Anthropology & Sociology

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  Cities Under Siege

  by Stephen Graham
  A powerful exposé of how political violence operates through the spaces of urban life.

  13 posts

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  Close to the Edge

  by Sujatha Fernandes
  "A classic of hip hop writing and a poignant tribute to urban youth."—Jeff Chang, author of <em>Can't Stop Won't Stop</em>

  12 posts

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  A Book of Migrations

  by Rebecca Solnit
  "A brilliant meditation on travel."—The New York Times

  3 posts

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  A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain

  by Owen Hatherley
  A darkly humorous architectural guide to the decrepit new Britain that neoliberalism built.

  20 posts

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  The Bonds of Debt

  by Richard Dienst
  Indebtedness as the universal condition of modern life.

  7 posts

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  Who Is Rigoberta Menchú?

  by Greg Grandin
  Leading historian takes on the lies told about Rigoberta Menchú’s bestselling memoir.

  2 posts

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  Postmodern Geographies

  by Edward W. Soja
  “One of the most challenging and stimulating books ever written.”—David Harvey

  2 posts

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  Design and Crime (And Other Diatribes)

  by Hal Foster
  “Design and Crime is cool, measured, and steady, like a Gunsmoke shootout.”—Greil Marcus

  1 post

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  Comments on the Society of the Spectacle

  by Guy Debord
  “Guy Debord is a time bomb, and a difficult one to defuse.”—Michael Löwy.

  6 posts

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  Passwords

  by Jean Baudrillard
  In the spirit of Gilles Deleuze’s Abécédaire, Passwords offers us twelve entry points into Baudrillard’s thought.

  1 post

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  Race, Nation, Class

  by Étienne Balibar and Immanuel Wallerstein
  The modernity of racism and its relationship to contemporary capitalism.

  4 posts

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  The Cultural Front

  by Michael Denning
  A panoramic history of the culture of Depression-era America and the Popular Front.

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  Night Haunts

  by Sukhdev Sandhu
  “Some of the greatest insights we have into contemporary London.”—Daily Telegraph

  5 posts

  1 discussion

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  Words & Money

  by André Schiffrin
  A publishing luminary analyzes the crisis of the media and considers the alternatives.

  13 posts

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  A Seventh Man

  by John Berger
  New edition of this seminal exploration of migrant workers.
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  The Pope Is Not Gay!

  by Angelo Quattrocchi
  A provocative exploration of Pope Benedict XVI’s stance on homosexuality.

  4 posts