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The Metamorphoses of Kinship

A masterwork of the anthropology of kinship by the heir to Levi-Strauss.

6 posts
Combat Trauma

by Nadia Abu El-Haj

A rigorous and incisive study of combat trauma and American militarism

1 post
The Authoritarian Personality

by Theodor Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, et al.

Hugely influential study of the psychology of authoritarianism

17 posts
Infancy and History

by Giorgio Agamben
A profound meditation on language and philosophy, nature and culture, and the birth of the subject.
8 posts

Islams and Modernities

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

by Theodore W. Allen

Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America.

29 posts
The Invention of the White Race, Volume 2

by Theodore W. Allen

Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America.

25 posts
Annihilation of Caste

by B.R. Ambedkar

The classic analysis of the caste system with an extensive introduction by Arundhati Roy

15 posts

Daddy Issues

by Katherine Angel

On the fraught bonds between daughters and their fathers, women and the patriarchy.

1 post
The Future as Cultural Fact

by Arjun Appadurai

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

3 posts
Adam Smith in Beijing

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

by Giovanni Arrighi

A comprehensive analysis of the development of world capitalism over seven hundred years.

15 posts

Non-Places

by Marc Augé

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.

47 posts
Antagonistics

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

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

Cinema and Desire

Edited by Tani E. Barlow and Jing Wang

Dal Jinhau's commentary on Chinese cinema, culture and politics.

7 posts
The Anti-Social Family

by Michèle Barrett and Mary McIntosh

Sensitive but uncompromising socialist-feminist critique of the nuclear family

27 posts
Feminist Radical Thinkers

by Michèle Barrett, Mary McIntosh, et al.

A collection of extracts from leading second-wave feminists, including Michèle Barrett, Mary McIntosh, Lynne Segal, Sheila Rowbotham and Juliet Mitchell

8 posts
Women's Oppression Today

by Michèle Barrett

“This book is a school of thought.” – Frigga Haug, Das Argument

24 posts

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