Polity

Empires have been the commonest form of political organization for most of recorded history. How should we best understand them? What are their pri...

"Herfried Munkler is a walking one-man think tank." Die Zeit Until recently, it was thought by many that empires were relics of the past. But sudde...

Empires have been the commonest form of political organization for most of recorded history. How should we best understand them? What are their pri...

"Herfried Munkler is a walking one-man think tank." Die Zeit Until recently, it was thought by many that empires were relics of the past. But sudde...

Empires and Colonies provides a thoroughgoing and lively exploration of the expansion of the seaborne empires of western Europe from the fifteenth ...

Empires and Colonies provides a thoroughgoing and lively exploration of the expansion of the seaborne empires of western Europe from the fifteenth ...

In the face of the destructive possibilities of resurgent nationalisms, unyielding ethnicities and fundamentalist religious affinities, there is ha...

In the face of the destructive possibilities of resurgent nationalisms, unyielding ethnicities and fundamentalist religious affinities, there is ha...

"Isn't it … particularly difficult to 'speak' of your work?" Frédéric-Yves Jeannet asks Hélène Cixous in this fascinating book of interviews. "[I]t...

"Isn't it … particularly difficult to 'speak' of your work?" Frédéric-Yves Jeannet asks Hélène Cixous in this fascinating book of interviews. "[I]t...

In this book John Gray argues that we live in a time of endings for the ideologies that governed the modern period. The Enlightenment projects of u...

Many books have been written about war, but few have focused on how wars can be brought to an end. Wars are rarely inevitable however and this book...

Many books have been written about war, but few have focused on how wars can be brought to an end. Wars are rarely inevitable however and this book...

Many of the richest energy-producing regions of the world are wrought with conflict and billions of the world's poorest suffer the daily insecurity...

Many of the richest energy-producing regions of the world are wrought with conflict and billions of the world's poorest suffer the daily insecurity...

Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal intera...

Most incidents of urban unrest in recent decades - including the riots in France, Britain and other Western countries - have followed lethal intera...

Democracy is the central political issue of our age, yet debates over its nature and goals rarely engage with feminist concerns. Now that women hav...

In this book Barbara Marshall argues that the debates around both modernity and postmodernity neglect the role of women and significance of gender ...

This book offers a major new account of modern capitalism and of the ways in which value and wealth are created today. Boltanski and Esquerre argue...

Slavery is one of humanity’s most ancient and persistent inequities. It predates the rise of civilization, played a key role in the growth of West...

Slavery is one of humanity’s most ancient and persistent inequities. It predates the rise of civilization, played a key role in the growth of West...

In this clear, concise, comprehensively revised and up-to-date introduction to environmental ethics, Robin Attfield guides the student through the ...

In this clear, concise, comprehensively revised and up-to-date introduction to environmental ethics, Robin Attfield guides the student through the ...