Discussion of fiction, poetry and cultural history is given central place in Wald's analysis. From this perspective he argues that the contemporary concerns of race, gender and culture have created a
This pioneering and influential work of feminist theory has been extensively updated by the author to chart the changes in feminist film theory and practice between the eighties and the nineties. Read
Reversed Realities uncovers the deeply entrenched, hence barely visible, biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to women’s needs in current devel
The ignominious failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 marked the culmination of a curious episode at the height of the Cold War. At the end of the fifties, restless and rebellious youth, avant-g
In this book the distinguished historian Victor Kiernan makes a case for seeing Shakespeare as a writer profoundly sensitive to the great social and political upheavals through which he lived. Shakesp
During the last hundred years, the private and public voices of Latin American poetry have offered a wealth of imaginative responses to the region‘s social and political experiences. In the face of ca
Analyses of bureaucratic power and privilege have an academic pedigree but have also long preoccupied socialists. The collapse of communist rule in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe puts to a new te
The fall of Communism has been an epoch-making event. The distinguished contributors to After the Fall explain to us the meaning of Communism's meteoric trajectory - and explore the rational grounds f
“Bolivia is a country with a reputation,” writes James Dunkerley. “Not so long ago it was for Che Guevara, for whose death its citizens are on occasions held to be collectively responsible. More recen
“Highly recommended for graduate collections in social and political theory.”—ChoiceNicos Poulantzas’s third major work is a pioneering survey of some of the most fundamental, yet least studied, aspec
How rebellious colonies changed British attitudes to empireInsurgent Empire shows how Britain's enslaved and colonial subjects were active agents in their own liberation. What is more, they shaped Bri
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
The genealogy of the idea of security from ancient Greece to the war on terrorismIn The Security Principle, French philosopher Frédéric Gros takes a historical approach to the concept of
A groundbreaking debunking of moderate attempts to resolve financial crisesIn the ruins of the 2007–2008 financial crisis, self-proclaimed progressives the world over clamored to resurrect the e
The anatomy of Britain on the edge of Brexit by Orwell Prize winning journalistIn March 2019, the UK will leave the EU, facing an unpredictable future. Since the referendum in 2016, the nation has bee
Revolutionary account of the transformative potential of the knowledge economyA revolutionary practice of production--the knowledge economy--has emerged in our time. It appears in every sector, not ju
American civilisation's dominance over Europe - and what to do about it'Civilization' -- a hard term to define. But while every society has a distinctive culture, authentic civilizations must offer th
Essays from 40 prominent scholars on key concepts in Chinese politicsAfterlives of Chinese Communism includes essays from over 40 world-renowned scholars in the China field, from different disciplines
From three of the organisers of the International Women's Strike US: a manifesto for when 'leaning in' is not enough.Unaffordable housing, poverty wages, universal healthcare, police violence; not the
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
Over the last twenty years, much critical discussion of Thomas Mann has highlighted his homosexuality. This not only is presented as a dynamic underlying Mann’s creative work, but also is th
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?
The classic biography of the radical French philosopherWhen he died of an AIDS-related condition in 1984, Michel Foucault had become the most influential French philosopher since the end of World War
The story of the remarkable resurgence of right-wing extremists in the United StatesJust as Donald Trump’s victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked the world, the seemingly sudden natio
What is fascism in the twenty first century?What does Fascism mean at the beginning of the twenty-first century? When we pronounce this word, our memory goes back to the years between the two world wa
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
How public land has been stolen from us.Much has been written about Britain's trailblazing post-1970s privatization program, but the biggest privatization of them all has until now escaped scrutiny: t
A major new work from the world’s leading writer on artLandscapes, the companion volume to John Berger’s highly acclaimed Portraits, explores what art tells us about ourselves. “Berg
Exploring the fury of the young in a world or crisis that seems to offer no alternatives"Only martyrs know neither pity nor fear. Believe me, the day when the martyrs are victorious will be the day of
On the origins of European queer politicsCome Together tells the incredible story of the emerging radicalism of the Gay Liberation Front, providing a vivid history of the movement, as well as the new
Immersive, engrossing report on the European refugee crisisAs the number of people displaced by conflict worldwide rises to its highest level since the Second World War, an unprecedented number of ref
A vital and timely proposal for a feminist post-work politicsWould you let a robot clean your house? When we think about work, we still tend to think about workplaces - if we think about reducing work
Founder of the influential heterodox regulation school offers a new theory of money, tracing it's history back 1,000 yearsThis book's goal is to understand money in all its complexity. As a link betwe
Twenty years have passed since the Italian Communists’ last Congress in 1991, in which the death of their party was decreed. It was a deliberate death, accelerated by the desire for a &l
A powerful document of theday-to-day realities of Black women in BritainHeart of the Race is a powerful corrective to a version of Britain’s history from which black women have long been exclude
A groundbreaking attempt to theorise the feminist subjectKathi Weeks suggests that one of the most important tasks for contemporary feminist theory is to develop theories of the subject that are adequ
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
In this new title in Verso’s Pocket Communism series, Jodi Dean unshackles the communist ideal from the failures of the Soviet Union. In an age when the malfeasance of international banking
One of the world's leading anthropologists assesses the work of the founder of structural anthropologyAnthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss was among the most influential thinkers of the 20th cent
Pakistan 1968: the history of a revolutionThe story of what happened in 1968 in Pakistan is often forgotten, but is proof of a global revolutionary moment. In that year, following years of tumult, a r
