Polity

This major new book draws together key essays by one of Europe's leading social and political theorists. Acknowledgements vii 1 Introduction: The ...

Engineers across the globe are building our future and, by extension, our world. But how can these engineers—whose educations have often encoded hi...

This book presents a series of pioneering studies which together constitute a reappraisal of our understanding of the relationship between gender a...

This book is about how we present our selves in everyday talk and interaction. Selves and conversations are skilful accomplishments requiring trust...

Do we need the United Nations? Where would the contemporary world be without its largest intergovernmental organization? And where could it be had...

Do we need the United Nations? Where would the contemporary world be without its largest intergovernmental organization? And where could it be had...

In this lively and provocative study, Geoff Ward puts forward the bold claim that the founding documents of American identity are essentially liter...

Writings on War collects three of Carl Schmitt's most important and controversial texts, here appearing in English for the first time: The Turn to ...

Writings on War collects three of Carl Schmitt's most important and controversial texts, here appearing in English for the first time: The Turn to ...

As rumours of a strange new illness in Wuhan spread via social media in China, 25-year-old citizen reporter Kcriss decides to travel to the epicent...

In an era of accelerating technology and increasing complexity, how should we reimagine the emancipatory potential of feminism? How should gender p...

In an era of accelerating technology and increasing complexity, how should we reimagine the emancipatory potential of feminism? How should gender p...

If China seems unstoppable, so too does its leader Xi Jinping. As General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China, he comma...

Who controls what is taught in American universities – professors or politicians? The answer is far from clear but suddenly urgent. Unprecedented ...

Who controls what is taught in American universities – professors or politicians? The answer is far from clear but suddenly urgent. Unprecedented ...

In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion. For it i...

In his major investigation into the nature of humans, Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion. For it i...

This accessible book takes a fresh and original approach to the concept of youth, placing changes in the social construction of "youth" within a mo...

This accessible book takes a fresh and original approach to the concept of youth, placing changes in the social construction of "youth" within a mo...

What does it mean to be young in a country that is changing so fast? What does it mean to be young in a place ruled by one Party, during a time of ...

What does it mean to be young in a country that is changing so fast? What does it mean to be young in a place ruled by one Party, during a time of ...

Right from the origins of cinema, countless films and television dramas have offered sensational and seductive representations of young people's li...

Right from the origins of cinema, countless films and television dramas have offered sensational and seductive representations of young people's li...