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This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the F...

Since the emergence of ChatGPT, generative AI has been heralded as a technology poised to revolutionize our world. But beyond the hype and hyperbol...

Since the emergence of ChatGPT, generative AI has been heralded as a technology poised to revolutionize our world. But beyond the hype and hyperbol...

Georg Simmel, as well as being a major philosopher, is one of the founding figures of sociology whose work is comparable in importance to that of M...

Georg Simmel, as well as being a major philosopher, is one of the founding figures of sociology whose work is comparable in importance to that of M...

This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to Simone de Beauvoir's philosophical thought. Beauvoir has long been recognized as the twe...

This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to Simone de Beauvoir's philosophical thought. Beauvoir has long been recognized as the twe...

Fundraising may not seem like an obvious lens through which to examine the process of nation-building, but in this highly original book Lainer-V...

Fundraising may not seem like an obvious lens through which to examine the process of nation-building, but in this highly original book Lainer-V...

Critical social theorist and philosopher David Theo Goldberg is one of the defining figures in critical race theory. His work, unsurpassed in its ...

Critical social theorist and philosopher David Theo Goldberg is one of the defining figures in critical race theory. His work, unsurpassed in its ...

Focusing on contemporary debates in moral and political theory, Situating the Self argues that a non-relative ethics, binding on us in virtue of ou...

Love is the most important and intense experience of our life. It pushes us to elation, to heartbreak, to sing for joy and sob in disappointment. C...

Sketches in the Theory of Culture is a remarkable work by all measures. Written by Zygmunt Bauman when he was still a professor in Poland, and orig...

Sketches in the Theory of Culture is a remarkable work by all measures. Written by Zygmunt Bauman when he was still a professor in Poland, and orig...

Skin is the border of our body and, as such, it is that through which we relate to others but also what separates us from them. Through skin, we sp...

The role of slavery in driving Britain's economic development is often debated, but seldom given a central place. In their remarkable new book, Max...

The role of slavery in driving Britain's economic development is often debated, but seldom given a central place. In their remarkable new book, Max...

This is the first English-language introduction to Peter Sloterdijk, the distinguished German philosopher and controversial public intellectual. S...

This is the first English-language introduction to Peter Sloterdijk, the distinguished German philosopher and controversial public intellectual. S...

Peter Sloterdijk is one of the most challenging and contentious thinkers currently working within the European tradition. This is the first collect...

Peter Sloterdijk is one of the most challenging and contentious thinkers currently working within the European tradition. This is the first collect...

This book examines the ways in which knowledge that is inordinate, excessive, and overwhelming comes to mark everyday life in low-income, poor neig...

This book examines the ways in which knowledge that is inordinate, excessive, and overwhelming comes to mark everyday life in low-income, poor neig...