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Is the future about to close in, or is it open to new horizons? For anthropologist Tim Ingold, the root of our difficulty in facing up to the futur...

The term dogwhistle, meaning a political message with a hidden or coded meaning, only entered mainstream usage in the mid-1990s, but today it seems...

The world faces a climate crisis and an ascendant far right. Are these trends related? How does the far right think about the environment, and what...

The world faces a climate crisis and an ascendant far right. Are these trends related? How does the far right think about the environment, and what...

This important book provides a comparative study of the growth and impact of mass literacy across Europe between 1750 and 1950. The volume outlines...

Until quite recently, almost no philosophers trained in the continental tradition saw anything of value in realism. The situation in analytic philo...

Until quite recently, almost no philosophers trained in the continental tradition saw anything of value in realism. The situation in analytic philo...

This book is a detailed and wide-ranging account of the birth of social theory as a distinctive and modern intellectual genre, providing a brillian...

In recent years culture has become the primary currency of politics – from the identity politics that characterized the 2016 American election to t...

In recent years culture has become the primary currency of politics – from the identity politics that characterized the 2016 American election to t...

In this age of migration, more and more children are growing up in immigrant or transnational families. The "new second generation" refers to forei...

In this age of migration, more and more children are growing up in immigrant or transnational families. The "new second generation" refers to forei...

In many Asian societies, the process of modernization often took place in a rapid and highly compressed fashion – not over centuries, as had happen...

In many Asian societies, the process of modernization often took place in a rapid and highly compressed fashion – not over centuries, as had happen...

In the autumn of 1905 Weber turned the full power of his intellect to the revolutionary events in Russia. Fascinated by the world-historical import...

Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century? Can a smell bear the traces of history? What can we learn about the history of the t...

Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century? Can a smell bear the traces of history? What can we learn about the history of the t...

Valentin-Yves Mudimbe is a Congolese philosopher, novelist, poet, essayist, and academic, widely considered to be one of the most important African...

Valentin-Yves Mudimbe is a Congolese philosopher, novelist, poet, essayist, and academic, widely considered to be one of the most important African...

In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the v...

In his philosophical reflections on the art of lingering, acclaimed cultural theorist Byung-Chul Han argues that the value we attach today to the v...

From the harrowing situation of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean in rubber dinghies to the crisis on the US-Mexico border, mass migration...

From the harrowing situation of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean in rubber dinghies to the crisis on the US-Mexico border, mass migration...

In August 2007 a Russian flag was planted under the North Pole during a scientific expedition triggering speculation about a new scramble for resou...