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Contraception is not an invention of modern times, nor is it a purely personal matter. Social institutions such as the church and the state have ex...

How did anxieties about crime and deviance emerge in the modern world, first in Europe and then in America? How did they come to occupy centre-stag...

How did anxieties about crime and deviance emerge in the modern world, first in Europe and then in America? How did they come to occupy centre-stag...

Controlling reproduction – who has children, how many, and when – is important to states, communities, families, and individuals across the globe. ...

Controlling reproduction – who has children, how many, and when – is important to states, communities, families, and individuals across the globe. ...

Alain Badiou was born in 1937 in Rabat and Jean-Claude Milner in 1941 in Paris. They were both involved in the "Red Years" at the end of the Sixtie...

Alain Badiou was born in 1937 in Rabat and Jean-Claude Milner in 1941 in Paris. They were both involved in the "Red Years" at the end of the Sixtie...

As disputes concerning the environment, the economy, and pandemics occupy public debate, we need to learn to navigate matters of public concern whe...

As disputes concerning the environment, the economy, and pandemics occupy public debate, we need to learn to navigate matters of public concern whe...

Talk is a central activity in social life. But how is ordinary talk organized? How do people coordinate their talk in interaction? And what is the ...

Talk is a central activity in social life. But how is ordinary talk organized? How do people coordinate their talk in interaction? And what is the ...

We live in a world where social interaction is increasingly mediated by technological devices. In this book, Ian Hutchby explores the impact these ...

We live in a world where social interaction is increasingly mediated by technological devices. In this book, Ian Hutchby explores the impact these ...

In a series of conversations Manuel Castells, one of the world's best known social scientists, explains and expands his work. He builds on his earl...

In a series of conversations Manuel Castells, one of the world's best known social scientists, explains and expands his work. He builds on his earl...

In this new book, Ulrich Beck and the journalist Johannes Willms engage in a series of accessible conversations that reveal and explore the key ele...

In this new book, Ulrich Beck and the journalist Johannes Willms engage in a series of accessible conversations that reveal and explore the key ele...

In this new book, Slavoj Žižek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of Žižek’s thinking ...

In this new book, Slavoj Žižek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of Žižek’s thinking ...

Zygmunt Bauman is one of the leading figures in contemporary social thought. His work ranges across issues of ethics, culture and politics. It neve...

This is the third in a series of personal records in hyper-reality from France's provocative philosopher of postmodernity, Translator's Acknowledgm...

This is the third in a series of personal records in hyper-reality from France's provocative philosopher of postmodernity, Translator's Acknowledgm...

Prophet of the apocalypse, hysterical lyric poet, obsessive recounter of the desolation of the postmodern scene and currently the hottest property ...

Prophet of the apocalypse, hysterical lyric poet, obsessive recounter of the desolation of the postmodern scene and currently the hottest property ...