Political Theory

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  State, Power, Socialism

  by Nicos Poulantzas
  A resounding response to contemporary Marxist theories of the state.
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  The Poorer Nations

  by Vijay Prashad
  A truly global history that examines the prospects of a worldwide power shift from North to South.

  4 posts

  1 discussion

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  The Future of the Image

  by Jacques Rancière
  A leading philosopher presents a radical manifesto for the future of art and film.

  1 post

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  Hatred of Democracy

  by Jacques Rancière
  A vehement defense of the principle of democracy against neoconservative repression.

  1 post

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  On the Shores of Politics

  by Jacques Rancière
  Returning politics to its original and necessary meaning: the organization of dissent.

  1 post

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  On the Nation and the Jewish People

  by Ernest Renan and Shlomo Sand
  Two classic texts on nationalism introduced by the author of The Invention of the Jewish People.

  1 post

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  Analytical Marxism

  by Marcus Roberts
  A critical evaluation of the course and legacy of the Analytical Marxist project.
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  Virtue and Terror

  by Maximilien Robespierre and Slavoj Žižek
  Robespierre’s justification of the Terror in the French Revolution.

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  Equal Shares

  by John E. Roemer
  Post-1989, what might a defensible idea of socialism be?
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  Green Gone Wrong

  by Heather Rogers
  Trenchant exposé of the myths of “green capitalism”.

  1 post

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  The Follies of Globalisation Theory

  by Justin Rosenberg
  “This timely study sets high standards for the essential project of critique.”—International Affairs
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  The Empire of Civil Society

  by Justin Rosenberg
  A provocative and original reconceptualization of international relations.

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  The New Mole

  by Emir Sader
  The balance sheet of the Left in the turbulent Latin American continent.

  1 post

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  Karl Kautsky and the Socialist Revolution 1880-1938

  by Massimo Salvadori
  A serious and measured exposition of the terms on which arguments for socialist strategy currently move. 
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  The Invention of the Land of Israel

  by Shlomo Sand
  Groundbreaking new work from the controversial author of Invention of the Jewish People.

  5 posts

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  Critique of Dialectical Reason

  by Jean-Paul Sartre
  Both volumes of Sartre's intellectual masterpiece, introduced by Fredric Jameson

  1 post