Featured Books
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Living in the End Times
by Slavoj Žižek
Zizek analyzes the end of the world at the hands of the “four riders of the apocalypse.”
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The Notebook
A unique journey into the personal and political world of the Nobel laureate and author of Blindness.
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The New Old World
“Insightful, combative and invigorating”—Nation
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The Eitingons
A stunning family saga that mixes the fur trade, psychoanalysis and Trotsky.
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The Invention of the Jewish People
Bestselling new analysis of Jewish history by a leading Israeli historian.by Shlomo Sand
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Ernest Gellner
by John A. Hall
The first and monumental biography of the life and thought of the ground breaking historian and writer on nationalism.
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The Invention of Paris
by Eric Hazan
A radical guide to Paris through art, literature and revolution.
Featured Series
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Radical Thinkers
“A golden treasury of theory”—Eric Banks, Bookforum
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The Communist Hypothesis
Rethinking communism for the twenty-first century.
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Revolutions
Classic revolutionary writings set ablaze by today’s radical writers.
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The Essential Žižek
The essential texts for understanding Žižek’s thought.
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The American Crucible
A landmark history of the rise, abolition, and legacy of slavery in the New World.
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A History of Gold and Money
“A work of sweeping scholarship, it is impressive and welcome in English.”—The Economistby Pierre Vilar
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The Meaning of the Second World War
“One of the most creative and independent-minded revolutionary Marxists of the post-war world.”—The Guardian
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The Oil Road
A journey along a controversial Central Asian pipeline becomes a profound exploration of the oil economy.by James Marriott, and Mika Minio-Paluello
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The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery
"One of the finest studies of slavery and abolition."—Eric Foner
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The Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise
Darkly funny, never before published account of the office worker’s mindset by celebrated novelist. -
Lesser Evils
by Eyal Weizman
A groundbreaking exploration of the philosophy underpinning Western humanitarian and military intervention.
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Lockdown High
A riveting report on the overblown fear of violence that turns American schools into prisons and students into suspects.
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Representing Capital
A radical rereading of Marx’s central work by the prolific cultural theorist and philosopher.
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Who Is Rigoberta Menchú?
by Greg Grandin
The accusations leveled at Rigoberta Menchú, and the historical context of her past.
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The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg
Letters from the heroic German revolutionary to her comrades, friends and lovers.
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Brecht and Method
“Elegant dissection of Brecht’s method, from estrangements to allegory and beyond.”—Modern Drama
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Comments on the Society of the Spectacle
“Guy Debord is a time bomb, and a difficult one to defuse.”—Michael Löwy.by Guy Debord
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Contingency, Hegemony, Universality
The Hegelian legacy, Left strategy, and post-structuralism versus Lacanian psychoanalysis.by Slavoj Žižek, Ernesto Laclau, et al.
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Critique of Economic Reason
by André Gorz
“Gorz’s greatest work, and a crucial book for our time.”—Le Monde.
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Design and Crime
by Hal Foster
“Design and Crime is cool, measured, and steady, like a Gunsmoke shootout.”—Greil Marcus