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Against the bleak backdrop of pressing issues in today’s world, civil societies remain vibrant, animated by people’s belief that they should and ca...

Against the bleak backdrop of pressing issues in today’s world, civil societies remain vibrant, animated by people’s belief that they should and ca...

What are the logics of pricing, and why do some pricing schemes defy standard economic expectations? What explains the different labor market outco...

What are the logics of pricing, and why do some pricing schemes defy standard economic expectations? What explains the different labor market outco...

Our culture has no concept of stopping. We continue to build motorways and airports for a future in which cars and planes may no longer exist. We’r...

From 9/11 to the Snowden leaks, stories about surveillance increasingly dominate the headlines. But surveillance is not only 'done to us' – it is s...

From 9/11 to the Snowden leaks, stories about surveillance increasingly dominate the headlines. But surveillance is not only 'done to us' – it is s...

Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence. It is a powerful incentive in the search for knowledge and an inherent component of scientific rese...

Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence. It is a powerful incentive in the search for knowledge and an inherent component of scientific rese...

The one emotion that matters most to many people is the one about which social thinkers rarely speak - love. For many people, love is the thing tha...

The one emotion that matters most to many people is the one about which social thinkers rarely speak - love. For many people, love is the thing tha...

Russia’s attack on Ukraine marks an epochal break in European and global history. Undoubtedly, the decision to go to war is closely linked to one ...

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet investigates how intelligence–human and artificial–manifests under conditions of secrecy, hostility, and con...

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet investigates how intelligence–human and artificial–manifests under conditions of secrecy, hostility, and con...

This text provides for the first time in book form an exploration of the communicative aspects of the darker side of family life, ranging from, f...

This text provides for the first time in book form an exploration of the communicative aspects of the darker side of family life, ranging from, f...

In this book, one of the world’s leading social theorists presents a critical, alarmed, but also nuanced understanding of the post-traditional worl...

In this book, one of the world’s leading social theorists presents a critical, alarmed, but also nuanced understanding of the post-traditional worl...

For a long time, France and its culture have been one and the same. The greatness of the former added to the influence of the latter, and vice vers...

For a long time, France and its culture have been one and the same. The greatness of the former added to the influence of the latter, and vice vers...

‘Governments should spend no more than their tax income.’ Most people in Europe and North America accept this statement as simple common sense. It ...

‘Governments should spend no more than their tax income.’ Most people in Europe and North America accept this statement as simple common sense. It ...

In this lucid and stimulating new book, Peter Burger, one of the foremost literary critics in Germany today, addresses the relationship between art...

There is a tendency in public debate to downplay the significance of populism by attributing its rise to the inadequacies of those who vote for pop...