Bücher veröffentlicht von Verso Books

Communism is not just a dream of a better world - it is also a theory about how we get there

A new collection from the cult author of Terminal Boredom

A groundbreaking account of neoliberalism that puts race at the center of the story

In the long-established democracies of Western Europe, electoral turnouts are in decline, membership is shrinking in the major parties, and those who remain loyal partisans are sapped of enthusiasm. Peter Mair's new book weighs the impact of these changes, which together show that, after a century of democratic aspiration, electorates are deserting the political arena. Mair examines the alarming parallel development that has seen Europe's political elites remodel themselves as a homogeneous professional class, withdrawing into state institutions that offer relative stability in a world of fickle voters. Meanwhile, non-democratic agencies and practices proliferate and gain credibilitynot least among them the European Union itself, an organization contributing to the depoliticization of the member states and one whose notorious ';democratic deficit' reflects the deliberate intentions of its founders. Ruling the Void offers an authoritative and chilling assessment of the prospects for popular political representation today, not only in the varied democracies of Europe but throughout the developed world.

Is there such a thing as 'the Israel lobby', and how powerful is it?

A surprising radical history of squatting and the struggle for the right to remake the city

How Marcuse helps us understand the ecological crisis of the 21st century

Why Does America Go to War?

Leading political and environmental commentator on where we have gone wrong, and what to do about it ';Without countervailing voices, naming and challenging power, political freedom withers and dies. Without countervailing voices, a better world can never materialise. Without countervailing voices, wells will still be dug and bridges will still be built, but only for the few. Food will still be grown, but it will not reach the mouths of the poor. New medicines will be developed, but they will be inaccessible to many of those in need.' George Monbiot is one of the most vocal, and eloquent, critics of the current consensus. How Did We Get into this Mess?, based on his powerful journalism, assesses the state we are now in: the devastation of the natural world, the crisis of inequality, the corporate takeover of nature, our obsessions with growth and profit and the decline of the political debate over what to do. While his diagnosis of the problems in front of us is clear-sighted and reasonable, he also develops solutions to challenge the politics of fear. How do we stand up to the powerful when they seem to have all the weapons? What can we do to prepare our children for an uncertain future? Controversial, clear but always rigorously argued, How Did We Get into this Mess? makes a persuasive case for change in our everyday lives, our politics and economics, the ways we treat each other and the natural world.

How to find dignity and a meaningful life in the modern city

The work of love is a feminist problem, and it demands feminist solutions

A scintillating conversation on capitalism and crisis from two of our most incisive political philosophers

A vital and timely manifestol for a feminist post-work politics

How Google, Facebook and Amazon threaten our Democracy

Democratizing finance is the means by which we can democratize our economy

When Crisis Becomes the Norm: What Can We Do to Demand Change?

Classic collection of Walter Benjamin's essay, including some of his most celebrated essays

In The Notion of Authority, written in the1940s in Nazi-occupied France, Alexandre Kojeve uncovers the conceptual premisesof four primary models of authority,examining the practical application of theirderivative variations from the Enlightenment to Vichy France.This foundational text, translated here intoEnglish for the first time, is the missing piece in any discussion of sovereignty and politicalauthority, worthy of a place alongside the work of Weber, Arendt, Schmitt, Agambenor Dumezil. The Notion of Authority is a short andsophisticated introduction to Kojeve'sphilosophy of right. It captures its author'sintellectual interests at a time when he wasretiring from the career of a professionalphilosopher and was about to become oneof the pioneers of the Common Market and the idea of the European Union.

A survey of Western accounts of "Oriental despotism" in the 17th and 18th centuries, focusing particularly on portrayals of the Ottoman empire and the supposedly enigmatic structure of the despot's court - the seraglio - with its viziers, dwarfs, mutes, eunuchs and countless wives.

Bestselling investigation into the myth and reality of working-class life in contemporary Britain

Influential exploration of the idea of friendship and its political consequences

Features the text in the great controversies over literature and art between thinkers who have become giants of 20th-century philosophy.