Polity

Bringing warring parties to the negotiating table is the aim of any peace process. But what happens when those negotiations falter and conflict res...

Bringing warring parties to the negotiating table is the aim of any peace process. But what happens when those negotiations falter and conflict res...

In the late twentieth century, disasters seemed like distant happenings in countries far away from the prosperous West. But today they are ‘coming ...

In the late twentieth century, disasters seemed like distant happenings in countries far away from the prosperous West. But today they are ‘coming ...

How should we talk about desire, power and equality in the wake of the #Me Too debate? For Carolin Emcke, bestselling author and winner of the Ger...

How should we talk about desire, power and equality in the wake of the #Me Too debate? For Carolin Emcke, bestselling author and winner of the Ger...

In a quiet little town in northern France, an improbable sequence of events takes place which will go on to transform completely the struggle again...

This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invent...

This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invent...

Science and politics have collaborated throughout human history, and science is repeatedly invoked today in political debates, from pandemic manage...

New Labour is back in power - where now? What should the party's agenda be? How should the centre-left react to a changed external world marked by ...

Democracy and democratization are now high on the political agenda, but there is growing indifference to the gap between rich and poor. Political e...

Can democracy provide a path to socialism? Can civil rights and democratic institutions be protected and developed in a socialist society? Does our...

When Sylvain Tesson left the colourful yellow houses of the French Riviera for a ski trek across the Alps with his friend, a high-altitude mountain...

Paper is older than the printing press, and even in its unprinted state it was the great network medium behind the emergence of modern civilization...

Paper is older than the printing press, and even in its unprinted state it was the great network medium behind the emergence of modern civilization...

Some embrace the idea of white privilege as an important concept that helps us to make sense of the connection between race and social and politica...

Some embrace the idea of white privilege as an important concept that helps us to make sense of the connection between race and social and politica...

What are the relations between feminism and history, feminist politics and historical practice? What are the connections between gender and class? ...

When Americans think about race, “white” is often the furthest thing from their minds. Yet whiteness colors so much of social life in the United St...

When Americans think about race, “white” is often the furthest thing from their minds. Yet whiteness colors so much of social life in the United St...

In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015, millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion, ...

In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015, millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion, ...

Beauty belongs to no one. But what about the objects that museums celebrate as great works of art: to whom do they belong? Do they belong to the pl...