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Slavoj Žižek

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The Invention of Sicily

by Jamie Mackay

A fascinating cultural history of this most magical of islands

4 posts
The Invention of Terrorism in Europe, Russia, and the United States

by Carola Dietze

Terrorism’s roots in Western Europe and the United States
The Invention of the Jewish People

by Shlomo Sand

The bestselling study of Jewish history

40 posts
The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland

by Shlomo Sand

Groundbreaking new work from the controversial author of The Invention of the Jewish People

43 posts

The Invention of the White Race

by Theodore W. Allen

Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America

1 post
Iran Without Borders

by Hamid Dabashi
A history of the cosmopolitan forces that made contemporary Iran
6 posts
Iran Without Borders

by Hamid Dabashi
A history of the cosmopolitan forces that made contemporary Iran
6 posts
Island Stories

by Raphael Samuel
“The sheer scope and erudition of these pages is stunning.”—Terry Eagleton, Guardian
2 posts

Israel and Palestine

by Avi Shlaim
Acclaimed reflections on the causes and consequences of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
27 posts
The Journey to Tahrir

Edited by Jeannie Sowers and Chris Toensing

Leading analysts of Egypt on repression, dissent and the dramatic revolution

9 posts
The Judge and the Historian

by Carlo Ginzburg

Carlo Ginzburg draws on his work on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century witchcraft trials to dissect the weaknesses and contradictions of Italy's case against Adriano Sofri, figurehead of the Italian Left, demonstrating the importance of intellectual rigor and passion against political opportunism and dishonesty at the end of the twentieth-century.
Kashmir: The Case for Freedom

by Tariq Ali, Hilal Bhatt, et al.
Leading international voices condemn the brutalities of the Kashmir occupation.
16 posts

La Lucha

by Jon Sack

A front-line human rights defender fighting murderous impunity in the Mexican borderlands

13 posts
Labor and the Course of American Democracy

by Charles Bergquist
“Groundbreaking political and ideological analysis.”—Carol A. Smith, UC Davis
The Last Communard

by Gavin Bowd

The story of an unexpected hero

18 posts
Late Victorian Holocausts

by Mike Davis

A magisterial melding of global ecological and political history, disclosing the nineteenth-century roots of underdevelopment in what became the Third World

18 posts

Latin

by Françoise Waquet

A highly original and accessible history of Latin between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries.
Lavil

Edited by Evan Lyon and Peter Orner

Moving stories of life in a country enduring an ongoing crisis

2 posts
The Leveller Revolution

by John Rees

The gripping story of the Levellers, the radical movement at the heart of the English Revolution

14 posts
Liberalism

by Domenico Losurdo

“A brilliant exercise in unmasking liberal pretensions.” – Financial Times

20 posts

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