Polity

What is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives? In this lively introduction...

What is time? How has our relationship to time changed through history and how does time structure our social lives? In this lively introduction...

Time is at the forefront of contemporary scholarly inquiry across the natural sciences and the humanities. Yet the social sciences have remained su...

Hartmut Rosa is a leading social theorist whose books on social acceleration and resonance have become milestones in discussions about the problems...

Hartmut Rosa is a leading social theorist whose books on social acceleration and resonance have become milestones in discussions about the problems...

We live in a time of turbulent change when many of the frameworks that have characterized our societies over the last few centuries – such as the i...

We live in a time of turbulent change when many of the frameworks that have characterized our societies over the last few centuries – such as the i...

In this book the authors examine the relations between work and time and explore the possibilities of developing new and more flexible working patt...

In this book Alain Corbin argues that the 1860s were a crucial period for western civilization, characterized by radical changes in the way Europea...

In this book the author moves beyond the time of clocks and calendars in order to study time as embedded in social interactions, structures, practi...

In October 2016, thirty intellectuals and artists from Africa, its diasporas, and beyond gathered together in Dakar and Saint-Louis, Senegal, to re...

In October 2016, thirty intellectuals and artists from Africa, its diasporas, and beyond gathered together in Dakar and Saint-Louis, Senegal, to re...

Alexis de Tocqueville, a French aristocrat paradoxically famous for his insights into democracy and equality, is one of history’s greatest analysts...

Alexis de Tocqueville, a French aristocrat paradoxically famous for his insights into democracy and equality, is one of history’s greatest analysts...

In this engaging and comprehensive introduction to the topic of toleration, Andrew Jason Cohen seeks to answer fundamental questions, such as: What...

In this engaging and comprehensive introduction to the topic of toleration, Andrew Jason Cohen seeks to answer fundamental questions, such as: What...

Navid Kermani is not only one of Germany’s most distinguished writers and public intellectuals, he is also an outstanding public speaker who mesmer...

Navid Kermani is not only one of Germany’s most distinguished writers and public intellectuals, he is also an outstanding public speaker who mesmer...

Torture is not as universally condemned as it once was. From Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib prisons to the death of Giulio Regeni, countless recent case...

Torture is not as universally condemned as it once was. From Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib prisons to the death of Giulio Regeni, countless recent case...

Less than a century old, the concept of totalitarianism is one of the most controversial in political theory, with some proposing to abandon it alt...

Less than a century old, the concept of totalitarianism is one of the most controversial in political theory, with some proposing to abandon it alt...

This book is the long-overdue publication in English of Aimé Césaire’s account of Toussaint Louverture, the legendary leader of the revolution in S...

This book is the long-overdue publication in English of Aimé Césaire’s account of Toussaint Louverture, the legendary leader of the revolution in S...