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The extradition of terror suspects reveals the worst features of the security stateIn 2012 five Muslim men—Babar Ahmad, Talha Ahsan, Khalid al-Faww...

This brilliant biography of the cult guitar player will likely cause you to abandon everything you thought you knew about jazz improvisation, post-...

In these diatribes on the marketing of culture and the branding of identity, the development of spectacle—architecture and the rise of global citie...

Rethinking the open cityPlanners, privatisation, and police surveillance are laying siege to urban public spaces. The streets are becoming ever mor...

Rethinking the open cityPlanners, privatisation, and police surveillance are laying siege to urban public spaces. The streets are becoming ever mor...

In the last decade, Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar has grown from critical darling of the film circuit scene to mainstream success. Frequently comi...

Pedro Almodovar … winner of a BAFTA for Best Director, 2000All About My Mother … Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film, 2000The huge international suc...

Determinations is both an uncompromising Marxian engagement with an erstwhile ‘postcolonial theory’ and a set of new critical readings of a body of...

A new edition of a classic history of the Mississippi River DeltaDevelopment Arrested is a major reinterpretation of the 200-year-old conflict betw...

Searching reflections on the crisis in Israel and Gaza by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the HolocaustDiary of a Crisis explores the past tu...

In some circles, a nod towards totalitarianism is enough to dismiss any critique of the status quo. Such is the insidiousness of the neo-liberal id...

An exploration of Marcel Proust and Anthony Powell's greatest literary achievements.There are few writers about whom opinions diverge so widely as ...

The themes of citizenship and community are today at the center of a fierce debate as both left and right try to mobilize them for their cause. For...

A longtime insider explores the origins of modern protest movements like Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street, offering a groundbreaking histo...

What happens when the rich are allowed to hide their money in tax havens, and what we should do about itThe Panama Papers were a reminder of how th...

A “keenly observed and timely investigation” of how capitalism makes a fortune from disaster, poverty and catastrophe—“a potent weapon for shock re...

A “keenly observed and timely investigation” of how capitalism makes a fortune from disaster, poverty and catastrophe—“a potent weapon for shock re...

Liberal civilisation is in crisis - now is a time of monsters.The rise of the new far right has left the world grappling with a profound misunderst...

Liberal civilisation is in crisis - now is a time of monsters.While the spotlight often shines on the actions of charismatic right-wing leaders suc...

Norman Geras is Professor of Government at the University of Manchester. His books include Solidarity in the Conversation of Humankind, Marx and Hu...

Norman Geras is Professor of Government at the University of Manchester. His books include Solidarity in the Conversation of Humankind, Marx and Hu...

Luciana Castellina is one of Italy’s most prominent left intellectuals and a cofounder of the newspaper il manifesto. In this coming-of agememoir, ...

Exploring the philosophy of disobedienceThe world is out of joint, so much so that disobeying should be an urgent question for everyone. In this pr...