“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
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
The United States is outsourcing its border patrol abroad--and essentially expanding its borders in the processThe twenty-first century has been an era of hardening borders—increased borderland
A classic book on the legacy of Rosa Luxemburg's work with essays of political analysis by leading scholarsAs an advocate of social democracy and individual responsibility, Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919)
Tracing the complexity and contradictory nature of work throughout historyBy the end of the nineteenth century, the general Western conception of work had been reduced to simply gainful employment. Bu
Millions of immigrants risk deportation and imprisonment by living in the US without legal status. They are living underground, with little protection from exploitation at the hands of human smugglers
Furies of Indian Communalism is a powerful and rigorous analysis of the growing phenomenon of Hindu communalism, which currently threatens to tear India apart. Placing the politics of Hindu nationalis
Millions of immigrants risk deportation and imprisonment by living in the US without legal status. They are living underground, with little protection from exploitation at the hands of human smugglers
`One of the most creative and independent-minded revolutionary Marxists of the post-war world.' Guardian`Mandel's capacity to synthesize complex global events is marvellous, resulting in a slim, reada
Slavoj Zizek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the "Elvis of cultural theory", and today's most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of philo
In The Last Resistance,Jacqueline Rose explores the power of writing to create and transformour political lives. In particular, she examines the role of literaturein the Zionist imagination: here, li
Widely praised as an exciting, insightful exposition and development of Marx's critique of political economy, Harvey updates his classic text with a discussion of the turmoil in world markets today.
In 1945, US intelligence officers in manila discovered that the Japanese had hidden large quantities of gold bullion and other looted treasure in the Philippines. President Truman decided to recover
Drawing on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war, uncovering hidden agend
Roberto Mangabeira Unger is widely regarded as one of the leading living social theorists. In Democracy Realized, he gives detailed content to his conception of a progressive and practical alternativ
This volume highlights the work of contemporary Brazilian photographers with an emphasis on images which reflect the dynamism and eclecticism of Brazilian society. The editor has collected the work of
The biblical story of the destruction of Sodom has inspired countless literary visions. The city has elicited writing from Milton, Sade, Proust, Dostoevsky and Tournier, among others. This work contai
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
Neoliberalism is fracturing, but what will emerge in its wake?Across the globe politics as usual are being rejected and faith in neoliberalism is fracturing beyond repair. Leading political theorist N
A feminist movement clashing with China's authoritarian government On the eve of International Women’s Day in 2015, the Chinese government arrested five feminist activists and jailed them for th
Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer wrote the central text of “critical theory”, Dialectic of Enlightenment, a measured critique of the Enlightenment reason that, they argued, had re
What is money, where does it come from, and who controls it?In this accessible, brilliantly argued book, leading political economist Ann Pettifor explains in straightforward terms history’s most
C. L. R. James was a protean twentieth-century Marxist intellectual, widely recognized as a pioneering scholar of slave revolt; a leading voice of Pan-Africanism; a peripatetic revolutionary and schol
A fascinating history of the political theory of hegemonyFew terms are so widely used in the literature of international relations and political science, with so little agreement about their exact mea
In The Last Resistance, Jacqueline Rose explores the power of writing to create and transform our political lives. In particular, she examines the role of literature in the Zionist imagination: here,
Political conflict in our society is inevitable, and its results are often far from negative. How then should we deal with the intractable differences arising from complex modern culture? Developing h
'A figure like Plato or Hegel walks here among us!'-Slavoj AiPek'An heir to Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Althusser.'-New Statesman'Shaking the foundations of Western liberal democracy.'-Times Higher Edu
In this classic work which analyzes the context in which thirty years of war and revolution wracked the European continent, the great historian Arno Mayer emphasizes the backwardness of the European
The dominant accounts of the current financial crisis--focussing on the lack of regulation, out-of-control markets and irresponsible speculation--have not offered us much beyond the kind of informati
Reaching from biblical times to the present day, Esther Benbassa's prize-winning exploration of Jewish identity is both epic and comprehensive. She shows how in the Jewish world the representation an
Reaching from biblical times to the present day, Esther Benbassa's prize-winning exploration of Jewish identity is both epic and comprehensive. She shows how in the Jewish world the representation an
The age of the male breadwinner and the femalecaregiver has passed, but gender inequality is as persistent as ever. This major new work intervenes in today's debates on domestic inequality, examin
At the height of the Algerian war, Jean-Paul Sartre embarked on a fundamental reappraisal of his philosophical and political thought. The result was the Critique of Dialectical Reason, an intellectua
Today, the Indian state claims to possess a harmonious territorial unity, to embody the values of a stable political democracy, and to adhere to a steadfast religious impartiality. Even many of those
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
How poetry and revolution meshed in Red ChinaThis is a book of poems by four veteran Chinese revolutionaries. Chen Duxiu led China's early cultural awakening before founding the Communist Party in 192
A graphic biography of socialist labor legend Eugene V. DebsEugene Victor Debs led the Socialist Party in the early twentieth-century to federal and state office across the country, helped to pioneer
The war between Maoists and the state in the heart of IndiaThe Burning Forest is an empathetic, moving account of what drives indigenous peasants to support armed struggle despite severe state repress
A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary eraOut of the grey expanse of official records in Spanish, English and French, The Common Wind provides a grip
The definitive account of the mass disappearance of 43 Mexican students and the government that tried to cover it upOn September 26, 2014, 43 male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College
