In the twentieth-century millions of people across the globe addressed each other as "comrade". Now, it’s more common to hear talk of "allies" on the left than it is of comrades. In Comrade, Jodi Dean insists that this shift exemplifies...

"American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers" von Perry Anderson bietet eine kritische Analyse der Entwicklung und Dynamik der US-amerikanischen Außenpolitik. Anderson untersucht die ideologischen Grundlagen und strategischen...

Slavoj ?i?ek, 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 philosophy, psychoanalysis, theology,...

Ho Chi Minh, the founder of the Vietminh and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, having defeated Japanese and French colonialist became a hate figure of the USA during the Vietnam War. Anti-globalization activist Walden...

Radical universalism vs postcolonial theory The World in a Grain of Sand offers a framework for reading literature from the global South that goes against the grain of dominant theories in cultural studies, especially, postcolonial...

"Criticism and Ideology: A Study in Marxist Literary Theory" von Terry Eagleton ist eine grundlegende Untersuchung der Beziehung zwischen Literaturkritik und marxistischer Theorie. In diesem Werk analysiert Eagleton die Art und Weise,...

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 the gold but to keep its riches...

Our fates lie in our genes and not in the stars, said James Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. But Watson could not have predicted the scale of the industry now dedicated to this new frontier. Since the launch of the...

A Civil War is a history of the wartime Italian Resistance, recounted by a historian who, when only a boy, took part in the struggle against Mussolini’s fascist Republic. Since its publication in Italy, Claudio Pavone’s masterwork has...

Originally published in 2012 to wide acclaim, this updated edition, Why It's Still Kicking Off Everywhere, includes coverage of the most recent events in the wave of revolt and revolution sweeping the planet-riots in Athens, student...

"Shooting People: Adventures in Reality TV" von Reuben Cohan bietet einen faszinierenden Einblick hinter die Kulissen der Reality-TV-Branche. Der Autor, ein erfahrener Produzent und Regisseur, teilt seine persönlichen Erlebnisse und...

They Call It Love investigates the work that makes a haven in a heartless world, examining who performs this labour, how it is organised, and how it might change. Drawing on the thought of the feminist movement Wages for Housework, Gotby...