Who was Martha Bernays, the Hamburg-born woman who, after a long and turbulent engagement and against the opposition of her mother, married the Viennese doctor Sigmund Freud and lived at his side for more than fifty years as wife and...

Democracy in the United States is under threat. The Trump administration's attack on the legacy of the civil rights movement is undermining America's claims to be a multi-racial democracy. This moment of peril has worrying parallels with...

Latin America has experienced a profound transformation in the first two decades of the 21st century: it has been fully incorporated into the global economy, while excluding regions and populations devalued by the logic of capitalism....

"Europe Entrapped" von Claus Offe ist eine kritische Analyse der politischen und wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen, vor denen die Europäische Union steht. Offe argumentiert, dass die EU in einer Zwickmühle gefangen ist, die durch...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is presented as a solution to the greatest challenges of our time, from global pandemics and chronic diseases to cybersecurity threats and the climate crisis. But AI also contributes to the climate crisis by...

This new book by two distinguished Italian economists is a highly original contribution to our understanding of the origins and aftermath of the financial crisis. The authors show that the recent financial crisis cannot be understood...

'When your grandpa was in hospital, he asked me one night to promise him that, when he had gone from us, I would teach you Islam - our Islam: the Islam I grew up with ... In that dark, impersonal room, he was thinking of you.' This is...

The Russian word that is most frequently spoken throughout the world isn't Lenin, gulag or perestroika, it's 'Kalashnikov'. The reason for this is simple: there are 80 million Kalashnikovs in circulation on five continents. Once...

Money is mysterious. We love it, we hate it, but few people can tell you what the heck it really is. Wouldn't it be good to get out of the fog? This book will help you understand both the way money works and how to leverage its power....

"New and Old Wars: Organised Violence in a Global Era" von Mary Kaldor ist ein einflussreiches Werk, das sich mit der Transformation der Kriegsführung in der modernen Welt auseinandersetzt. Kaldor argumentiert, dass sich die Art und...

In the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations, and concern that the internet has heightened rather than combatted various forms of political and social inequality, it is time we ask: What comes after a broken internet? Ramesh Srinivasan...

„How to Think About Cities“ von Joseph Pierce bietet eine umfassende Analyse der städtischen Umwelt und ihrer Bedeutung für die moderne Gesellschaft. Pierce untersucht die komplexen sozialen, wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen Dynamiken,...