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Slavoj Žižek

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Captives

by Jarrod Shanahan

The first definitive history of America’s most notorious jail and the violent rise of New York City’s law enforcement
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
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

21 posts

Fire and Blood

by Enzo Traverso

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

30 posts
Revolution: An Intellectual History

by Enzo Traverso

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

3 posts
Terrorism and Communism

by Leon Trotsky

Trotsky and Slavoj Žižek defend revolutionary violence

5 posts
Plasticity into Power

by Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Volume 3 of Politics, a work in constructive social theory.

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