The defining, best-selling book on the history, origins and development of nationalism
What if family were not the only place you might hope to feel safe, loved, cared for and accepted?
';It is only ideas gained from walking thathave any worth.'Nietzsche In A Philosophy of Walking, a bestsellerin France, leading thinker FredericGros charts the many different wayswe get from A to B the pilgrimage,the promenade, the protest march, thenature rambleand reveals what theysay about us. Gros draws attention to otherthinkers who also saw walking assomething central to their practice.On his travels he ponders Thoreau's eagerseclusion in Walden Woods; the reasonRimbaud walked in a fury, while Nervalrambled to cure his melancholy. Heshows us how Rousseau walked in orderto think, while Nietzsche wanderedthe mountainside to write. In contrast,Kant marched through his hometownevery day, exactly at the same hour, toescape the compulsion of thought.Brilliant and erudite, A Philosophyof Walking is an entertaining andinsightful manifesto for putting onefoot in front of the other.
We are in the midst of a global crisis of care. How do we get out of it?
How the law harms sex workers - and what they want instead
"An inquiry into how to build the political force to make a global green new deal a reality"--
A graphic novel version of the dramatic life and untimely death of German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg
Mahmoud Darwish was the Palestinian national poet. His poems display a brilliant acuity, a passion for and openness to the world and, above all, a deep and abiding humanity. This book presents a translation of two of Darwish's later works.
How Israeli universities collaborate in Israeli state violence against Palestinians
An urgent and passionate plea for a new and ecologically sustainable vision of the good life.
Following the death of Henry Kissinger, his legacy is assessed
How did the dynamic economic system we know as capitalism develop among the peasants and lords of feudal Europe?In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers readers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, imperialism, and the modern nation state. Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is a late and localized product of very specific historical conditions, which required great transformations in social relations and in the relationship between humans and nature.
Traces the epochal shifts in the relationship between capital accumulation and state formation over a 700-year period. This book concludes with an examination of the forces which have shaped and are poised to undermine America's world power.
Why speed, flow, and direct expression now dominate cultural style
POLITICIANS AND SCIENTISTS HAVE DEBATED CLIMATE CHANGE FOR CENTURIES IN TIMES OF RAPID CHANGE
A provocative study of the ‘non-space’ which defines our age’s love for excess of information and space
In a world shaken by ecological, economic and political crises, the forces of authoritarianism and reaction seem to have the upper hand. How should we name, map and respond to this state of affairs?
All hail the new masters of Capitalism: How asset managers acquired the world
An argument for bold action to halt climate destruction, adapted for young people from Andreas Malm's best-selling book by an experienced educator.
A provocative, elegantly written analysis of female desire, consent, and sexuality in the age of MeToo
Reissue of the classic text on how cities should be planned
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