Polity

We live in times of increasing public distrust of the main institutions of modern society. Experts, including scientists, are suspected of working ...

Demography is not destiny. As Giacomo Casanova explained over two centuries ago: 'There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our own liv...

Demography is not destiny. As Giacomo Casanova explained over two centuries ago: 'There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our own liv...

In Why Do People Sing? Paddy Scannell explores some of the mysteries at the heart of vocal communication. What explains the communicative musicalit...

In Why Do People Sing? Paddy Scannell explores some of the mysteries at the heart of vocal communication. What explains the communicative musicalit...

The election of an unabashedly patriarchal man as US President was a shock for many—despite decades of activism on gender inequalities and equal ri...

The election of an unabashedly patriarchal man as US President was a shock for many—despite decades of activism on gender inequalities and equal ri...

This major new book explores the peculiar place of feminism in contemporary culture. Preface. Introduction: Why Feminism?. 1. Generations of Femin...

This major new book explores the peculiar place of feminism in contemporary culture. Preface. Introduction: Why Feminism?. 1. Generations of Femin...

While many are born into prosperity, hundreds of millions of people lead lives of almost unimaginable poverty. Our world remains hugely unequal, wi...

While many are born into prosperity, hundreds of millions of people lead lives of almost unimaginable poverty. Our world remains hugely unequal, wi...

The literary friendship between Alain Robbe-Grillet and Roland Barthes lasted 25 years. Everything attests to their deep and mutual intellectual es...

The literary friendship between Alain Robbe-Grillet and Roland Barthes lasted 25 years. Everything attests to their deep and mutual intellectual es...

Immigration policy will never satisfy everyone. It’s a stubborn fact that more people will want to move to high-income countries than residents wil...

Can we talk about the news media without proclaiming journalism either our savior or the source of all evil? It is not easy to do so, but it gets e...

Can we talk about the news media without proclaiming journalism either our savior or the source of all evil? It is not easy to do so, but it gets e...

Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, bein...

Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, bein...

Why do people behave in the way they do and how can we get them to change? Drawing on a large body of empirical research, Lahlou shows that peop...

Why do people behave in the way they do and how can we get them to change? Drawing on a large body of empirical research, Lahlou shows that peop...

Why Philosophize? is a series of lectures given by Jean-François Lyotard to students at the Sorbonne embarking on their university studies. The cir...

Why Philosophize? is a series of lectures given by Jean-François Lyotard to students at the Sorbonne embarking on their university studies. The cir...

'Why are you making this about race?' This question is repeated daily in public and in the media. Calling someone racist in these times of mounting...

'Why are you making this about race?' This question is repeated daily in public and in the media. Calling someone racist in these times of mounting...