Polity

What is the nature of the modern state? How did it come into being and what are the characteristics of this distinctive field of power that has com...

What is the nature of the modern state? How did it come into being and what are the characteristics of this distinctive field of power that has com...

François Jullien, the leading philosopher and specialist in Chinese thought, has always aimed at building on inter-cultural relations between China...

François Jullien, the leading philosopher and specialist in Chinese thought, has always aimed at building on inter-cultural relations between China...

Unde malum from where does evil come? That is the question that has plagued humankind ever since Eve, seduced by the serpent, tempted Adam to taste...

Unde malum from where does evil come? That is the question that has plagued humankind ever since Eve, seduced by the serpent, tempted Adam to taste...

On Tropical Grounds develops a new approach to the avant-garde and Surrealism in Caribbean and Atlantic studies. The book examines how islands and ...

On Tropical Grounds develops a new approach to the avant-garde and Surrealism in Caribbean and Atlantic studies. The book examines how islands and ...

This book addresses a central theme in social and political theory: what is the motivation behind the theory of ideology, and can such a theory be ...

This book addresses a central theme in social and political theory: what is the motivation behind the theory of ideology, and can such a theory be ...

A keen athlete in his late forties, philosophy professor Kevin Aho hadn’t given much thought to his own mortality, until he suffered a sudden heart...

A keen athlete in his late forties, philosophy professor Kevin Aho hadn’t given much thought to his own mortality, until he suffered a sudden heart...

We are in the midst of the worst drug crisis in American history. What are we going to do about it?Around 100,000 Americans died of a drug overdose...

The story of gay rights has long been told as one of single-minded focus on the fight for sexual freedom. Yet its origins are much more complicated...

The story of gay rights has long been told as one of single-minded focus on the fight for sexual freedom. Yet its origins are much more complicated...

Adorno’s lectures on ontology and dialectics from 1960–61 comprise his most sustained and systematic analysis of Heidegger’s philosophy. They also ...

Adorno’s lectures on ontology and dialectics from 1960–61 comprise his most sustained and systematic analysis of Heidegger’s philosophy. They also ...

Never before has such damning evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity been revealed in the midst of a conflict. As civil war raged in Sy...

Never before has such damning evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity been revealed in the midst of a conflict. As civil war raged in Sy...

This major new book provides a concise history of optical media from Renaissance linear perspective to late twentieth-century computer graphics. Ki...

This major new book provides a concise history of optical media from Renaissance linear perspective to late twentieth-century computer graphics. Ki...

In this important and stylish book, Michel Maffesoli argues that it is impossible to reduce knowledge to a conception of science inherited from the...

During the Holocaust, 99 percent of all Jewish killings were carried out by members of state organizations. In this groundbreaking book, Stefan Küh...

During the Holocaust, 99 percent of all Jewish killings were carried out by members of state organizations. In this groundbreaking book, Stefan Küh...