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Anthropology & Sociology

Object-Choice (All you need is love...)

by Klaus Theweleit
An illuminating lexicon of love in the twentieth century.
1 post
Towards the Abolition of Whiteness

by David R. Roediger
Counting the costs of whiteness in the American past and present.
11 posts
Cinderella Goes to Market

by Barbara Einhorn
Assessing the position of women before and after the fall of state socialism.
4 posts
Inside Babylon

Edited by Clive Harris and Winston James
A lively and informed reflection on the experience of black people in Britain.
6 posts

Church Fathers, Independent Virgins

by Joyce Salisbury
Salisbury explores the relationship between Church doctrines and the position of women.
3 posts
Social Division

by Alan Carling

Social divisions are systematic social inequalities which are frequently regarded as unjust, and are fateful in the lives of individuals.
Strange Weather

by Andrew Ross
“A marvellous, sceptical history of the culture of prediction.”—Meaghan Morris
Memory and Modernity

by William Rowe and Vivian Schelling
“A new, needed and definite work.”—New Statesman and Society

Communities of Resistance

by A. Sivanandan
A collection of incisive critiques of contemporary Marxism, of post-colonial development and of the Eurocentric assessment of imperialism.
12 posts
Agency of Fear

by Edward Jay Epstein
A sharp exposé of the true motivations behind the war on drugs.
An Injury to All

by Kim Moody
Exposing the roots of modern “business unionism” and the causes of its decline.
6 posts
The Social Origins of Private Life

by Stephanie Coontz

A highly original account of the evolution of the family unit.

6 posts

Farewell to Reason

by Paul Feyerabend
“Feyerabend’s prose is sparkling and his writing is deeply learned.”—New Statesman
Women’s Work, Men’s Property

Edited by Stephanie Coontz and Peta Henderson

Exploring the sociohistorical roots of gender inequality.

20 posts
Sexuality and Class Struggle

by Reimut Reiche

This book which combines the methods and results of both Freud and Marx is by one of the leaders of the West German student left during its most...

3 posts

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