Polity

Things make us just as much as we make things. And yet, unlike the study of languages or places, there is no discipline devoted to the study of mat...

Subcultural phenomena continue to draw attention from many areas of contemporary society, including the news media, the marketing and fashion indus...

Subcultural phenomena continue to draw attention from many areas of contemporary society, including the news media, the marketing and fashion indus...

Subjectified is a book about subjects, objects, and verbs. It is also a book about clothing-optional resorts, masturbation circles, and sex parties...

Subjectified is a book about subjects, objects, and verbs. It is also a book about clothing-optional resorts, masturbation circles, and sex parties...

This book provides a historically informed reconstruction of the social practices that have shaped the formation of the modern subject from the ear...

This book provides a historically informed reconstruction of the social practices that have shaped the formation of the modern subject from the ear...

Subjugate the Earth traces the biography of a strange idea: the idea that human beings can subdue nature and rule over it. Born in Mesopotamia at t...

The urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive wave of present urbanization is often referred to as an 'urban revolution'...

The urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive wave of present urbanization is often referred to as an 'urban revolution'...

This important and original book addresses the nature of public opinion, the relation between rulers and ruled, and the role of popular rumours in ...

In Suffering Iain Wilkinson provides a compelling sociological exploration of human suffering, and its political and moral repercussions. Sociolog...

In Suffering Iain Wilkinson provides a compelling sociological exploration of human suffering, and its political and moral repercussions. Sociolog...

There is more sugar in the world's diet than ever before, but life is far from sweet for the exploited producers making nature's 'white gold' and t...

There is more sugar in the world's diet than ever before, but life is far from sweet for the exploited producers making nature's 'white gold' and t...

What is the connection between the sleaziness of Harvey Weinstein’s ‘business meetings’ and the passionless doctrine of neoclassical economics? In ...

What is the connection between the sleaziness of Harvey Weinstein’s ‘business meetings’ and the passionless doctrine of neoclassical economics? In ...

In this major new study Christian Baudelot and Roger Establet provide a timely and wide-ranging account of the changing nature of suicide in the wo...

In this major new study Christian Baudelot and Roger Establet provide a timely and wide-ranging account of the changing nature of suicide in the wo...

Suicide terrorism in its modern form made its first appearance in Lebanon in the early 1980s. Over the last quarter century, terrorist attacks perp...

Suicide terrorism in its modern form made its first appearance in Lebanon in the early 1980s. Over the last quarter century, terrorist attacks perp...

In the past 25 years, the distribution of income and wealth in Britain and the US has grown enormously unequal, far more so than in other advanced ...

In the past 25 years, the distribution of income and wealth in Britain and the US has grown enormously unequal, far more so than in other advanced ...

The European Union is in a state of revolution. In response to new global realities from the climate crisis to the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Uk...