Political Theory

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  Marx's Revenge

  by Meghnad Desai
  In the triumphant resurgence of capitalism, the one thinker who is vindicated is Karl Marx.
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  Marxism, Wars & Revolutions

  by Isaac Deutscher
  A lasting collection of some of Deutscher’s most powerful texts.
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  Logics of Disintegration

  by Peter Dews
  A major work of Marxist theory—rigorous, clear-minded and well-researched.

  1 post

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  The Idea of Communism

  Edited by Costas Douzinas and Slavoj Žižek
  An all-star cast of radical intellectuals discuss the continued importance of communism.

  16 posts

  1 discussion

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  Rebellion in the Veins

  by James Dunkerley
  A masterly survey of Bolivian society and politics since the early 1950s.
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  Ideology

  by Terry Eagleton
  The best guide available to this complex concept, newly updated.

  2 posts

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  Revolution in the Air

  by Max Elbaum
  The first in-depth study of the long march of the US New Left after 1968.
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  The Communist Manifesto

  by Frederick Engels and Karl Marx
  The second biggest-selling book ever published

  10 posts

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  Racecraft

  by Barbara J. Fields and Karen E. Fields
  Tackling the myth of a post-racial society.

  6 posts

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  The Thin Blue Line

  by Conor Foley
  A first-hand account of the failure of humanitarian intervention, from Somalia to Iraq.

  2 posts

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  Redistribution or Recognition?

  by Nancy Fraser and Axel Honneth
  A debate between two leading theorists on the relation of redistribution to recognition.

  1 post

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  Deepening Democracy

  Edited by Archon Fung and Erik Olin Wright
  Experiments in deliberative democracy, from Chicago to Kerala. 

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  Another World Is Possible If . . .

  by Susan George
  An accessible, no-holds-barred analysis of globalization, movements for social change and justice, and alternate strategies.
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  Marx and Human Nature

  by Norman Geras
  “Striking elegance, economy, and argumentative power.”—Times Literary Supplement
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  Gender Equality

  Edited by Janet C. Gornick and Marcia K. Meyers
  An urgent call for real-world solutions to gender inequality.

  1 post

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  The Traitor

  by André Gorz
  The most intimate and profound book to emerge from the existentialist movement.