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Humanity faces grave dangers that can be avoided only by international cooperationThe world does not need a world government to govern itself. Robe...

Two essential plays from Berger and Bielski on art, politics and liberationGoya's Last Portrait and The Question of Geography are the result of col...

“Marvelously entertaining, exciting and informative.” —Guardian“An engaging and accessible history.” —New York Review of BooksThis group biography ...

“Marvelously entertaining, exciting and informative.” —Guardian“An engaging and accessible history.” —New York Review of BooksThis group biography ...

In this groundbreaking book, Franco Moretti argues that literature scholars should stop reading books and start counting, graphing, and mapping the...

One of the world’s leading radical philosophers analyses the failure of the Syriza experience in GreeceOver the last six years, Greece has provided...

One of the world’s leading radical philosophers analyses the failure of the Syriza experience in GreeceOver the last six years, Greece has provided...

Faced with climate change, many counsel “going green,” encouraging us to buy organic food or a “clean” car, for example. But can we rely on consume...

How would it be if what we take for human advance were simply a technological progress that literally leaves us out of its equations? What if progr...

The essential account of the South Korean 1980 pro-democracy rebellionOn May 18, 1980, student activists gathered in the South Korean city of Gwang...

The ultimate book on the worldwide movement of hackers, pranksters, and activists collectively known as Anonymous—by the writer the Huffington Post...

The ultimate book on the worldwide movement of hackers, pranksters, and activists collectively known as Anonymous—by the writer the Huffington Post...

A plan to save the earth and bring the good life to all In this thrilling and capacious book, Troy Vettese and Drew Pendergrass challenge the inert...

"Empowers readers to write their own recipes for a future in peril: an exercise in democracy few books have dared to undertake."–Andreas Malm, auth...

How risk, disasters and pollution were managed and made acceptable during the Industrial RevolutionBeing environmentally conscious is not nearly as...

A first-hand account of a Greek refugee camp—and the stories of the refugees staying thereSyrian Kurd Juwan Azad left his home and family in Damasc...

The international bestseller about the power of hate: a radical reimagining of a revolutionary emotionHatred is typically characterized as ugly, de...

The international bestseller about the power of hate: a radical reimagining of a revolutionary emotionHatred is typically characterized as ugly, de...

In this vehement defence of democracy, Jacques Rancière explodes the complacency of Western politicians who pride themselves as the defenders of po...

Jacques Rancière argues that the West can no longer simply extol the virtues of democracy by contrasting it with the horrors of totalitarianism. As...

Winner of the 2001 Carey McWilliams AwardIs the capital of Latin America a small island at the mouth of the Hudson River? Will California soon hold...