Polity

How can we make media anti-racist? The rise of the far right, the impacts of Covid-19, and the mediated evidence of racist police violence have cha...

In The Antiquity of Nations, Anthony Smith provides a fresh interpretation of the character of modern nations. Departing from conventional wisdom, ...

In The Antiquity of Nations, Anthony Smith provides a fresh interpretation of the character of modern nations. Departing from conventional wisdom, ...

On 20 May 1961 Foucault defended his two doctoral theses; on 2 December 1970 he gave his inaugural lecture at the Collège de France. Between these ...

On 20 May 1961 Foucault defended his two doctoral theses; on 2 December 1970 he gave his inaugural lecture at the Collège de France. Between these ...

This book offers a comprehensive reflection on the existential condition of the 21st century. A visionary introduction to existential posthumanism,...

This book offers a comprehensive reflection on the existential condition of the 21st century. A visionary introduction to existential posthumanism,...

The Art of Conversation is a major contribution to the social history of language - a relatively new field which has become the focus of lively int...

The concept of democratic freedom refers to more than the kind of freedom embodied by political institutions and procedures. Democratic freedom can...

The concept of democratic freedom refers to more than the kind of freedom embodied by political institutions and procedures. Democratic freedom can...

In our individualized society we are all artists of life – whether we know it or not, will it or not and like it or not, by decree of society if no...

In our individualized society we are all artists of life – whether we know it or not, will it or not and like it or not, by decree of society if no...

In this book Raymond Boudon examines the main theories for the explanation of beliefs, providing a major contribution to the analysis of beliefs an...

After the hell of the Nazis and the terror of Communism, it is possible that a new catastrophe has appeared on the horizon: this time it is neolibe...

The global financial crisis of 2008 ushered in a system of informal decision-making in the grey zone between economics and politics. Legitimized by...

The global financial crisis of 2008 ushered in a system of informal decision-making in the grey zone between economics and politics. Legitimized by...

What if the state as we know it didn’t exist? Our air would be poisonous, our votes uncounted, and our markets dysfunctional. Yet across the world,...

Rising inequality is the defining feature of our age. With the lion’s share of wealth growth going to the top, for a growing percentage of society ...

Rising inequality is the defining feature of our age. With the lion’s share of wealth growth going to the top, for a growing percentage of society ...

In Early Modern Europe the first readers of a book were not those who bought it. They were the scribes who copied the author’s or translator’s manu...

In Early Modern Europe the first readers of a book were not those who bought it. They were the scribes who copied the author’s or translator’s manu...

Today autism has become highly visible. Once you begin to look for it, you realize it is everywhere. Why? We all know the answer or think we do: th...

Today autism has become highly visible. Once you begin to look for it, you realize it is everywhere. Why? We all know the answer or think we do: th...

How did we end up in a world where social programs are routinely cut in the name of market discipline and fiscal austerity, yet large banks get bai...