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Slavoj Žižek

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A Millennium of Family Change

by Wally Seccombe
A powerful study of the changing structure of families.
5 posts
Captives

by Jarrod Shanahan

The definitive history of America’s most notorious jail and the violent rise of New York City’s law-and-order movement

1 post
Marxism and the Philosophy of Science

by Helena Sheehan

A masterful survey of the history of Marxist philosophy of science

1 post
Israel and Palestine

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

Race, Place, Trace

Edited by Susan Slyomovics and Lorenzo Veracini

Exploring Patrick Wolfe’s work on settler colonialism
We Fight Fascists

by Daniel Sonabend

The story of the Jewish ex-servicemen who fought against Oswald Mosley after World War II

2 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
Claiming the City

by Shelton Stromquist

How workers fought for municipal socialism to make cities around the globe livable and democratic—and what the lessons are for today

Connected History

by Sanjay Subrahmanyam

History without borders
The Burning Forest: India’s War Against the Maoists

by Nandini Sundar

An empathetic, moving account of what drives indigenous peasants to support armed struggle despite severe state repression, including lives lost, and homes and communities destroyed

4 posts
Red Flag Unfurled

by Ronald Grigor Suny

Reconsidering the Russian Revolution a century later

4 posts
Red Flag Wounded

by Ronald Grigor Suny

Tracking the degeneration of the Russian Revolution

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

by R. H. Tawney
A classic of political economy that traces the influence of religious thought on capitalism
4 posts
The Myth of 1648

by Benno Teschke

Award-winning reinterpretation of the origins of modern international relations.

6 posts
Somanatha

by Romila Thapar
An explosive account, dispelling the myths and inventions of Hindu nationalism.
1 post
The Dignity of Chartism

by Dorothy Thompson

Groundbreaking studies of Britain’s first major working-class movement

8 posts

Gandhi

by Kathryn Tidrick
A major reinterpretation of Gandhi’s life, politics, religion and nation
2 posts
Fanaticism

by Alberto Toscano

A genealogy of fanaticism—unearthing its long history, before it became a tool in the Clash of Civilizations

22 posts
Fire and Blood

by Enzo Traverso

Europe’s second Thirty Years’ War—an epoch of blood and ashes

32 posts
Revolution: An Intellectual History

by Enzo Traverso

A cultural and intellectual balance-sheet of the twentieth century’s age of revolutions

6 posts

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