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Anything But Mexican

by Rodolfo F. Acuña
“Will stand amongst the classics in Chicano Studies.”—Teresa Cordova, University of New Mexico
2 posts
Infancy and History

by Giorgio Agamben
A profound meditation on language and philosophy, nature and culture, and the birth of the subject.
1 post
Islams and Modernities

by Aziz Al-Azmeh
Challenges ahistorical and erroneous conceptions of Islam and the West.
The Invention of the White Race, Volume 1

by Theodore W. Allen
Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America.
2 posts

1 discussion

The Invention of the White Race, Volume 2

by Theodore W. Allen
Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America.
2 posts

1 discussion
The Future as Cultural Fact

by Arjun Appadurai

Acclaimed author presents a decade's research toward creating an anthropology of the future.
Adam Smith in Beijing

by Giovanni Arrighi
Acclaimed exploration of China’s emergence as the most dynamic center of current economic expansion.
2 posts
The Long Twentieth Century

by Giovanni Arrighi
A comprehensive analysis of the development of world capitalism over seven hundred years.
3 posts

Non-Places

by Marc Auge
A provocative study of the 'non-space' which defines our age's love for excess of information and space.
Reflections on Anti-Semitism

by Alain Badiou, Eric Hazan, et al.
Dissecting how facile accusations of "anti-Semitism" are used to stifle dissent.
Antagonistics

by Gopal Balakrishnan
A striking intervention from one of the most original young radical thinkers of today.
Race, Nation, Class

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

Women’s Oppression Today

by Michèle Barrett
“This book is a school of thought.”—Frigga Haug, Das Argument
1 post
Passwords

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

by Jean Baudrillard
“A sharp-shooting Lone Ranger of the post-Marxist left.”—New York Times
2 posts
Restless Cities

Edited by Matthew Beaumont and Gregory Dart
Leading writers reimagine the city as a site of ceaseless change and motion.
2 posts

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