Polity

We justify our actions in the present through our understanding of the past. But we live in a time when politicians lie brazenly about historical f...

Despite all of humanity's failures, futile efforts and wrong turnings in the past, Adorno did not let himself be persuaded that we are doomed to su...

Despite all of humanity's failures, futile efforts and wrong turnings in the past, Adorno did not let himself be persuaded that we are doomed to su...

Writings on History brings together a selection of texts by Louis Althusser dating from 1963 to 1986, including essays, a lecture, notes to his col...

Writings on History brings together a selection of texts by Louis Althusser dating from 1963 to 1986, including essays, a lecture, notes to his col...

A victim of the Nazis, then the communists. Twice a refugee, yet always remaining a committed socialist. In countless ways, Zygmunt Bauman lived th...

A victim of the Nazis, then the communists. Twice a refugee, yet always remaining a committed socialist. In countless ways, Zygmunt Bauman lived th...

Highly detailed and clearly written, this book is the first full-length study of the complex system of practices, beliefs and taboos which surround...

Theories and opinions about climate change abound – from those claiming human-induced climate change is already beyond control to those who express...

Published in two volumes, this major work provides a history of Italian art from antiquity to the present day. A distinguished group of cultural h...

Published in two volumes, History of Italian Art provides a major history of Italian Art from antiquity to the present day. A distinguished group o...

Published in two volumes, History of Italian Art provides a major history of Italian Art from antiquity to the present day. A distinguished group o...

This book is the first major study of the ways in which old age was perceived in Western culture and society. Beginning from ancient Palestine and ...

In this, the first sustained account of pedlars and peddling, Laurence Fontaine argues that pedlars and the networks they built up played a crucial...

In this, the first sustained account of pedlars and peddling, Laurence Fontaine argues that pedlars and the networks they built up played a crucial...

The book presents the first comprehensive history of the origin of syphilis, from its appearance in Europe at the end of the fifteenth century to...

The Adriatic is ‘the small Mediterranean’ – a sea within a sea, part of the Mediterranean and at the same time detached from it, a largely enclosed...

The Adriatic is ‘the small Mediterranean’ – a sea within a sea, part of the Mediterranean and at the same time detached from it, a largely enclosed...

The Vatican against Nazism and Fascism on the eve of the Second World War. A tired pope watching the crisis unfold and considering what action to t...

Thomas Hobbes was the first great English political philosopher. His work excited intense controversy among his contemporaries and continues to do ...

Thomas Hobbes was the first great English political philosopher. His work excited intense controversy among his contemporaries and continues to do ...

This is a major new assessment of the American movie industry in the 1990's, focusing on the development of new communication technologies such as ...

This is a major new assessment of the American movie industry in the 1990's, focusing on the development of new communication technologies such as ...

In the decades following the 9/11 attacks, complex webs of anti-terrorism laws have come into play across the world, promising to protect ordinary ...