Polity

This study provides a survey and critique of the research material concerned with the sexual division of labour. The result is an account of how wo...

China's massive economic restructuring in recent decades has generated alarming incidences of mental disorder affecting over one hundred million pe...

China's massive economic restructuring in recent decades has generated alarming incidences of mental disorder affecting over one hundred million pe...

Mental illness is a highly controversial and contested field, informed by the ideas and research of academics and practitioners working in psychiat...

Mental illness is a highly controversial and contested field, informed by the ideas and research of academics and practitioners working in psychiat...

These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearly five centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remained largel...

We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothin...

We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothin...

The discussions about the ethical, political and human implications of the postmodernist condition have been raging for longer than most of us care...

The discussions about the ethical, political and human implications of the postmodernist condition have been raging for longer than most of us care...

The two treatises The Overcoming of Metaphysics (1938/39) and The Essence of Nihilism (1946–1948) do not belong together temporally or formally, bu...

The two treatises The Overcoming of Metaphysics (1938/39) and The Essence of Nihilism (1946–1948) do not belong together temporally or formally, bu...

In the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of wi...

In the wake of the MeToo movement, revelations of sexual assault and harassment continue to disrupt sexual politics across the globe. Reports of wi...

Mexican cinema is booming today, a decade after the international successes of Amores perros and Y tu mamá también. Mexican films now display a wid...

Mexican cinema is booming today, a decade after the international successes of Amores perros and Y tu mamá también. Mexican films now display a wid...

Michael Walzer is one of the world’s most important political thinkers, whose major works, such as Spheres of Justice and Just and Unjust Wars, hav...

Michael Walzer is one of the world’s most important political thinkers, whose major works, such as Spheres of Justice and Just and Unjust Wars, hav...

This major new biography recounts the extraordinary life of one of the most creative figures in Western culture, weaving together the multiple thre...

This book provides a boldly original account of Middle English literature from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the sixteenth century. It ar...

This book provides a boldly original account of Middle English literature from the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the sixteenth century. It ar...

Long known as the world's factory, China is the largest manufacturing economy ever seen, accounting for more than 10% of global exports. China is a...

Long known as the world's factory, China is the largest manufacturing economy ever seen, accounting for more than 10% of global exports. China is a...

The question of migration has come to dominate the news agenda in many countries, but what does the word ‘migrant’ really mean today and how should...