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In recent years, the nature of conflict has changed. Through asymmetric warfare radical groups and weak state actors are using unexpected means to ...

The international order of the post-WW II period is in disarray. The sounds of war can be heard all around us, from Ukraine to Gaza, from Darfur to...

The international order of the post-WW II period is in disarray. The sounds of war can be heard all around us, from Ukraine to Gaza, from Darfur to...

Many families leave their children for years to be looked after by young people about whom they know next to nothing, from places they have barely ...

Many families leave their children for years to be looked after by young people about whom they know next to nothing, from places they have barely ...

Slated as ‘the next big thing in tech’, augmented reality promises to take the screen out of our hands and wrap it around the world via ‘smart spec...

Slated as ‘the next big thing in tech’, augmented reality promises to take the screen out of our hands and wrap it around the world via ‘smart spec...

In 1945, soon after the liberation of Auschwitz, Soviet authorities in control of the Kattowitz (Katowice) camp in Poland asked Primo Levi and his ...

In 1945, soon after the liberation of Auschwitz, Soviet authorities in control of the Kattowitz (Katowice) camp in Poland asked Primo Levi and his ...

Austerity has been at the center of political controversy following the 2008 financial crisis, invoked by politicians and academics across the poli...

Austerity has been at the center of political controversy following the 2008 financial crisis, invoked by politicians and academics across the poli...

How can people peacefully cooperate with others to improve their lives? This important book answers this question by introducing readers to the Aus...

How can people peacefully cooperate with others to improve their lives? This important book answers this question by introducing readers to the Aus...

From citizens paying taxes to employees following their bosses' orders and kids obeying their parents, we take it for granted that a whole range of...

From citizens paying taxes to employees following their bosses' orders and kids obeying their parents, we take it for granted that a whole range of...

In July 2014 the Belgian newspaper Le Soir claimed that France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland and the United States may lose between 4...

In July 2014 the Belgian newspaper Le Soir claimed that France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland and the United States may lose between 4...

In everyday life, we generally assume that we can make our own decisions on matters which concern our own lives. We assume that a life followed onl...

In everyday life, we generally assume that we can make our own decisions on matters which concern our own lives. We assume that a life followed onl...

With his insightful and wide-ranging theory of recognition, Axel Honneth has decisively reshaped the Frankfurt School tradition of critical social ...

With his insightful and wide-ranging theory of recognition, Axel Honneth has decisively reshaped the Frankfurt School tradition of critical social ...

We are living in an open sea, caught up in a continuous wave, with no fixed point and no instrument to measure distance and the direction of travel...

We are living in an open sea, caught up in a continuous wave, with no fixed point and no instrument to measure distance and the direction of travel...

Alain Badiou is one of the leading philosophers in the world today. His ground-breaking philosophy is based on a creative reading of set theory, of...