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The publication of For Marx and Reading Capital established Louis Althusser as one of the most influential figures in the Western Marxist tradition. On Ideology contains Althusser's most significant philosophical writings from the late sixties and through the seventies. Intended to contribute, in his own words, to a 'left-wing critique of Stalinism that would help put some substance back into the revolutionary project here in the West', they are the record of a shared history.At the same time they chart Althusser's critique of the theoretical system unveiled in his own major works, and his developing practice of philosophy as a 'revolutionary weapon'.

Since Plato, philosophers have dreamed of establishing a rational state ruled through the power of language. In this radical and disturbing account of Soviet philosophy, Boris Groys argues that commun

Longlisted for the National Book AwardFour siblings, two summer houses, one terrible secret—the “prickly, persuasive” bestseller from one of Norway’s most celebrated novelists, perfect for readers of Rachel Cusk and Karl Ove Knausgaard (New Yorker)“ . . . Hypnotic. Hjorth works finely parsed and brilliant variations on her unrelenting theme of familial mistrust and misunderstanding.” —New York TimesWhen a dispute over her parents’ will grows bitter, Bergljot is drawn back into the orbit of the family she fled twenty years before. Her mother and father have decided to leave two island summer houses to her sisters, disinheriting the two eldest siblings from the most meaningful part of the estate. To outsiders, it is a quarrel about property and favoritism. But Bergljot, who has borne a horrible secret since childhood, understands the gesture as something very different—a final attempt to suppress the truth and a cruel insult to the grievously injured.Will and Testament is a lyr

Award winning poet Joshua Clover theorises the riot as the form of the coming insurrectionBaltimore. Ferguson. Tottenham. Clichy-sous-Bois. Oakland. Ours has become an “age of riots” as th

A set of bold theoretical reflections on how the social photo has remade our world.With the rise of the smart phone and social media, cameras have become ubiquitous, infiltrating nearly every aspect o

Long before Occupy, cities were the subject of much utopian thinking. They are the centers of capital accumulation as well as of revolutionary politics, where deeper currents of social and political c

Are multi-national corporations laying the groundwork for international socialism?For the left and the right, major multinational companies are held up as the the ultimate expressions of free market c

Gentrification isn't driven by latte sipping hipsters - it's engineered by the capitalist stateOur cities are changing. Global real estate is now a $217 trillion dollar industry, 36 times the value of

What is the function of art in the era of digital globalization?How can one think of art institutions in an age defined by planetary civil war, growing inequality, and proprietary digital technology?

A cutting exploration of how cities drive climate change while being on the frontlines of the coming climate crisisHow will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt?

A radical call for solidarity between humans and non-humansWhat is it that makes humans human? As science and technology challenge the boundaries between life and non-life, between organic and inorgan

In response to the American administration’s attempt to isolate Cuba, Fidel Castro delivered a series of speeches designed to radicalize Latin American society. As Latin America experiences

In a series of debates with Oliver Cromwell in Civil War England of 1647, the Levellers argued for democracy for the first time in British history.Evolving from Oliver Cromwell’s New Model a

What is the true meaning of happiness? Lynne Segal explores the radical potential of being togetherWhy are we so obsessed by the pursuit of happiness? With new ways to measure contentment we are told

We are living in an age with unprecedented levels of poverty. Who are the new poor? And what can we do about it?Today 13 million people are living in poverty in the UK. According to a 2017 report, 1 i

"I have sat on a little oil drum, rusty and in the midst of garbage, and some black brothers and I have grounded together." - Walter RodneyIn his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney e

An extraordinary memoir of exile and the impossibility of finding home, from the author of In Search of Fatima“The journey filled me with bitterness and grief. I remember looking down on a night

A bold proposal for new thinking on education: the formation of a National Education ServiceIt is time for a radical shake up of the purposes and practices of our education system. Melissa Benn is one

In this distillation of reflections accumulated from a lifetime of travel, Ryszard Kapuscinski takes a fresh look at the Western idea of the Other. Looking at this concept through the lens of his own

A Bernie Sanders campaign advisor reflects on the legacy of the senator’s presidential runSenator Bernie Sanders shocked the political establishment by winning 13 million votes and a majority of

Award-winning author China Miéville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside downOn the centenary of the Russian Revolution, China Miéville tells the extraordinary story of t

Explosive novel of Italy’s revolutionary 1969 by leading Italian novelistIt was 1969, and temperatures were rising across the factories of the north as workers demanded better pay and conditions

Britain’s leading radical delivers an eviscerating attack on the indistinguishable political elite of the UK.What is the point of elections? The result is always the same: a victory for the Extr

A major account of the failings of the European Union—and why it has to goThe European Union is a besieged institution. It is struggling in vain to overcome the eurozone crisis and faces an infl

Since his death in 1967, Ernesto “Che” Guevara has become a universally known revolutionary icon and political figure whose image is among the most recognizable in the world. This dramatic

America’s leading essayist on the frantic retreat of democracy, in the fire and smoke of the war on terrorIn twenty-five years of imperial adventure, America has laid waste to its principles of democr

Who were the Frankfurt School—Benjamin, Adorno, Marcuse, Horkheimer—and why do they matter today?Grand Hotel Abyss combines biography, philosophy, and storytelling to reveal how the Frankf

How Jeremy Corbyn, the radical left candidate for the Labour leadership, won twice—and won bigDemolishing the Blairite opposition in 2015, Jeremy Corbyn saw off an attempted coup against his lea

A leading German scholar reveals the secret history of Nabokov’s infamous novelDoes it ring a bell? The first-person narrator, a cultivated man of middle age, looks back on the story of an amour fou.

From 1501 to 1867 more than 12.5 million Africans were brought to the Americas in chains, and many millions died as a result of the slave trade. The US constitution set a 20-year time limit on US p

Radical insider’s account of how the city of London really worksThe City, as London’s financial centre is known, is the world’s biggest international banking and foreign exchange market, shaping the d

Chris Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Interacting with the forces of

What are the myths—and reality—behind the state of Israel?Ilan Pappe is one of the most outspoken and radical thinkers writing on the history of Israel. In this groundbreaking and controversial book h

Electrifying investigation of White House lies about the assassination of Osama bin LadenIn 2011, an elite group of US Navy SEALS stormed an enclosure in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad and killed Os

One of the world’s leading art theorists dissects a quarter century of artistic practice Bad New Days examines the evolution of art and criticism in Western Europe and North America over the last twen

The intimate story of a teenager’s murder of his family, from an award-winning Mexican journalistSixteen-year-old Vicente and two of his high school friends murdered his mother, his father, and his li

What are the origins of human rights? This question, rarely asked before the end of the Cold War, has in recent years become a major focus of historical and ideological strife. In this sequence of ref

Yitzhak Laor is one of Israel’s most prominent dissidents and poets, a latter-day Spinoza who helps keep alive the critical tradition within Jewish culture. In this work he fearlessly dissects t

The credit crisis has pushed the whole world so far into the red that the gigantic sums involved defy understanding. On a human level, what does such an enormous degree of debt and insolvency mean? In

A major new manifesto for a high-tech future free from workNeoliberalism isn’t working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in