Polity

Leading philosophers Alice Crary and Lori Gruen offer a searing and desperately needed response to systems of thought and action that are failing a...

This book is an attempt to lead the way through the moral maze that is our relationship with nonhuman animals. Written by an author with an establi...

This book is an attempt to lead the way through the moral maze that is our relationship with nonhuman animals. Written by an author with an establi...

Philosophers since Aristotle have studied animals and issues arising from their use. Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in ‘Crit...

Philosophers since Aristotle have studied animals and issues arising from their use. Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in ‘Crit...

Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of bus...

Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of bus...

The critical situation in which our planet finds itself is no longer in doubt. Some things are already collapsing while others are beginning to do ...

The critical situation in which our planet finds itself is no longer in doubt. Some things are already collapsing while others are beginning to do ...

Like fast food, fast science is quickly prepared, not particularly good, and it clogs up the system. Efforts to tackle our most pressing issues hav...

Like fast food, fast science is quickly prepared, not particularly good, and it clogs up the system. Efforts to tackle our most pressing issues hav...

This important book makes a bold statement about the nature and value of anthropological theory at the beginning of the 21st century. The Contribu...

This important book makes a bold statement about the nature and value of anthropological theory at the beginning of the 21st century. The Contribu...

Humanity is at a crossroads. We face mounting inequality, escalating political violence, warring fundamentalisms and an environmental crisis of pla...

Humanity is at a crossroads. We face mounting inequality, escalating political violence, warring fundamentalisms and an environmental crisis of pla...

In this new book, Pottier provides an incisive account of food production and famine in the world today. Drawing on the work of anthropologists and...

While there has been a wealth of research and conversation about the role of racism in shaping our social, political and economic structures, antir...

While there has been a wealth of research and conversation about the role of racism in shaping our social, political and economic structures, antir...

The Italian philosopher and militant Antonio Negri has been a provocative and controversial figure for over forty years. He has been a professor of...

The Italian philosopher and militant Antonio Negri has been a provocative and controversial figure for over forty years. He has been a professor of...

Jacques Lacan is widely recognized as a key figure in the history of psychoanalysis and one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th Century. I...

Jacques Lacan is widely recognized as a key figure in the history of psychoanalysis and one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th Century. I...

Winner of the American Sociological Association's 'Distinguished Book Award' in the Religion category. For most of us, “Apocalypse” suggests the...

Winner of the American Sociological Association's 'Distinguished Book Award' in the Religion category. For most of us, "Apocalypse" suggests the ...