bodily element of competitive video games (esports), the making of habit and the dynamics of knowledge ‘in the hands’ among outdoor adventurers, Lohana Berkins’ Latin American travesti theory, and more.

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Related Video Abstracts

Benjamin Nicoll on ‘Latent Freedom in Videogames’. (Open Access)

Qian Wang on ‘Bodily Movements in Video Game Practice: A Phenomenological Analysis of Digital Virtuality’. (Open Access)