The Way of the World has been widely acclaimed for its unique combination of narrative theory and social history. This new edition includes an additional final chapter on the collapse of the Bildungsroman in the years around the First World War (a crisis which opened the way for Modernist experimentation), and a new preface in which the author looks back at The Way of the World in light of his more recent work.
The most brilliant exponent of Frankfurt School Marxism subtly interweaves aesthetics and ideology in this probing analysis of the controversial composer's oeuvre.
A thought-provoking series brings together works by top left-wing intellectuals and covers everything from philosophy to politcal science to literary criticism.
In 1984, Nobel Peace Prize–winner and indigenous rights activistRigobertaMench￡ published I, RigobertaMench￡, her autobiographical account of life in Guatemala undera military dictatorship to g
In 1984, Nobel Peace Prize–winner and indigenous rights activist RigobertaMench￡ published I, RigobertaMench￡, her autobiographical account of life in Guatemala undera military dictatorship to
The violence that has ravaged Algeria has often defied explanation. Regularly invoked in debates about political Islam, transitions to democracy, globalization, and the right of humanitarian interfere
With the publication of Specters of Marxin 1993, Jacques Derrida redeemed a longstanding pledge to confrontMarx's texts directly and in detail. His characteristically bravurapresentation provided a p
Challenging the stereotypical images of the dominating male and the subservient woman, Machos, Mistresses, Madonnas addresses the variety of representations of gender in Latin American culture. Rangin
Fiscal crises have cascaded across much of the developing world with devastating results, from Mexico to Indonesia, Russia and Argentina. The extreme volatility in contemporary political economic fort
First English language collection of writings by the legendary 19th century insurrectionistLouis-Auguste Blanqui (1805-1881) was one of the most important and controversial figures in nineteenth-centu
A radical Latina perspective on race, liberation, and identityElizabeth Martínez’s unique Chicana voice arises from over thirty years of experience in the movements for civil rights, women’s liberatio
An intellectual memoir by the author of the acclaimed Imagined CommunitiesBenedict Anderson is one of the leading historians of nationalism and Southeast Asia. His seminal bookImagined Communities has
Badiou indicts this approach, which reduces politics to a matter of opinion, thus eliminating any of its truly radical and emancipatory possibilities. Against this intellectual tradition, Badiou propo
The novels of Wyndham Lewis have generally been associated with the work ofthe great modernists - Joyce, Pound, Eliot, Yeats - who were his sometimefriends and collaborators. Lewis's originality, how
Receptive to influences of such diverse theorists as Derrida, Jameson, Foucault, Irigaray, Kristeva, Lacan and Althusser, materialist Shakespeare criticism has long since left behind the days of 'vulg
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
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
Re-launch of the Collected Works of the legendary revolutionary in paperbackAmong the most influential political and social forces of the twentieth century, modern communism rests firmly on philosophi
The classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela DavisIn his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers
Re-launch of the Collected Works of the legendary revolutionary in paperbackAmong the most influential political and social forces of the twentieth century, modern communism rests firmly on philosophi
A historical look at the emergence of fascism in EuropeDrawing on a Gramscian theoretical perspective and development a systematic comparative approach, The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe: Ita
A classic history of the role of Black working-class struggles throughout the twentieth centuryThis is the first comprehensive historical perspective on the relationship between Black workers and the
The acclaimed and controversial historian turns his critical gaze on the writing of history todayDrawing on his four decades as a professional historian, Shlomo Sand interrogates the academic discipli
Essential reading for students of African-American historyThe distinguished American civil rights leader, W. E. B. Du Bois first published these fiery essays, sketches, and poems individually nearly 8
"At last, someone is putting concrete analysis on `counter-hegemonic globalization from the bottom up.' Boaventura de Sousa Santos has assembled social scientists from Latin America, Africa, and Asia
The Case for Chechnyasharply criticizes the role of Western nations in their struggle, andlays bare the weakness--and shamefulness--of the arguments used to denythe Chechens' right to sovereignty.
Engineers, often perceived as central agents of industrial capitalism, are thought to be the same in all capitalist societies, occupying roughly the same social status and performing similar functions
