Polity

This inspirational book provides the backstory to current attempts by states and corporations to control the Internet. It explains key issues such ...

This inspirational book provides the backstory to current attempts by states and corporations to control the Internet. It explains key issues such ...

Not so long ago, Russia under Putin appeared to be a corrupt state run by an elite mainly interested in their own privileges and wealth: authoritar...

In the 1990s, a vision emerged of a frictionless world of globalization in which the West would become ever richer on the basis of a tech-based ser...

In the 1990s, a vision emerged of a frictionless world of globalization in which the West would become ever richer on the basis of a tech-based ser...

Do so-called universal human rights apply to indigenous, formerly enslaved and colonized peoples?This trenchant book brings human rights into conve...

Do so-called universal human rights apply to indigenous, formerly enslaved and colonized peoples?This trenchant book brings human rights into conve...

What remains of the colours of our childhood? What are our memories of a blue rabbit, a red dress, a yellow bike – and were they really those colou...

What remains of the colours of our childhood? What are our memories of a blue rabbit, a red dress, a yellow bike – and were they really those colou...

At the end of life, our comfort lies mainly in relationships. In this book, Daniel Miller, one of the world's leading anthropologists, examines th...

At the end of life, our comfort lies mainly in relationships. In this book, Daniel Miller, one of the world's leading anthropologists, examines th...

What do we know about ordinary people in our towns and cities, about what really matters to them and how they organize their lives today? This book...

What do we know about ordinary people in our towns and cities, about what really matters to them and how they organize their lives today? This book...

This final volume in Antonio Negri’s new trilogy aims to clarify and develop the ‘common’ as a key concept of radical thought. Here the term is und...

This final volume in Antonio Negri’s new trilogy aims to clarify and develop the ‘common’ as a key concept of radical thought. Here the term is und...

In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flourish with...

Contemporary societies demand clear-minded, evidence-based ideas to address complex social issues. Communication scholarship has a rich trove of kn...

Contemporary societies demand clear-minded, evidence-based ideas to address complex social issues. Communication scholarship has a rich trove of kn...

In this autobiographical reflection, the distinguished anthropologist Philippe Descola looks back on his intellectual career and examines both the ...

In this autobiographical reflection, the distinguished anthropologist Philippe Descola looks back on his intellectual career and examines both the ...

The Conquest of Mexico is a brilliant account of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, written from a new and unfamiliar angle. Gruzinski analyses the p...

The Conservatives are back, and back with a bang – two election wins in a row and, providing they can hold things together, in a pretty good positi...

The Conservatives are back, and back with a bang – two election wins in a row and, providing they can hold things together, in a pretty good positi...