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CONTENTS 1 A passionate defence of liberal values in our increasingly polarized world

Against Hate CAROLIN EMCKE Translated by Tony Crawford Racism, extremism, anti-democratic sentiment – our increasingly polarized world is dominated by a type of thinking that doubts others’ positions but never its own. In a powerful challenge to fundamentalism in all its forms, Carolin Emcke, one of Germany’s leading intellectuals, argues that we can only preserve individual freedom and protect people’s rights by cherishing and celebrating diversity. If we want to safeguard democracy, we must have the courage to challenge hatred and the will to fight for and defend plurality in our societies. Emcke rises to the challenge that fake news and populist narratives pose, exposing the way in which they simplify and distort our perception of the world. Against Hate is an impassioned call to fight intolerance and defend liberal ideals. It is a must-read for anyone concerned about the darkening politics of our time and searching for ways out.

216 x 138mm | 192 pages | January 2019 CAROLIN EMCKE is a prominent journalist, academic and author. Between HB | 978-1-5095-3195-0 1998 and 2006 she reported for Der Spiegel from some of the world’s most £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 troubled regions including Afghanistan, Columbia, Gaza, Iraq and Pakistan. PB | 978-1-5095-3196-7 She was also Guest Lecturer in Political Theory at Yale University in 2003-4. £15.99 | $19.95 | €20.90 Her significant contribution to public debate and intellectual life has been ebook available recognized with many awards, including the Otto Brenner Prize for Critical Journalism, the Lessing Prize and, in 2016, the Peace Prize of the German Publishers’ Association, Germany’s most prestigious literary award.

“With exemplary lucidity, passion, and brevity, Carolin Emcke anatomises a toxic political emotion – and the many insidious, even benign, forms it increasingly assumes in public life. Against Hate is an urgent and necessary book, and all those who seek a way out of our current impasse should read it.” – Pankaj Mishra

“At a time when all over the globe, groups have mobilized around hatred of strangers, foreigners, migrants and refugees, Emcke analyzes with subtlety and psychological precision the hearts and minds of those who hate. A must-read for understanding the rise of right-wing populist movements in contemporary Europe in particular.” – Seyla Benhabib, Yale University

“Carolin Emcke responds to the resurgence of hatred by grounding democracy in the vulnerability of the individual.” – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

2 GENERAL INTEREST A bold program to defend and renew liberal democracy

Defending Freedom How We Can Win the Fight for an Open Society RALF FÜCKS Translated by Nick Somers Confidence in democratic institutions and mainstream political parties is fast eroding, with people increasingly drawn towards the rhetoric of populist demagogues and authoritarian leaders. What are the roots of this crisis and how can it be countered? In this new book, leading Green politician and thinker Ralf Fücks argues that our failure to defend democracy has led to the encroachment of an illiberal and divisive politics. In a powerful counter, Fücks outlines the foundations for an ambitious democratic renewal: greater investment in the public institutions; a focus on education; the promotion of a democratic patriotism; a better understanding of how to increase participation in the emerging digital economy; and sustainable innovation to unleash the creative potential of liberal societies. 216 x 138mm | 240 pages | June 2019 This robust defense of liberal democracy will be essential reading for anyone HB | 978-1-5095-3623-8 concerned about the very real threat faced by our democratic freedoms today £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 and wondering what we can do about it. PB | 978-1-5095-3624-5 £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 RALF FÜCKS is Co-Founder of the Centre for Liberal Modernity, a non-partisan ebook available organization that stands up for the defense and renewal of open society and looks for answers to the key challenges of our time. Formerly President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, he was a leading figure in the German Green Party and Senator for Environment and Urban Development in Bremen.

“Defending Freedom is an elegant, eminently readable book that goes to the heart of contemporary political tensions afflicting much of the Western world. It is a robust defense of the liberal tradition at a time when anti-liberal forces seem to be ascendant.” – Daniel Hamilton, Johns Hopkins University

“Defending Freedom is one of the most considered and substantial diagnoses currently available of the anti-liberal forces threatening our world today. Essential reading.” – Neue Zürcher Zeitung

“This is an outstanding guide to our current situation, and proof once again of Fücks’s position as a pioneering green thinker.” – Deutschlandradio Kultur

GENERAL INTEREST 3 Trump ALAIN BADIOU

The election of Donald Trump sent shockwaves across the globe. How was such an outcome even possible? And how can we move beyond the deep crisis of Western democracy that the election of Trump represents? Alain Badiou argues that Trump’s election was symptomatic of a global crisis based on the triumph of a brutal form of global capitalism, the decomposition of the established political elite, the growing frustration that many people feel today, and the absence of a compelling alternative vision. In this context Trump emerged, a member of the Republican Party who also represented something outside the system – sexism, racism and a tendency toward fascism. The progressive challenge is to offer people a real choice, a radical alternative based on principles of universality and equality. This concise account of the meaning of Trump should be read by everyone who 190 x 124mm | 80 pages | March 2019 wants to understand what is happening in our world today. HB | 978-1-5095-3607-8 ALAIN BADIOU is a writer, and an Emeritus Professor at the École £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 Normale Supérieure, Paris. PB | 978-1-5095-3608-5 £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 ebook available

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK

No Marxist text has come close to achieving the fame and influence of The Communist Manifesto a clarion call to the workers of the world that radically shaped the 20th century. But what relevance does it have for us today? In this slim book, Slavoj Žižek argues that, while exploitation no longer occurs as Marx described, it has by no means disappeared. On the contrary, the profit once generated by the exploitation of workers has been transformed into rent appropriated by the privatization of the “general intellect.” Even if Marx’s analysis can no longer be applied without significant revision, the fundamental problem with which he was concerned, that of the commons in all its dimensions, remains as relevant as ever. 190 x 124mm | 70 pages | January 2019 This timely reflection on the enduring relevance of The Communist Manifesto will be HB | 978-1-5095-3610-8 of great value to everyone interested in the key questions of radical politics today. £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 PB | 978-1-5095-3611-5 SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK is Professor at the Institute of Sociology, Ljubljana, Slovenia. £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 ebook available

4 GENERAL INTEREST A bold plan for reforming Britain’s broken economy from a group of leading experts

Prosperity and Justice A Plan for the New Economy IPPR

The Final Report of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice The UK economy is broken. It no longer provides rising living standards for the majority, particularly young people, and inequality continues to widen. Meanwhile the rise of giant digital companies, automation, and environmental degradation challenge the foundations of our economic model. This important book, the report of a group of leading figures from across British society, analyzes these profound challenges and sets out a bold vision for change. Its radical policy agenda for the 2020s includes new missions to drive productivity and innovation, an overhaul of our financial system, and reforms to improve wages, job quality and the redistribution of wealth. This is an urgent and compelling account of the reforms needed to build a new economy of prosperity, justice and environmental sustainability. It will set the terms of political and economic debate for years to come. 216 x 138mm | 320 pages | September 2018 HB | 978-1-5095-3498-2 THE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH’S COMMISSION ON £50.00 | $69.95 | €65.90 ECONOMIC JUSTICE is a group of prominent experts from across British PB | 978-1-5095-3499-9 society set up to rethink economic policy for post-Brexit Britain. It includes £12.99 | $14.95 | €16.90 Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Frances O’Grady, the General ebook available Secretary of the TUC, and Mariana Mazzucato, Professor of Economics at University College London.

“The Commission makes an irrefutable case that British economic performance must improve, and then suggests a suite of original initiatives aimed at doing just that… Overall this is the most impressive, authoritative and compelling economic analysis and accompanying prescriptions in recent times.” – Will Hutton, Principal of Hertford College Oxford and Observer columnist

“An inspiration for all those in the UK and elsewhere who are trying to chart a new course for inclusive prosperity.” – Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard University

GENERAL INTEREST 5 A provocative account of how liberal democracy is neither liberal nor democratic

The Demons of Liberal Democracy ADRIAN PABST

Liberals blame the global retreat of liberal democracy on globalization and authoritarian leaders. Only liberalism, so they assume, can defend democratic rule against multinationals or populists at home and abroad. In this provocative book, Adrian Pabst contends that liberal democracy is illiberal and undemocratic – intolerant about the values of ordinary people while concentrating power and wealth in the hands of unaccountable elites. Under the influence of contemporary liberalism, democracy is sliding into oligarchy, demagogy and anarchy. Liberals, far from defending open markets and free speech, promote monopolies like the new tech giants that undermine competition and democratic debate. Liberal individualism has eroded the social bonds and civic duties on which democracy depends for trust and cooperation. To banish liberal democracy’s demons, Pabst proposes radical ideas for economic democracy, a politics of persuasion and a better balance of personal 216 x 138mm | 174 pages | March 2019 freedom with social solidarity. HB | 978-1-5095-2844-8 £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 This book’s defence of democratic politics against both liberals and populists PB | 978-1-5095-2845-5 will speak to all readers trying to understand our age of upheaval. £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 ADRIAN PABST is Reader in Politics at the University of Kent and a leading ebook available thinker in the “Blue Labour” movement. He has written regularly for The Guardian, The New Statesman, and the International Herald Tribune.

“History has been up-ended. Western liberal democracy is in crisis. This book is a brilliant, concise diagnosis of this state of modern affairs. It is essential reading, whether you’re a political philosopher, practising politician or concerned citizen.” – Jon Cruddas, MP

“Hard-hitting, polemical at times, and makes a powerful case.” – Andrew Gamble, University of Sheffield

“Instead of avoiding the implications of the revolt against elites of our time, this book proposes a highly provocative return to recessive elements of the liberal tradition that emphasized the necessity of community and solidarity. Only if it confronts its demons, Adrian Pabst says, can democracy survive its moment of crisis.” – Samuel Moyn, Yale University

6 GENERAL INTEREST A world-leading expert addresses head-on the unprecedented challenge posed by mass migration

The Scramble for Europe Young Africa on its way to the Old Continent STEPHEN SMITH

From the harrowing situation of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to the crisis on the US-Mexico border, mass migration is one of the most urgent issues facing the West today. In this book, renowned journalist Stephen Smith argues that current events must be understood as part of a dramatic demographic shift. Today, 510 million people live inside EU borders, and 1.25 billion people in Africa. In 2050, 450 million Europeans will face 2.5 billion Africans – 5 times their number. The scramble for Europe will become as inexorable as the “scramble for Africa” was at the end of the 19th century. Seeking to address how Europe will cope with this massive influx, Smith argues for a path between the two extremes of today’s debate, advocating migratory policies that strike a balance between compassion and the interests of European nations. 216 x 138mm | 200 pages | April 2019 STEPHEN SMITH was Africa editor at Libération and subsequently deputy editor HB | 978-1-5095-3456-2 of the foreign desk at Le Monde. After forty years of experience as a journalist £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 on the ground, he is now Professor of African Studies at Duke University. A PB | 978-1-5095-3457-9 consultant to the UN and other international bodies, Smith is also a prolific £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 author and writes regularly for newspapers and reviews including The London ebook available Review of Books.

“The Scramble for Europe is a calm, measured book that aims to take the emotion out of the debate about immigration from Africa, while at the same time not avoiding the difficult issues by pretending that the situation is under control. It is an approach that runs against the grain of politics. Hence the enormous importance of this book at a time when Old Europe is trying to make allies on the young continent in the hope that these inescapable movements of people will remain an African affair.” – Le Monde

“A must-read for anyone who wants to understand today’s perilous migration flows.” – Midi Libre

“An indispensable book for understanding the key challenges of the coming decades.” – Le Point

GENERAL INTEREST 7 A brilliant account of how we can improve our lives by doing less

The Joy of Missing Out The Art of Self-Restraint in an Age of Excess SVEND BRINKMANN Translated by Tam McTurk “Because you’re worth it,” proclaims the classic cosmetics ad. “Just do it!” implores the global sports retailer. Everywhere we turn, we are constantly encouraged to experience as much as possible, for as long as possible, in as many ways as possible. FOMO – Fear of Missing Out – has become a central preoccupation in a world fixated on the never-ending pursuit of gratification and self-fulfillment. But this pursuit can become a treadmill leading nowhere. How can we break out of it? In this refreshing book, bestselling Danish philosopher and psychologist Svend Brinkmann reveals the many virtues of missing out on the constant choices and temptations that dominate our experience-obsessed consumer society. By cultivating self-restraint and celebrating moderation, we can develop a more fulfilling way of living that enriches ourselves and our 216 x 138mm | 114 pages | February 2019 fellow humans and protects the planet we all share – in short, we can discover HB | 978-1-5095-3156-1 the joy of missing out. £40.00 | $49.95 | €51.90 PB | 978-1-5095-3157-8 SVEND BRINKMANN lived quietly as a professor of psychology at Aalborg £12.99 | $14.95 | €16.90 University until he published Stand Firm which became an overnight bestseller ebook available and quickly established him as a leading public intellectual and cultural critic. Winner of the prestigious Rosenkjær prize, Svend travels widely to host events and lecture on the key problems of modern life. In 2018 he published the acclaimed Standpoints. He has also appeared in various television documentaries, and presented Danish television’s Live Fast! programs and the Meaningful Life series on Danish Radio 1.

“The Joy of Missing Out makes a powerful, compelling, and much-needed argument for self-restraint – on pragmatic grounds, moral grounds, psychological grounds, and even aesthetic grounds. Be sure to read this book before your next shopping trip, or job-change, or relationship-change. This is as good a case as have seen for when and why less can be more.” – Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice and co-author of Practical Wisdom

“An exhilarating broadside against the intense modern pressure to do more, be more, to become happier and more productive, and to ‘find yourself’. In championing Stoicism over the relentless and exhausting wild-goose chase of self-help, Svend Brinkmann - though he might not like the fact - has written a book that truly helps.” – Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian

8 GENERAL INTEREST The story of how empowering women makes us rich

The Sex Factor How Women Made the West Rich VICTORIA BATEMAN

Why did the west become so rich? Why is inequality on the rise? How “free” should markets be? And what does sex have to do with it? In this passionate and skilfully argued book, leading feminist Victoria Bateman shows how we can only understand the burning economic issues of our time if we put sex and gender – “the sex factor” – at the heart of the picture. Spanning the globe and drawing on thousands of years of history, Bateman weaves rigorous analysis with autobiographical insights to tell a bold, ambitious story about how the status and freedom of women – particularly freedom over their bodies – is central to our prosperity and economic wellbeing. Genuine female empowerment requires us to not only recognize the liberating potential of the market and the importance of smart government policies, but to also challenge the double-standard of many modern feminists when they celebrate the brain while denigrating the body. 229 x 152mm | 248 pages | March 2019 This iconoclastic book is a devastating exposé of what we have lost from HB | 978-1-5095-2676-5 ignoring “the sex factor,” and how reversing this neglect can drive the economic £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 policies we need to deliver a wealthy, environmentally sustainable and equal PB | 978-1-5095-2677-2 society in the 21st century. £16.99 | $24.95 | €21.90 VICTORIA BATEMAN is a fellow and lecturer in economics at Gonville and Caius ebook available College, Cambridge University. A high-profile commentator for Bloomberg View and CapX, she has led calls for a sexual revolution in economics as well as conducting various high profile “naked protests” to highlight the marginalization of women’s bodies in public life.

“[Victoria Bateman is] a bold, intelligent and original thinker...the Lady Godiva de nos jours” – The Amorist

“It always was insane to think of markets and the public sphere as independent of life in the home and the private sphere. Yet male economists after Adam Smith – not Smith himself – spread the insanity. In her crystal-clear yet scholarly book Victoria Bateman provides a sane alternative. Read it, and you’ll know how we all, men and women together, became free and rich and, we hope, a little bit saner.” – Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago, author of Bourgeois Equality

“Ever controversial, Victoria Bateman’s new book will cause a stir. While fun and engaging, it also packs a serious punch and explodes the myth that economics is gender neutral. If you are passionate about economics and feminism, this is well worth a read.” – Ayesha Hazarika, former to Gordon Brown, and ; political commentator, broadcaster and stand-up comedian.

GENERAL INTEREST 9 A pithy debunking of the gig economy from a world-leading commentator

Will the gig economy prevail? COLIN CROUCH

Increasingly employees are being falsely treated as “self-employed” in order to weaken their rights and security. This phenomenon – the “gig economy”– is seen as the inevitable shape of things to come. In this book, leading authority Colin Crouch takes a step back and questions this logic. He shows how the idea of an employee – a stable status that involves a bundle of rights – has, despite many changes and threats, shown a curious persistence. Examining the various ways companies are attacking these rights, from temporary work to involuntary part-time work to “gigging,” he shows the contradictions and paradoxes of the situation and argues that it should not and cannot continue. He goes on to propose reforms to reverse the perverse incentives that reward irresponsible employers and punish good ones, setting out an agenda for a realistic future of secure work. Crouch’s penetrating analysis will be of interest to everyone interested in the The Future of Capitalism future of work, the welfare state and the gig economy. 190 x 124mm | 140 pages | February 2019 HB | 978-1-5095-3243-8 COLIN CROUCH is Professor Emeritus of the University of Warwick, and the £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 External Scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Social Research at PB | 978-1-5095-3244-5 Cologne. His previous books include Post-Democracy and The Strange Non- £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 Death of Neoliberalism. ebook available

“A timely and thought-provoking read, lifting the lid on how the gig economy is undermining workers, damaging society and compromising our prosperity. Ought to act as a wake-up call to policymakers and politicians.” – Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress

“Crouch presents a careful, rigorous, and thorough discussion of the relevant data, develops a nuanced and credible analysis, and posits a powerful set of proposals for reforming labour markets in the era of the gig economy.” – Steven Vallas, Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University

10 GENERAL INTEREST Why Cities Look the Way They Do RICHARD WILLIAMS

When we think about how cities look, we tend to focus on architecture and design. But the character of a city is not just the result of planners and designers: it is also the result of the many ways in which people use, appropriate and repurpose its spaces in the everyday life of the city. The city is not built; it is lived. Architectural criticism invariably stops at the moment construction is completed. Richard Williams instead takes that moment not as the end but the beginning, tracing the social and cultural processes that produce the look of contemporary global cities. It is the story of how financial capital spawns empty towering skyscrapers and hollowed-out ghettoes; how the zoning of once-illicit sexual practices in marginal areas of the city result in the reinvention of culturally vibrant gay villages; how abandoned factories are repurposed as creative hubs in an increasingly precarious 216 x 138mm | 192 pages | May 2019 post-industrial economy. It is also a story of how popular urban clichés and the HB | 978-0-7456-9180-0 portrayal of cities in films and other media powerfully shape how we read and see £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 the bricks, concrete and glass that surround us. PB | 978-0-7456-9181-7 £15.99 | $24.95 | €20.90 Thought-provoking and original, this book will appeal to anyone interested in urban ebook available spaces and will shed new light on one of humanity’s greatest collective inventions. RICHARD WILLIAMS is Professor of Contemporary Visual Culture at the University of Edinburgh. After the Caliphate The Islamic State & the Future Terrorist Diaspora COLIN P. CLARKE

In 2014 the declaration of the Islamic State caliphate was hailed as a major victory by the global jihadist movement. But it was short-lived. Three years on, the caliphate was destroyed, leaving its surviving fighters – many of whom were foreign recruits – to retreat and scatter across the globe. So what happens now? Is this the beginning of the end of IS? Or can it adapt and regroup? In this timely analysis, terrorism expert Colin P. Clarke takes stock of IS – its roots, its evolution and its monumental setbacks to assess the road ahead. The caliphate, he argues, was an anomaly. The future of the global jihadist movement will look very much like its past – with peripatetic and divided groups of militants 216 x 138mm | 184 pages | April 2019 dispersing to new battlefields, where they will join existing civil wars, establish safe HB | 978-1-5095-3387-9 havens and sanctuaries, and seek ways of conducting spectacular attacks in the £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 West that inspire new followers. In this fragmented and atomized form, IS could PB | 978-1-5095-3388-6 become more dangerous and challenging for counterterrorism forces, as its splinter £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 groups threaten renewed and heightened violence throughout the globe. ebook available COLIN P. CLARKE, Ph.D. is a political scientist at the RAND Corporation where his research focuses on terrorism, insurgency, and criminal networks. GENERAL INTEREST 11 A rich history of the rebellious figure who is a thorn in the side of power

Troublemakers A Philosophy of Puer Robustus DIETER THOMÄ Translated by Jessica Spengler Political crises today often originate from the periphery rather than the centre. Figures like Edward Snowden or Chelsea Manning are troublemakers in the eyes of the powerful, though their actions may be valuable and lead to positive changes. In this important new book, Dieter Thomä examines the crucial but often overlooked function of these figures on the margins of society, developing a philosophy of troublemakers from the 17th century to the present day. Thomä takes as his starting point Hobbes’ idea of the puer robustus (literally “stout boy”), meaning a figure who rebels against order and authority. While Hobbes saw the puer robustus as a threat, he also recognized the potential, in the correct conditions, for figures to rise up and become agents of positive change. Building on this notion, Thomä provides a rich survey of intellectuals 229 x 152mm | 400 pages | April 2019 who have been inspired by this idea over the past 300 years, from Rousseau, HB | 978-1-5095-2558-4 Diderot, Schiller, Victor Hugo, Marx and Freud to , and £30.00 | $45.00 | €38.90 Horkheimer, right up to the recent work of Badiou and Agamben. In doing so, ebook available he develops a typology of the puer robustus and a means by which we can evaluate and assess the troublemakers of our own times. This book will be of great interest not only to students and scholars in the humanities and social sciences but to anyone seeking to understand the crucial impact of these liminal figures on our world today. DIETER THOMÄ is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Gallen. He has held guest professorships at the University of California, Davis and Brown University.

“Thomä offers a compelling response to the current threats facing our economic, social and political order. This timely and important book will be of great interest to anyone who is struggling to understand what is going on in the world today.” – Joachim Whaley, University of Cambridge

“As the philosopher Dieter Thomä shows in this brilliant study, the puer robustus is a central element of societies marked by division and uncertainty. His book could not be more timely.” – NZZ am Sonntag

“Dieter Thomä tells a captivating adventure story of the troublemakers who have disrupted social order.” – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

12 GENERAL INTEREST A brilliant account of the disruptive forces transforming societies

Lineages of Modernity A History of Humanity from the Stone Age to Homo Americanus EMMANUEL TODD Translated by Andrew Brown In most developed countries there is a palpable sense of confusion about the current state of affairs. Many things that were taken for granted a decade or two ago no longer seem secure, and many people are looking for new ways to understand how we got to where we are today and where we are heading. In this major new book Emmanuel Todd sheds new light on our current predicament by reconstructing the historical dynamics of human societies from the Stone Age to the present. Eschewing the tendency to attribute special causal significance to the economy, Todd develops an anthropological account of history, focusing on the long-term dynamics of family systems and their links to religion and – what he sees as the slow-moving, unconscious level of society, in contrast to the conscious level of the economy and politics 229 x 152mm | 370 pages | May 2019 – and on the dramatic changes brought about by the spread of education. HB | 978-1-5095-3447-0 This enables him to explain the different historical trajectories of the advanced £30.00 | $45.00 | €38.90 nations and the growing divergence between them, a divergence that can be ebook available observed in the rise of the Anglosphere in the modern period, the paradox of a Homo Americanus that is at once innovative and archaic, the startling electoral success of Donald Trump, the lack of realism in the shown by Germany and China, the emergence of stable authoritarian democracy in Russia, the new introversion of Japan and the recent turbulent developments in Europe, including Brexit. This magisterial account of human history puts into perspective and enables us to understand in new ways the massive transformations taking place in the world today. EMMANUEL TODD is a sociologist, demographer and historical anthropologist at the National Institute of Demographic Studies (INED), Paris. He was one of the first scholars to predict the collapse of the Soviet Union and he is the author of many bestselling books, including After the Empire and Who Is Charlie?

“This is a bold, iconoclastic, wide-ranging study, marshalling a great deal of material from history, anthropology, demography and other disciplines….There is much to learn from this work.” – Alan MacFarlane, King’s College Cambridge

GENERAL INTEREST 13 The Alps are the crucible of European history

The Alps An Environmental History JON MATHIEU

Stretching 1200 kilometres across six countries, the colossal mountains of the Alps dominate Europe, geographically and historically. Enlightenment thinkers felt the sublime and magisterial peaks were the very embodiment of Nature, Romantic poets looked to them for divine inspiration, and Victorian explorers tested their ingenuity and courage against them. Located at the crossroads between powerful empires, the Alps have played a crucial role in the formation of European history, a place of intense cultural fusion as well as fierce conflict between warring nations. A diverse range of flora and fauna have made themselves at home in this harsh environment, which today welcomes over 100 million tourists a year. Leading Alpine scholar Jon Mathieu tells the story of the people who have lived in and been inspired by these mountains and valleys, from the ancient peasants of the Neolithic to the cyclists of the Tour de . Far from being a remote Environmental History and backward corner of Europe, Mathieu shows the Alps to have been a crucible 229 x 152mm | 227 pages | January 2019 of new ideas and technologies at the heart of the European story. HB | 978-1-5095-2771-7 JON MATHIEU is Professor of History at the University of Lucerne and a world- £20.00 | $25.00 | €25.90 famous scholar of Alpine history. In 2016 The Alps won the Austrian Federal ebook available Ministry of Science and Research’s prestigious Science Book of the Year award for the best humanities book for a general audience. In a career spanning thirty years, he has written seven books that have been translated into multiple languages.

“In the realm of Alpine history, Jon Mathieu is the leading voice – he knows the mountains as Braudel knew the sea. This compact but comprehensive overview of one of the world’s most famous mountain regions stands out for its sophistication, clarity, and wry humor.” – Donald Worster, author of A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir

“Mathieu addresses the deep connection between humans and nature in the cultural landscape of the European Alps, ranging from the Mediterranean coast to Slovenia… The Alps is an indispensable book in any Alpine connoisseur’s collection.” – Prof. Jörg Balsiger, University of Geneva

“An engaging, rigorous overview of Alpine history from earliest times to the present. This book represents in some ways the culmination of a life’s work by Mathieu, and offers the most up-to-date account of Alpine history possible, while being at the same time accessible and enjoyable to read.” – Tait Keller, Rhodes College

“Mathieu is a leading authority on the history and culture of the Alps, and it shows.” – Stewart A. Weaver, University of Rochester

14 GENERAL INTEREST The first comprehensive account of the greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history

Tambora and the Year without a Summer How a Volcano Plunged the World into Crisis WOLFGANG BEHRINGER Translated by Pamela Selwyn In 1816, the climate went berserk. The winter brought extreme cold, and torrential rains unleashed massive flooding in Asia, while Western Europe and North America experienced a “year without a summer.” At the time, nobody knew that all these disturbances were the result of a single event: the greatest volcanic eruption in recorded history. In this book, leading climate historian Wolfgang Behringer provides the first globally comprehensive account of this climate catastrophe, showing how it caused political and social crises worldwide. Analyzing events as diverse as the persecution of Jews in Germany, witch hunts in South Africa and anti- 229 x 152mm | 350 pages | April 2019 colonial uprisings in Asia, Behringer demonstrates that no region on earth was HB | 978-1-5095-2549-2 untouched. £25.00 | $35.00 | €32.90 ebook available Drawing parallels with our current environmental crisis, this work will be of great interest to a wide readership and to anyone seeking to better understand how we might mitigate the effects of climate change. WOLFGANG BEHRINGER is Professor of Early Modern History at Saarland University. He is the author of several books published in English including A Cultural History of Climate and Witches and Witch Hunts.

“In this masterly work, Behringer draws on a wealth of detail to demonstrate the profound effects of the Tambora eruption on human society globally. Engagingly written, it will appeal to students and scholars of history as well as a wide general readership.” – J. Donald Hughes, University of Denver

“Behringer provides a brilliant illustration of the truly global character of this natural catastrophe and all its ramifications.” – Deutsche Presse-Agentur

“By showing how the planet was completely transformed by extreme weather events some 200 years ago, Behringer offers a highly original contribution to current climate debates.” – Deutschlandradio Kultur

GENERAL INTEREST 15 Syria DAVID W. LESCH

In this incisive book, internationally-renowned Syria expert David Lesch takes the reader on an illuminating journey through the last hundred years of Syrian history – from the end of the Ottoman Empire through to the current civil war. Tracing Syria’s role in World War One, its post-independence instability, involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict, and its relationships with its neighbors and superpowers, Lesch also highlights the socio-economic and cultural developments that helped to lay the groundwork for Syria’s descent into chaos after the Arab Spring. The Syria he reveals is a fractured mosaic, whose identity (or lack thereof) has played a crucial part in its trajectory over the past century. Only through understanding the complexities and challenges of Syria’s history can this pivotal country in the Middle East begin to rebuild and heal. DAVID W. LESCH is the Ewing Halsell Distinguished Professor of History in the Department of History at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author Polity Histories or editor of fourteen books and has also written for The New York Times, The 173 x 115mm | 240 pages | February 2019 Washington Post, The Financial Times, The Boston Globe, Foreign Policy, CNN.com, HB | 978-1-5095-2751-9 £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 and Time Magazine. PB | 978-1-5095-2752-6 £12.99 | $14.95 | €16.90 ebook available

Russia DMITRI TRENIN

Few would dispute that Russian history is one of extremes. Over the past century alone Russia has lived through great achievements and deepest misery; mass heroism and mass crime; over-blown ambition and near-hopeless despair – always emerging with its sovereignty and its fiercely independent spirit intact. Dmitri Trenin accompanies readers on Russia’s rollercoaster journey from revolution to devastation, perestroika to Putin’s stabilization of post-communist Russia. Explaining the causes and the meaning of the twists and turns in contemporary Russian history, he offers an insider’s view of a country through one of its most trying and often tragic periods. Today, he cautions, Russia stands at a turning point – politically, economically and socially – its situation strikingly reminiscent of the Russian Empire in its final years. For the Russian Federation to avoid a similar demise, it must learn the lessons of its own history.

Polity Histories DMITRI TRENIN, Ph.D., has been Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center since 173 x 115mm | 160 pages | June 2019 2008. A regular commentator on Russian affairs, he is the author of numerous HB | 978-1-5095-2766-3 books, including Should We Fear Russia? and What is Russia Up to in the Middle East? £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 PB | 978-1-5095-2767-0 £12.99 | $14.95 | €16.90 ebook available

16 GENERAL INTEREST Russia’s Futures RICHARD SAKWA

In this erudite and balanced study, renowned Russia scholar Richard Sakwa explores the current debates on Russia, placing them into historical context and outlining the fundamental challenges currently facing the country. Post-communist Russia had to grapple with a unique set of problems, including reconstituting the political system, rebuilding the economy, reimagining the nation, revitalizing society and rethinking Russia’s place in the world. The solutions are still being sought, but this hard-hitting study argues that the failure to create an international system in which Russia’s transformation became part of a revised world order has made the search far more difficult than it may otherwise have been. Although Russia is one of the oldest states in Europe, in its contemporary guise it is one of the youngest. Russia has had many pasts, and given its size, centrality and complexity, it will also have many futures. RICHARD SAKWA is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent at Canterbury, an Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme 216 x 138mm | 264 pages | February 2019 at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, an Honorary Senior HB | 978-1-5095-2423-5 Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies (CREES) £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 at the University of Birmingham, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences PB | 978-1-5095-2424-2 (FAcSS). He has published many acclaimed books on Soviet, Russian and post- £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 communist affairs. ebook available

The Silk Road Trap How China’s Trade Ambitions Challenge Europe JONATHAN HOLSLAG

China has claimed that its expanding economy benefits Europe, stimulating growth, exports, and employment. But the reality is not so clear-cut. Whilst individual companies may have profited, unbalanced trade with China has actually cost Europe economically and politically. China’s monumental infrastructural project, the New Silk Road as it has come to be known, is set to make this situation even worse. The Silk Road Trap is the first book to expose just how risky this partnership is for Europe. In it, Jonathan Holslag, argues that Europe must reduce its reliance on China and work on building a stronger and more sustainable European economic model. He posits that the new Silk Road need not ensnare Europe; it offers the continent a 216 x 138mm | 186 pages | January 2019 unique opportunity to transition from a future “made in China” to one that is “made HB | 978-1-5095-3468-5 in Europe.” £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 JONATHAN HOLSLAG is head of research at the Brussels Institute of Contemporary PB | 978-1-5095-3469-2 China Studies and an expert for the European Commission’s EU-China Academic £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 Network (EC-AN). He has published extensively on China’s foreign policy strategy ebook available in Asia.

GENERAL INTEREST 17 A ground-breaking new theory of our place in the world today

Resonance A Sociology of the Relationship to the World HARTMUT ROSA Translated by James Wagner The pace of modern life is undoubtedly speeding up, yet this acceleration does not seem to have made us any happier. If acceleration is the problem, then the solution, argues Hartmut Rosa, lies in “resonance.” The quality of a human life cannot be measured simply in terms of resources, options and moments of happiness: instead, we must consider our relationship, or resonance, with the world. Applying his theory to many domains of human activity, Rosa describes the full spectrum of ways in which we establish our relationship to the world. He turns to the realms of concrete experience – family and politics, work and sports, religion and art – in which we as late-modern subjects seek out 229 x 152mm | 450 pages | May 2019 resonance. As Rosa shows, all our great crises – the environmental crisis, the HB | 978-1-5095-1989-7 crisis of democracy, the psychological crisis – can also be understood in terms £30.00 | $45.00 | €38.90 of resonance and our broken relationship with the world around us. ebook available Building on his now classic work on acceleration, Rosa’s new book is a major new contribution to the theory of modernity, showing how our problematic relation to the world is at the crux of some of the most pressing issues we face today. HARTMUT ROSA is Professor of Sociology at the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany and Director of the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt, Germany. He is also Affiliated Professor at the New School for Social Research in New York. He is well known for his path-breaking work on acceleration as developed in his book Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity.

“Read this book!” – Die Zeit

“Hartmut Rosa’s book is a must read for anyone interested in a critical diagnosis of the present.” – Stuttgarter Nachrichten Online

“Fluently and lucidly written, Rosa presents us with nothing less than a comprehensive theory of human life.” – Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik

18 GENERAL INTEREST A brilliant account of why great works of art command staggering prices – and what this tells us about modern societies

This is Not Just a Painting An Inquiry into Art, Domination, Magic and the Sacred BERNARD LAHIRE Translated by Helen Morrison In the 1980s, several versions of The Flight into Egypt reappeared, a painting attributed to Nicolas Poussin missing for more than three centuries. One of these, sold in 1986 for a mere 12,000 euros, was acquired two decades later for 17 million euros. Focusing on this extraordinary case, Bernard Lahire reconstructs the transformation of an object of insignificant value to the status of a highly- prized painting. He thereby shows that a painting is never just a painting: the value we attach to it is also the product of complex social processes. Lahire shows how this social magic is present throughout our societies, in economics and politics as much as art and religion, resulting from the spell cast by power on those who tacitly recognize its authority. 229 x 152mm | 530 pages | March 2019 Lahire interrogates our perceptions of value and belief in institutions, exposing HB | 978-1-5095-2869-1 the forms of domination which lie hidden behind our admiration of art. £30.00 | $45.00 | €38.90 ebook available BERNARD LAHIRE is Professor of Sociology at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon and one of the most productive sociologists in France today. He has published over twenty books including The Plural Actor.

“Few books can truly claim to be a tour de force. This is not Just a Painting by Bernard Lahire is truly one of those rare works. Beginning with the account of a purchase of a controversial work by Nicolas Poussin by the Musé des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, Lahire develops a creative and innovative approach to sociological theorizing, weaving together culture, politics, and social psychology as the basis for understanding how societies operate. The book is operatic in the breadth. Building on the intersection of magic, dominance, and the aesthetic, Lahire has presented a set of ideas that demands close attention and intense dialogue. Paintings are never just paintings; they are tools through which society conceptualizes itself.” – Gary Alan Fine, James E. Johnson Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University; author Talking Art: The Practice of Culture and the Culture of Practice in MFA Education

“Lahire’s wide-ranging and profoundly scholarly book digs deeply into the meanings sociology can find in and attribute to works of art. He puts his knowledge of art history and aesthetic theory to good use in the exploration and deepening of sociological investigations, nowhere better than in his discussion of the work of Poussin.” – Howard Becker, author of Art Worlds

GENERAL INTEREST 19 One of the 20th century’s greatest thinkers outlines his distinctive and hugely influential of society

Philosophical Elements of a Theory of Society 1964 THEODOR W. ADORNO Translated by Wieland Hoban In this lecture course given in 1964, Adorno develops a critique of both sociology and philosophy, emphasizing that theoretical work requires a specific mediation between the two disciplines. Adorno advocates a philosophical approach to social theory that challenges the drive towards uniformity and a lack of ambiguity, highlighting instead the fruitfulness of experience, in all its messy complexity, for critical social analysis. At the same time, he shows how philosophy must also realize that it requires sociology if it is to avoid falling for the old idealistic illusion that the totality of real conditions can be grasped through thought alone. Masterfully bringing together philosophical and empirical approaches to an 229 x 152mm | 192 pages | January 2019 understanding of society, these lectures from one of the most important social HB | 978-0-7456-7947-1 thinkers of the 20th century will be of great interest to students and scholars £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 PB | 978-0-7456-7948-8 in philosophy, sociology and the social sciences generally. £17.99 | $24.95 | €23.90 THEODOR W. ADORNO (1903-1969), a prominent member of the Frankfurt ebook available School, was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century.

“Against the alleged waning of Adorno’s radical commitments in his last years, these lectures of 1964 on the relationship between social theory and empirical research testify to his abiding Marxist loyalties. Exhorting his students to pierce the ‘technological veil’ of their ‘administered world,’ he insists on the power of class, reified consciousness, and the impoverishment of experience in the irrational totality of late capitalism.” – Martin Jay, University of California, Berkeley

An Introduction to Dialectics Aesthetics Ontology and Dialectics 229 x 152mm | 352 pages | February 2017 229 x 152mm | 368 pages | May 2018 229 x 152mm | 344 pages | November 2018 HB | 978-0-7456-9311-8 | £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 HB | 978-0-7456-7939-6 | £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 HB | 978-0-7456-9312-5 | £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 PB | 978-0-7456-7944-0 | £18.99 | $28.95 | €24.90 PB | 978-0-7456-7940-2 | £18.99 | $28.95 | €24.90 PB | 978-0-7456-7946-4 | £18.99 | $28.95 | €24.90 ebook available ebook available ebook available

20 GENERAL INTEREST The Metric Society On the Quantification of the Social STEFFEN MAU Translated by Sharon Howe From ratings agencies and fitness tracking technologies to credit scores and likes: today everything and everybody is measured and evaluated. In this new book, Steffen Mau argues that while the intention may have been to build trust and transparency, metrics have in fact become a form of social conditioning. The ubiquitous language of ranking and scoring has transformed our perception of value and status. What is more, through quantification, our capacity for competition and comparison has expanded into practically every area of life. The rise of quantification has created and strengthened social hierarchies, transforming qualitative differences into quantitative inequalities that play a decisive role in shaping the life chances of individuals. 216 x 138mm | 216 pages | January 2019 HB | 978-1-5095-3040-3 This timely analysis of the pernicious impact of quantification will appeal to £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 students and scholars across the social sciences, as well as anyone concerned by the PB | 978-1-5095-3041-0 cult of numbers and its impact on our societies today. £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 STEFFEN MAU is Professor of Macrosociology at the Humboldt University of Berlin. ebook available

The Triumph of Profiling The Self in Digital Culture ANDREAS BERNARD Translated by Valentine A. Pakis Today, most of us will have a profile as users of social media, and even by using the tracking capabilities on our smartphone. But where does the idea of “profiling” an individual come from, how has it changed over time and what are its implications? In this book, Andreas Bernard shows how contemporary profiling has its roots in methods developed in criminology, psychology and psychiatry a hundred years ago. Nowadays, GPS transmitters and measuring devices no longer just track suspected criminals or patients, but are unconsciously embraced as a way of communicating, making money, or even finding a partner. Drawing these parallels, Bernard demonstrates how we have unwittingly internalized what were once instruments of external control and repression. 216 x 138mm | 200 pages | May 2019 HB | 978-1-5095-3629-0 This illuminating of contemporary digital culture will be of great interest £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 to students and scholars in media and communication, as well as anyone concerned PB | 978-1-5095-3630-6 about the power technologies hold over our lives. £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 ANDREAS BERNARD is Professor at the Centre for Digital Cultures at the Leuphana ebook available University of Lüneburg.

GENERAL INTEREST 21 In Praise of Politics ALAIN BADIOU and AUDE LANCELIN Translated by Susan Spitzer In this lively dialogue, leading French thinker Alain Badiou argues that, notwithstanding its current crises, it is through politics that humanity can still achieve its most ambitious aims. As power becomes ever more concentrated in the hands of the state and global corporations, the role of the citizen is reduced to little more than ritual. But Badiou emphasizes that politics is concerned not just with power and the state, but also with justice. The central question of politics is “What is a just power?,” and the debate over politics is fundamentally about the norms to which power is subject and its relationship to a community – one able to take control of its own destiny and direct itself based on a shared standard of justice. This dialogue, in which Badiou articulates his view of politics with exceptional 190 x 124mm | 120 pages | March 2019 clarity, will be of great value to anyone interested in radical politics today. HB | 978-1-5095-3367-1 £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 ALAIN BADIOU is a writer, philosopher and an Emeritus Professor at the École PB | 978-1-5095-3368-8 Normale Supérieure, Paris. £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 AUDE LANCELIN is a journalist. ebook available

Democracy and Community Jean-Luc Nancy in Conversation with Peter Engelmann JEAN-LUC NANCY and PETER ENGELMANN Translated by Wieland Hoban In this dialogue, philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy attempts to free the concept of community from totalitarian associations, rethinking it in such a way that it can serve as a valuable starting point for a new reflection on democracy. Throughout his work Nancy has advocated a fundamental reconceptualization of politics, centered on the idea of community. He starts from the observation that all our interactions with one another are in some way shared experiences, demonstrating that a common sense of life precedes our existence as individuals. This means that we can only truly make sense of life in a plurality. Though democracy is typically 190 x 124mm | 120 pages | April 2019 concerned with establishing political unity, its greater task should therefore lie in HB | 978-1-5095-3534-7 £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 community: creating a space in which sense can realize itself and circulate. PB | 978-1-5095-3535-4 JEAN-LUC NANCY is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Université Marc Bloch in £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 Strasbourg and teaches Political Philosophy and Media Aesthetics at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee. PETER ENGELMANN is a publisher, philosopher and editor at Passagen Verlag.

22 GENERAL INTEREST The Edges of Fiction JACQUES RANCIÈRE Translated by Steven Corcoran What distinguishes fiction from ordinary experience is not a lack of reality but a surfeit of rationality. Fiction overturns the ordinary course of successive events, showing how the unexpected arises, happiness transforms into unhappiness and ignorance into knowledge. In the modern age, argues Rancière, fictional rationality reached new fields as the social sciences extended the model of causal linkage. Literature did the opposite. Instead of democratizing fictional rationality to include all human activity in the world of rational knowledge, it aligned itself with the rhythms of everyday life. In the fictions of literature as well as those of social science, the central question is the same: how to construct the perceptible forms of a shared world. From Stendhal to Marx, Sebald, Faulkner and many others, this book explores this, illuminating the movement of modern fiction from its traditional core toward those edges in which 216 x 138mm | 180 pages | April 2019 it gets confronted with its possible revocation. HB | 978-1-5095-3044-1 £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 JACQUES RANCIÈRE is a leading French philosopher and Professor Emeritus of PB | 978-1-5095-3045-8 Philosophy at the -St. Denis. His many books include The Politics £15.99 | $19.95 | €20.90 of Literature, Aesthetics and Its Discontents and The Future of the Image. ebook available

Posthuman Knowledge ROSI BRAIDOTTI

The question of what defines the human has been shaken up by the radical critiques of humanism and the displacement of anthropomorphism that have gained currency in recent years, propelled in part by rapid advances in our knowledge of living systems and of their genetic and algorithmic codes coupled with the global expansion of a knowledge-intensive capitalism. In this book, Rosi Braidotti takes a closer look at the impact of these developments on three major areas: our subjectivity, production of knowledge and the practice of the academic humanities. Drawing on feminist, postcolonial and anti-racist theory, she argues that the human was never a neutral category but one always linked to power and privilege. Posthuman knowledge is therefore a critical call: a call to build a multi-layered and multi-directional project that displaces anthropocentrism while pursuing the analysis of the discriminatory and violent aspects of human activity and interaction 216 x 138mm | 120 pages | June 2019 wherever they occur. HB | 978-1-5095-3525-5 £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 ROSI BRAIDOTTI is a Distinguished University Professor at Utrecht University and PB | 978-1-5095-3526-2 founding Director of the Centre for the Humanities. £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 ebook available

GENERAL INTEREST 23 Terror and Modernity DONATELLA DI CESARE Translated by Murtha Baca We tend to see terrorist attacks as an aberration, a violent incursion into our lives that bears no intrinsic relation to the fundamental features of modern societies. But does this view misconstrue the relation between terror and modernity? In this book philosopher Donatella Di Cesare argues that terror is not a new phenomenon, but rather one that has always been a key part of modernity. Discussion of ideological wars or the portrayal of terrorists as nihilists distracts from the fact that terrorism essentially concerns the struggle for power and sovereignty. The growing power of states has sown the seeds of terrorism, deployed as a weapon by those exposed to the violence of the state who feel they have no other recourse. Using a wide range of examples, this work will appeal to anyone wishing to understand contemporary terrorism more deeply, as well as students and scholars 216 x 138mm | 180 pages | May 2019 of philosophy and political theory. HB | 978-1-5095-3148-6 £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 DONATELLA DI CESARE is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the Sapienza PB | 978-1-5095-3149-3 University of Rome. £16.99 | $24.95 | €21.90 ebook available

The Age of Disruption Technology and Madness in Computational Capitalism BERNARD STIEGLER Translated by Daniel Ross With the astonishing pace of the digital revolution and automation, the ability of individuals to express their own will, hopes and desires has become superseded by the power of algorithms. This has led to the disintegration of social relations, a situation in which individuals and groups find themselves increasingly powerless, to the point of madness. How can we find a path through this despair? In this book, cultural theorist Bernard Stiegler argues that we must see our era as one of fundamental disruption. We are living in an absence of epokhe-, by which Stiegler means that we have lost our 229 x 152mm | 380 pages | June 2019 path of thinking and being. Weaving in powerful personal accounts, Stiegler calls HB | 978-1-5095-2926-1 - £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 for a new epokhe based on public power, forging circuits of meaning outside of PB | 978-1-5095-2927-8 algorithmic routes. For only then will forms of thinking and life be able to arise that £18.99 | $28.95 | €23.90 restore meaning and aspiration to the individual. ebook available BERNARD STIEGLER is Founder and Director of the Institut de recherche et d’innovation (IRI) at the Centre Georges-Pompidou.

24 GENERAL INTEREST Spinoza: Then and Now Essays Volume 3 ANTONIO NEGRI Translated by Ed Emery This third and final volume of a series of writings by Antonio Negri examines how Spinoza’s thought constitutes a radical break with past ideas and an essential tool for envisaging a form of politics beyond capitalism. It was the democratic freedoms and spirit of solidarity fostered in The Netherlands of the 17th century that allowed Spinoza to develop a radically new form of thought, redefining notions of the state and outlining a republican alternative to absolutist monarchy. In our own era, Negri argues that the rediscovery of Spinoza was critical in reinvigorating political theory. Instead of acquiescing to the economic order of capitalism, Spinoza’s ideas facilitate new ways of looking critically at our present, revealing that power must always be seen as a question of antagonism and class 229 x 152mm | 272 pages | June 2019 struggle. HB | 978-1-5095-0350-6 £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 This volume will appeal to students and scholars of philosophy and political theory, PB | 978-1-5095-0351-3 as well as anyone interested in radical politics today. £17.99 | $24.95 | €23.90 ANTONIO NEGRI is formerly Professor of State Theory at the University of Padua. ebook available

The Second Coming FRANCO ‘BIFO’ BERARDI

We have entered the gates to the apocalypse. This theological concept is the best metaphor to describe the world in which we are already living in. Chaos is all around us: political folly, economical delirium, ecological catastrophe, intellectual cynicism, technological simulation of life. This is what Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi suggests in this wry, dark, disconcerting but also brilliant and invigorating journey through the events that we have witnessed in recent years. One century after the Communist revolution, the very idea that the world could be changed for the better seems dead once and for all. Every time that a new change occurs nowadays, it seems to be a change for the worse. But the fact that nothing can save us anymore shouldn’t be seen as a form of surrender or fatality. On the contrary, if our world is dead, then the space is open for another to appear – a world where apocalypse can shake us out of our contemporary zombie-like existence. The second coming of communism will have nothing to do with 1917. Apocalypse has Theory Redux to be conceived of as a metaphor, and communism is a metaphor too: the metaphor 190 x 124mm | 140 pages | January 2019 of the possible deployment of the possibilities of the mind. HB | 978-1-5095-3483-8 FRANCO ‘BIFO’ BERARDI is a writer, philosopher, theorist and activist in the £40.00 | $49.95 | €51.90 autonomist tradition. PB | 978-1-5095-3484-5 £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 ebook available

GENERAL INTEREST 25 The most influential psychoanalyst since Freud examines desire and its manifestations

Desire and Its Interpretation The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book VI JACQUES LACAN Edited by Jacques-Alain Miller Translated by Bruce Fink “What does Lacan show us? He shows us that desire is not a biological function; that it is not correlated with a natural object; and that its object is fantasized. Because of this, desire is extravagant. It cannot be grasped by those who might try to master it. It plays tricks on them. Yet if it is not recognized, it produces symptoms. In , the goal is to interpret – that is, to read – the message regarding desire that is harbored within the symptom. Although desire upsets us, it also inspires us to invent artifices that can serve us as a compass. An animal species has a single natural compass. Human beings, on the other hand, have multiple compasses: signifying montages and discourses. They tell you what to do: how to think, how to enjoy, and how to reproduce. Yet each person’s fantasy remains irreducible to shared ideals. 229 x 152mm | 450 pages | May 2019 Up until recently, all of our compasses, no matter how varied, pointed in HB | 978-1-5095-0027-7 the same direction: toward the Father. We considered the patriarch to be an £30.00 | $45.00 | €38.90 anthropological invariant. His decline accelerated owing to increasing equality, ebook available the growth of capitalism, and the ever-greater domination of technology. We have reached the end of the Father Age. Another discourse is in the process of taking the former’s place. It champions innovation over tradition; networks over hierarchies; the draw of the future over the weight of the past; femininity over virility. Where there had previously been a fixed order, transformational flows constantly push back any and all limits. Freud was a product of the Father Age. He did a great deal to save it. The Catholic Church finally realized this. Lacan followed the way paved by Freud, but it led him to posit that the father is a symptom. He demonstrates that here using Hamlet as an example. What people have latched onto about Lacan’s work – his formalization of the and his emphasis on the Name-of-the-Father – was merely his point of departure. Seminar VI already revises this: the Oedipus complex is not the only solution to desire, it is merely a normalized form thereof; it is, moreover, a pathogenic form; it does not exhaustively explain desire’s course. Hence the eulogy of perversion with which this seminar ends: Lacan views perversion here as a rebellion against the identifications that assure the maintenance of social routines. This Seminar predicted ‘the revamping of formally established conformisms and even their explosion.’ We have reached that point. Lacan is talking about us.” Jacques-Alain Miller JACQUES LACAN (1901-81) was one of the 20th century’s most influential thinkers. His works include Écrits, The Four Fundamental Concepts of 26 GENERAL INTEREST Psychoanalysis and the many other volumes of The Seminar. A bestselling reappraisal of motherhood today by one of Italy’s leading thinkers

The Mother’s Hands Desire, Fantasy and the Inheritance of the Maternal MASSIMO RECALCATI Translated by Alice Kilgarriff New social and sexual freedoms mean that motherhood is no longer the sole destiny of women. How then should we view motherhood today? In this book, leading psychoanalyst and cultural analyst Massimo Recalcati argues that “being a mother” is a huge challenge because it involves balancing motherhood against femininity. Questioning the notion of unconditional love, he observes that mothers may even resent their children, as a result of unresolved conflicts between different dimensions of love, and external pressures to relinquish self-love. Recalcati argues that it is precisely in these competing demands that motherhood fulfils itself: only if the mother is “not- all-mother” can a child experience the absence that makes it possible for them to access the symbolic and cultural world. 216 x 138mm | 200 pages | April 2019 This fresh perspective on the changing nature of motherhood today will appeal HB | 978-1-5095-3167-7 to a wide general readership, as well as students and scholars of gender studies, £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 psychoanalysis, psychology and sociology. PB | 978-1-5095-3168-4 £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 MASSIMO RECALCATI is a psychoanalyst and author who teaches at the ebook available universities of Pavia and Verona. A bestselling author and one of Italy’s most prominent public intellectuals, he has received numerous awards for his writings on modern relationships and family life.

“This book from one of Italy’s most popular public intellectuals turns our conventional understanding of motherly love on its head, encouraging a complete rethink of what motherhood means today. Written with Recalcati’s typical flair and sagacity, it will be of interest to a very wide readership.” – Dany Nobus, Brunel University, London

“Delicate and profound.” – Il Corriere della Sera – Brescia

“A masterpiece.” – Libertà di Piacenza

GENERAL INTEREST 27 Modernity and “Whiteness” BOLÍVAR ECHEVERRÍA Translated by Rodrigo Ferreira Bolívar Echeverría was one of the leading and critical theorists in Latin America whose work offers a distinctive account of the social and historical forces shaping the modern world. On Echeverría’s account, capitalism and modernity do not coincide: capitalism is only a particular form in which modernity has been realized. Echeverría introduces the notion of blanquitud or “whiteness” to capture the homogenizing character of capitalism. Blanquitud is not so much an ethnic category as an ethical and cultural one, a type of human being, homo capitalisticus, which threatens to overcome and integrate traditional identities. In contrast, Echeverría explores the baroque as an alternative form of modernity characteristic to Latin America, a way of theatricalizing reality that resists capitalism. Critical South Echeverría’s analysis will be of great interest to students and scholars of critical and 216 x 138mm | 224 pages | June 2019 cultural theory and anyone concerned with the global impact of capitalism on social HB | 978-1-5095-3360-2 and cultural life. £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 PB | 978-1-5095-3361-9 BOLÍVAR ECHEVERRÍA (1941–2010) was a philosopher, economist and cultural £16.99 | $22.95 | €21.90 critic. He was Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the ebook available National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Plebeian Prose NÉSTOR PERLONGHER Translated by Frances Riddle Plebeian Prose is a key work by the pioneering Argentinian-Brazilian anthropologist, sociologist and poet, Néstor Perlongher. Perlongher represents an original critical “queer” voice in Latin American thought, whose work has been highly influential in the development of Latin American cultural theory and literature. This book is an exploration of the politics of desire, questions of identity, Latin American neobaroque aesthetics, sexual dissidence, violence and jouissance. Prompted by his reading of , the link between politics and desire remains central to all of Perlongher’s reflections, giving his writings a lasting topicality. A thinker with a keen interest in those on the margins, the ideas that Perlongher develops here offer a lucid critique of capitalism and institutional power. Providing insight into Latin American culture and politics of the late 20th century, Critical South Plebeian Prose will be of particular interest to anyone working on critical theory, 216 x 138mm | 224 pages | May 2019 literary theory, anthropology, sociology and gender studies. HB | 978-1-5095-3453-1 £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 NÉSTOR PERLONGHER (1949-1992) was an Argentinian-Brazilian poet, PB | 978-1-5095-3454-8 anthropologist and activist, as well as Professor at the University of Campinas, São £16.99 | $22.95 | €21.90 Paulo. ebook available

28 GENERAL INTEREST Football The Philosophy Behind the Game STEPHEN MUMFORD

Football gives us plenty to think about. At once simple and complex, this multi- faceted game can be understood in different ways and on many different levels. Philosopher, novelist and knowledgeable football fan Stephen Mumford explores this most popular of sports. He considers the basis upon which football rests, guiding readers through a number of issues at the heart of the game. How can a team be greater than the sum of its individual players? What is the essential role of chance? Should we want to win at all costs? What does it mean to control space? Can true beauty be found in football? Rich with colorful examples from football’s past and present, Mumford’s book is ideal for any thoughtful fan who wants to understand the game better. THINK STEPHEN MUMFORD has been a lifelong Sheffield United fan. He writes regularly 190 x 124mm | 140 pages | April 2019 for the sporting press and is a professor of philosophy at both Durham University HB | 978-1-5095-3531-6 and Norwegian University of Life Sciences. £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 PB | 978-1-5095-3532-3 £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 ebook available

Coal MARK C. THURBER

We use coal because it is cheap: cheap to scrape from the ground in Borneo or Wyoming or many other places, cheap to move in ships and rail cars, cheap to burn in power plants with inadequate environmental controls. Coal enabled the industrial age – and it still does. Yet continued reliance on this ancient rock carries a high price. Just as pollution from burning coal choked British cities during the Industrial Revolution, so it remains a deadly scourge in the fast-growing emerging economies. Coal will remain the default energy source for much of the world until its full environmental cost is accounted for across this supply chain. Mark Thurber delves into the politics of energy versus the environment around the world to show why this hasn’t happened yet, and what needs to change. MARK C. THURBER is Associate Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University. Resources 210 x 148mm | 200 pages | March 2019 “Coal pushed the industrial era into existence. Today, with global warming, coal HB | 978-1-5095-1400-7 is among the biggest threats. Mark Thurber applies his sharp analytical mind, £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 the balance of an historian, and an elegant pen on this vital subject. Everyone PB | 978-1-5095-1401-4 will learn something important from this lovely little book.” £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 – David Victor, University of California at San Diego ebook available

GENERAL INTEREST 29 Politics: Why It Matters ANDREW GAMBLE

People so often focus on the negative aspects of politics, but without politics we would be lost. It frames everything we do, and it has the power to bring about change. Politics, Andrew Gamble reminds us, defeated slavery and secured equal rights for women and minorities. Without savvy and principled politicians and citizens willing to engage in political action, there would still be civil war in Ireland and apartheid in South Africa. Closer to home, local politicians stand up for communities and endeavor to advance the prosperity and wellbeing of their constituents. Right now, humanity is in a race against itself, adjusting to new technologies that are destabilizing democracy and creating massive inequalities. By thinking and acting politically, Gamble argues, we can harness the imagination and enthusiasm of people everywhere to tackle these challenges and shape a better world. Why It Matters ANDREW GAMBLE is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield and Emeritus 190 x 124mm | 140 pages | January 2019 Professor of Politics at the University of Cambridge. A Fellow of the British Academy HB | 978-1-5095-2728-1 and the Academy of Social Sciences, Professor Gamble has written many acclaimed £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 books and received the Isaiah Berlin Prize from the Political Studies Association for PB | 978-1-5095-2729-8 £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 lifetime contribution to political studies. ebook available

Philosophy: Why It Matters HELEN BEEBEE and MICHAEL RUSH

We constantly disagree with each other on life’s biggest questions. Does God exist? Should the latest scientific findings be trusted? Are there innate psychological differences between men and women? Is it morally acceptable to eat meat? Beebee and Rush explain philosophy’s role in addressing these questions and many more. In four entertaining chapters, they consider what it means to be human, how we should engage in public debate, philosophy’s relationship with science and religion, and the nature of our moral choices. Far from being only an abstract, theoretical endeavor, philosophy engages with these issues on a practical level, and philosophers draw inspiration from everyday, real-life situations. Philosophy provides a set of tools and techniques for clearly and systematically considering our arguments and uncovering our hidden assumptions, which helps us to make more informed choices about what to believe and how to act. Philosophy is everywhere, and open to everyone. Why It Matters 190 x 124mm | 126 pages | January 2019 HELEN BEEBEE is the Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy at the University of HB | 978-1-5095-3215-5 Manchester. President of the Aristotelian Society, she is a frequent contributor to £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 radio programs about philosophy. PB | 978-1-5095-3216-2 £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 MICHAEL RUSH is a philosophy lecturer at the University of Birmingham. ebook available

30 GENERAL INTEREST Literature: Why It Matters ROBERT EAGLESTONE

“Facts alone are wanted in life,” exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of Charles Dickens’ novel Hard Times. Literature is not about facts alone, and – despite centuries of arguments – no one can agree what it is, or how to study it. But it is precisely the open-ended nature of literature that makes it such a rewarding and socially useful subject of study. Exploring central ideas about how to read and understand literature, Eaglestone shows that studying literature can change who you are, turning you from a “reader” into a “critic,” someone attuned to the ways we make meaning in our world, and open to new ways of doing so. Literature is a living conversation, he argues, which provides endless opportunities to rethink and reinterpret the world and ourselves. With examples ranging from Sappho to Skyrim, this book shows how literature offers freer and deeper ways of thinking and being.

ROBERT EAGLESTONE is a professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is Why It Matters a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the English Association, has advised 190 x 124mm | 128 pages | January 2019 UK government’s Qualifications and Curriculum Development Authority, DfE and HB | 978-1-5095-3231-5 OfQual. In 2014 he won a National Teaching Fellowship Award. £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 PB | 978-1-5095-3232-2 £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 ebook available

Theology and Religion: Why It Matters GRAHAM WARD

Religion isn’t going anywhere. From US presidents holding Bible Studies in the Oval office, to the massacre of Muslims in Buddhist Myanmar, religion currently dominates world affairs. Meanwhile the number of people who don’t follow a particular faith, but consider themselves “spiritual,” continues to increase. In fact some scientists and anthropologists now think that religious feeling might be hard- wired into our DNA. Graham Ward argues that the study of theology and religion, as a single academic discipline, plays a vital role in helping us to understand the world. Religions can be used to justify inhumane actions, but religion also feeds dreams, inspires hopes, and shapes aspirations. By invoking a sense of wonder about the natural world, religion can promote scientific discoveries, and by focusing on shared experiences, religion Why It Matters helps bind societies together. Because religion is rooted in the imagination itself, its 190 x 124mm | 160 pages | January 2019 study involves staring into the profundities of who we are. HB | 978-1-5095-2969-8 £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 GRAHAM WARD is one of the most prominent theologians of his generation PB | 978-1-5095-2970-4 and Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford. He is the author of £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 numerous popular and scholarly books and is also an Anglican Priest. ebook available

GENERAL INTEREST 31 The Case For People’s Quantitative Easing FRANCES COPPOLA

As the 2008 financial crisis ravaged economies, central banks feared a return to the 1930s. To prevent this, they created trillions of dollars of new money. “Quantitative Easing” (QE) was supposed to prevent deflation and restore economic growth. But the money didn’t go to the people who the crisis had hit the hardest. It went to the rich, the big corporations, and the same banks who had nearly broken the economy. There wasn’t a repeat of the Great Depression, but there certainly wasn’t a recovery – instead, there was a decade of stagnation. In this book, Frances Coppola makes the case for a different type of QE. Central banks should give money directly to ordinary people and small businesses. “QE for the People” is the fairest and most effective way of restoring crisis-hit economies The Case For and helping to solve the long-term challenges of ageing populations, automation 190 x 124mm | 140 pages | May 2019 and climate change. HB | 978-1-5095-3129-5 £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 FRANCES COPPOLA is a financial writer and blogger who appears regularly in Forbes PB | 978-1-5095-3130-1 and the Financial Times. Her blog is coppolacomment.com £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 ebook available

The Case For Carbon Dividends JAMES BOYCE

The supreme challenge of our time is tackling climate change. We urgently need to curtail our use of fossil fuels – but how can we do so in a just and feasible way? Leading economist James Boyce shows that the key to solving this conundrum is to put a price on carbon emissions, thereby generating powerful incentives for clean energy. But as this policy risks increasing fuel costs for consumers, Boyce powerfully argues that carbon pricing can only be made just and politically durable if linked to returning the revenue to the public as carbon dividends. Founded on the principle that the gifts of nature belong not to corporations but to everyone, this bold reform could spark a 21st century clean energy revolution. Essential reading for all concerned citizens, policy-makers, and students of public The Case For policy and environmental economics, this book will be a transformative contribution 190 x 124mm | 140 pages | May 2019 to this crucial debate. HB | 978-1-5095-2654-3 £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 JAMES BOYCE is a Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, PB | 978-1-5095-2655-0 Amherst, and director of the environment program at the Political Economy £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 Research Institute. ebook available

32 GENERAL INTEREST Race After Technology Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code RUHA BENJAMIN

From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech- industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce white supremacy and deepen social inequity. Presenting the concept of the “New Jim Code,” Benjamin shows how a range of discriminatory designs encode inequity: by explicitly amplifying racial hierarchies, by ignoring but thereby replicating social divisions, or by aiming to fix racial bias but ultimately doing quite the opposite. Moreover, she makes a compelling case for race itself as a kind of tool – a technology designed to stratify and sanctify social injustice that is part of the architecture of everyday life. This illuminating guide into the world of biased bots, altruistic algorithms, and their many entanglements provides conceptual tools to decode tech promises with 216 x 138mm | 172 pages | May 2019 sociologically informed skepticism. In doing so, it challenges us to question not only HB | 978-1-5095-2639-0 £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 the technologies we are sold, but also the ones we manufacture ourselves. PB | 978-1-5095-2640-6 RUHA BENJAMIN is Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Princeton £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 University. ebook available

Should Schools Be Colorblind? LAURIE COOPER STOLL

Should classroom teachers only talk about race during Black History or Hispanic Heritage Month? Should schools pretend that race doesn’t matter? Award-winning sociologist Laurie Cooper Stoll argues that, as long as society is stratified along racial lines, schools should never be colorblind. Given the many enduring racial inequalities that persist in education – against the backdrop of increasingly overt racism across US society – schools should strive to be color- conscious and actively engage in everyday antiracism. Drawing on her research and professional development with educators as well as her experience as a publicly elected school board member, Cooper Stoll illustrates the complexities, contradictions, and consequences of colorblindness in schools and Debating Race provides concrete suggestions for engaging in antiracism in the classroom. Without 190 x 124mm | 148 pages | June 2019 a coherent approach to the role race plays in society, educators cannot address HB | 978-1-5095-3425-8 white supremacy and institutional racism, and in fact end up perpetuating racial £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 inequality, whether deliberately or not. PB | 978-1-5095-3426-5 LAURIE COOPER STOLL is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 Wisconsin-La Crosse. ebook available

GENERAL INTEREST 33 What is ? STEPHEN HETHERINGTON

Epistemology is the philosophical study of knowledge. Epistemologists seek to understand knowledge’s nature and availability. What is knowledge? There are competing theories. Can we really have knowledge? Challenges abound. In this lively book, Stephen Hetherington introduces us to epistemological theorizing. He builds a theory and tests it, refines it, and challenges it again. He explores epistemology’s main topics, including evidence, truth, and belief; different kinds of knowledge; knowledge’s value; as well as sceptical views concerning knowledge of the physical world, one’s own mind and memory, and rational limits for observation and reason. Then he applies this epistemological theorizing to some of life’s most pressing questions, such as how to live, and how to understand ourselves and others. What is Epistemology? is a practical and student-friendly guide to one of the most dynamic areas of philosophy. It will be the go-to introductory epistemology text. What is Philosophy? STEPHEN HETHERINGTON is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New 216 x 138mm | 200 pages | April 2019 South Wales. HB | 978-1-5095-2950-6 £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 PB | 978-1-5095-2951-3 £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 ebook available

The Philosophy of Religion A Critical Introduction Third Edition BEVERLEY CLACK and BRIAN R. CLACK

For twenty years, Beverley Clack and Brian R. Clack’s distinctive and thought- provoking introduction to the philosophy of religion has been of enormous value to students and scholars, providing a bold and refreshing alternative to standard analytic approaches to the subject. This revised and updated edition retains the accessibility which makes the book popular, while furthering its distinctive argument regarding the human dimension of religion. The central emphasis of the philosophy of religion – the concept of God, and the arguments for and against God’s existence – is reflected in thorough analyses, while alternative approaches to traditional philosophical theism are 246 x 171mm | 300 pages | April 2019 explored. The treatments of both the miraculous and immortality have been revised HB | 978-1-5095-1692-6 and expanded, and the concluding chapter investigates how philosophy of religion £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 might be conducted in an age defined by religious terrorism. PB | 978-1-5095-1693-3 £18.99 | $29.95 | €24.90 BEVERLEY CLACK is Professor in the Philosophy of Religion at Oxford Brookes ebook available University. BRIAN R. CLACK is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego.

34 PHILOSOPHY What’s the Point of Political Philosophy? JONATHAN FLOYD

Idiots burn books for the same reason philosophers write them – they matter. But why exactly do political philosophy books matter, not to mention the hundreds of articles published every year? In part because they are interesting, but also because they are influential. They are mind-altering and, in turn, world-altering. Political philosophers write their books for the same reason political revolutionaries read them – they change the world. In this short and original book, Jonathan Floyd explains three things: what political philosophy is, how you can do it, and why you might want to. Accessibly written for those coming to the subject for the first time, it is also a must-read for scholars whose research takes in the nature, methods, and purposes of our subject. It is also a must-burn for anyone who dreams of a dumber, thicker, less enlightened world. 216 x 138mm | 160 pages | May 2019 HB | 978-1-5095-2418-1 JONATHAN FLOYD is Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Bristol. £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 PB | 978-1-5095-2419-8 £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 ebook available

Political Philosophy A Beginners’ Guide for Students and Politicians Fourth Edition ADAM SWIFT

Politicians invoke grand ideas: social justice, democracy, community, liberty, equality. But what do these ideas really mean? How can politicians across the political spectrum appeal to the same values? The fourth edition of Adam Swift’s introduction to political philosophy answers these important questions, and includes new material on issues such as nationalism, immigration and multiculturalism, as well as updated guides to further reading. This lively book is ideal for students, but it also brings the insights of the world’s leading political philosophers to a wide general audience. Using plenty of examples, it equips 229 x 152mm | 288 pages | February 2019 readers to think for themselves about the ideas that shape political life. HB | 978-1-5095-3334-3 £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 Bringing political philosophy out of the ivory tower and within the reach of all, PB | 978-1-5095-3335-0 Swift provides us with tools to cut through the complexities and penetrate the £17.99 | $26.95 | €23.90 smokescreens of modern politics. This new edition will continue to be essential ebook available reading for students of political philosophy and theory. ADAM SWIFT is Professor of Political Theory at University College London.

PHILOSOPHY 35 Rousseau CÉLINE SPECTOR

Jean-Jacques Rousseau is among the most controversial philosophers of the eighteenth century, and his work still provokes heated debate in contemporary political theory. In this book, Céline Spector, one of the world’s foremost experts on Rousseau’s thought, provides an accessible introduction to his moral, social and political theory. She lucidly explores the central themes and concepts of his thought, ranging from the state of nature, the social contract and the general will to religion and education. She combines a skilful exposition of Rousseau as a “man of paradoxes” with a crystal-clear discussion of his often-overlooked ideas on knowledge, political economy and international relations. The book traces both the overall unity and development of Rousseau’s philosophy, accounting for its complexity and for the importance of its legacy. It will be essential Classic Thinkers reading for scholars and students interested in the Enlightenment and the history of 229 x 152mm | 224 pages | June 2019 modern political thought and philosophy. HB | 978-1-5095-1648-3 CÉLINE SPECTOR is Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne University, Paris. £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 PB | 978-1-5095-1649-0 £16.99 | $24.95 | €21.90 ebook available

Canguilhem STUART ELDEN

Georges Canguilhem was an influential historian and philosopher of science. He is best known for his book The Normal and the Pathological but he also wrote a thesis in philosophy on the concept of the reflex, supervised by . He was the sponsor of ’s doctoral thesis on madness. However, his work extends far beyond what is suggested by his association with these thinkers. Canguilhem also produced a series of important works on the natural sciences, including studies of evolution, psychology, and mechanism, experimentation, monstrosity and disease. Stuart Elden discusses the whole of this important thinker’s complex work, including recently rediscovered texts and archival materials. The first comprehensive study in English, this book is a crucial guide for those coming to terms with Canguilhem’s important contributions, and will appeal to researchers and students from a range of fields. Key Contemporary Thinkers 229 x 152mm | 240 pages | February 2019 STUART ELDEN is Professor of Political Theory and Geography at the University of HB | 978-1-5095-2877-6 Warwick and Monash Warwick Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Monash University. £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 PB | 978-1-5095-2878-3 “The patience, clarity, and erudition we expect of Stuart Elden’s books are £17.99 | $26.95 | €23.90 on full display in this exceptional work. More than a simple introduction, ebook available Canguilhem enables readers to see the outlines, stakes, and details of the works of an important thinker.” – John Protevi, Louisiana State University 36 PHILOSOPHY Dealing with the Russians ANDREW MONAGHAN

How to handle Russia? This question has become ever more prominent as the Euro- Atlantic community’s relations with Russia languish deep in systemic crisis, with dialogue suspended, reciprocal sanctions in place and proxy wars raging. The wars in Ukraine and Syria, accusations of Russian interference in domestic politics and the attempted assassination of the Skripals on UK soil have all contributed to soaring tension in the relationship. Yet faced with this array of serious challenges, Euro-Atlantic thinking about Russia remains stuck in 20th century rhetoric, trapped by misleading abstract labels and unsure whether to engage Moscow in dialogue or enhance deterrence and collective defence. Instead of thinking in these terms, Andrew Monaghan argues that we must devise a new grand strategy for dealing with the Russians. He sets out the foundations of a forward-looking strategy; one that can accommodate the complex challenges presented by this new era of competition between Russia, Europe and 216 x 138mm | 160 pages | April 2019 the United States. HB | 978-1-5095-2761-8 ANDREW MONAGHAN is Director of Research on Russia and Northern European £45.00| $59.95 | €57.90 Defence and Security, The Changing Character of War Centre, Pembroke College, PB | 978-1-5095-2762-5 University of Oxford. £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 ebook available

NEW IN PAPERBACK Gorbachev’s Gamble Soviet Foreign Policy and the End of the Cold War ANDREI GRACHEV

Now available in paperback, this book offers a unique insider’s view of the events that led up to one of the greatest social and political transformations of modern history: the collapse of the Soviet Union and the sudden ending of the Cold War. Grachev shows that the radical transformation of Soviet foreign policy during the Gorbachev years was an integral part of an ambitious project of internal democratic reform and of the historic opening of Soviet society to the outside world. ANDREI GRACHEV, the former political adviser and last official spokesman of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, is a Russian political analyst and journalist. 229 x 152mm | 288 pages | January 2019 He has taught as a Visiting Professor at the Sorbonne in Paris and Ritsumeikan PB | 978-0-7456-4346-5 University in Kyoto, and was a Senior Researcher at St Antony’s College, Oxford. £18.99 | $28.95 | €24.90 ebook available “Written by one of Gorbachev’s closest advisers, this is probably the best account published as yet in any language of what went on within the Soviet government as the Cold War came to an end and the Soviet Union fell apart.” – Jack F. Matlock Jr, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1987-1991

POLITICS 37 The Future of British Foreign Policy Security and Diplomacy in a World after Brexit CHRISTOPHER HILL

Christopher Hill explores what lies ahead for British foreign policy in the shadows of Brexit and a more distant and protectionist America. While there is much talk of a renewed global profile for the UK, Hill cautions that this is going to be difficult to turn into practical reality. Whatever settlement the UK eventually negotiates it will not be able to detach itself from the fate of the Union and even less from that of the European continent. Geography, history and limited resources mean that the scope of foreign policy will continue to be confined to Europe and the North Atlantic. To that extent Britain is doomed to seek a continued foreign policy partnership with 216 x 138mm | 240 pages | January 2019 the Member States of the Union – only now it will be outside the room looking in. HB | 978-1-5095-2461-7 As a result, there is the distinct possibility that both British and European foreign £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 policies will end up worse off. PB | 978-1-5095-2462-4 CHRISTOPHER HILL is the Wilson E Schmidt Distinguished Professor at Johns £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and Emeritus ebook available Professor of International Relations at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge.

Cyberdiplomacy Managing Security and Governance Online SHAUN RIORDAN

This provocative book argues for the importance of cyberdiplomacy as an effective means of addressing the challenges generated by cyberspace. Drawing on decades of experience as a diplomat Shaun Riordan shows how traditional diplomatic skills and mindsets can be combined with new technologies to bring order and enhanced international cooperation. He explains what cyberdiplomacy means for diplomats, foreign services and corporations and explores how it can be applied to issues like internet governance, cybersecurity, cybercrime and information warfare. Cyberspace, he argues, is too important to leave to technicians. Using the vital tools offered by cyberdiplomacy we can reduce the escalation and proliferation of cyber conflicts by proactively promoting negotiation and collaboration online.

216 x 138mm | 160 pages | February 2019 SHAUN RIORDAN is Senior Visiting Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for HB | 978-1-5095-3407-4 International Relations. An independent geopolitical analyst, Shaun has over ten £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 years’ experience of advising governments and companies on the development of PB | 978-1-5095-3408-1 diplomatic strategies to manage geopolitical risk. Prior to this, Shaun spent sixteen £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 years in the British Diplomatic Service with postings to New York, Beijing and Madrid ebook available as well as stints in the Counter-Terrorism and Balkans Departments of the Foreign Office.

38 POLITICS The Rise of the Civilizational State CHRISTOPHER COKER

In this pioneering book renowned political philosopher Christopher Coker looks in- depth at two countries that now claim the title of civilizational state: Xi Jinping’s China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia. He also discusses the Islamic caliphate, a virtual and aspirational civilizational state that is unlikely to fade despite the recent setbacks suffered by Isis. The civilizational state, he contends, is an idea whose time has come. For whilst civilizations themselves may not clash, civilizational states appear to be set on challenging the rules of the international order that the West takes for granted. China seems anxious to revise them, Russia to break them while Islamists would like to throw away the rule book altogether. When seen in the round, Coker argues these challenges could be enough to give birth to a new post-liberal international order. 229 x 152mm | 224 pages | January 2019 CHRISTOPHER COKER is Professor of International Relations at the London School HB | 978-1-5095-3462-3 of Economics and Political Science. £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 PB | 978-1-5095-3463-0 £17.99 | $26.95 | €23.90 ebook available

The State and Politics in Japan Second Edition IAN NEARY

In this fully revised and updated second edition of his classic text, Ian Neary explores the dynamics of democracy in Japan, introducing the key institutions, developments and actors in its politics from the end of the Second World War to the present day. Packed with illustrative material and examples, this comprehensive study traces the continuities and the changes that are underway in five major policy areas: foreign and defense, industry, social welfare, the environment and human rights. Assuming no prior knowledge of Japan, this textbook will be an invaluable and welcome resource for all students interested in the government and politics of contemporary Japan and its international profile. 246 x 171mm | 328 pages | February 2019 IAN NEARY is Professor of the Politics of Japan and Director of the Nissan Institute HB | 978-0-7456-6047-9 and Fellow of St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford. £60.00 | $79.95 | €77.90 PB | 978-0-7456-6048-6 “…a fantastic classroom resource. Well written and wide-ranging, this expanded £18.99 | $28.95 | €24.90 and updated second edition is the perfect introduction to Japanese politics for ebook available students new to the subject.” – Hugo Dobson, University of Sheffield

POLITICS 39 Why Global Justice Matters Moral Progress in a Divided World CHRIS ARMSTRONG

While many are born into prosperity, hundreds of millions of people lead lives of desperate poverty. Our world remains hugely unequal, with our place of birth continuing to exert a major influence on our opportunities. In this book, leading political theorist Chris Armstrong engagingly examines the key moral and political questions raised by this stark global divide. Why, as a citizen of a relatively wealthy country, should you care about those with less? Do we have a moral duty to rectify this state of affairs? What does “global justice” mean anyway - and why does it matter? Could we make our world a more just one even if we tried? This book powerfully demonstrates that global justice is something we should all be concerned about, and examines how we could make our divided world fairer. It 216 x 138mm | 140 pages | March 2019 will be essential introductory reading for students of global justice, activists and HB | 978-1-5095-3187-5 concerned citizens. £40.00 | $54.95 | €51.90 PB | 978-1-5095-3188-2 CHRIS ARMSTRONG is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Southampton. £12.99 | $16.95 | €16.90 ebook available

Transitional Justice Contending with the Past MICHAEL NEWMAN

What should be done after the end of a repressive regime or a civil war? How can bitter divisions be resolved in a way that combines reconciliation with accountability? These are central questions in transitional justice. In this book, Michael Newman accessibly introduces the major debates and existing literature by reference to a range of case studies, such as South Africa, Cambodia and Sierra Leone. Newman also develops his own perspective, arguing that is vital to fully contend with the past and address the fundamental causes of mass human rights abuses, while recognizing that every situation is different. Newman provides a readable overview for those new to the subject and food for thought for those already familiar with it. It will be an invaluable contribution for 216 x 138mm | 140 pages | May 2019 students, scholars and practitioners of transitional justice in areas ranging from HB | 978-1-5095-2115-9 politics and international relations to peace and conflict studies and human rights. £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 PB | 978-1-5095-2116-6 MICHAEL NEWMAN is Emeritus Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Professor of £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 European Studies at London Metropolitan University. ebook available

40 POLITICS Rethinking Global Governance THOMAS G. WEISS and RORDEN WILKINSON

Once celebrated as an answer to the myriad ills of the post-Cold War era, global governance is now in trouble. Rethinking Global Governance casts fresh eyes upon this once poignant but now languishing concept. Its purpose is to disrupt the simple association between global governance and the actions and activities of international organizations in the post-Cold War era, and to focus instead on a set of questions that probe the intricate and multifaceted manner in which the world is governed: What is global governance? When did it start? What is “global” about global governance? How is global governance received? The book moves beyond the ubiquity and imprecision that has plagued the term and offers an intellectual framework with the potential to improve both thinking and practice. Building on the analytical insights from two of the leading scholars in the field, Rethinking 216 x 138mm | 160 pages | February 2019 Global Governance provides an antidote to simplistic usage and an authoritative yet HB | 978-1-5095-2723-6 readable attempt to grasp the governance of our globe – past, present, and future. £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 THOMAS G. WEISS is Presidential Professor at The CUNY Graduate Center and PB | 978-1-5095-2724-3 Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies. £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 ebook available RORDEN WILKINSON is Professor of Global Political Economy and Deputy Pro- Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sussex. Citizenship ELIZABETH COHEN and CYRIL GHOSH

Although we live in a period of unprecedented globalization and mass migration, many liberal democracies are asserting their sovereignty over who gets to become members of their polities with renewed ferocity. Citizenship matters more than ever. In this book, Elizabeth F. Cohen and Cyril Ghosh provide a comprehensive introduction to the concept of citizenship. They examine classic and contemporary theories that inform the practice of citizenship, the historical development of citizenship as a practice, and citizenship as an instrument of administrative rationality as well as lived experience. They show how access to a range of rights and privileges that accrue from citizenship in the global north is creating a global citizenship-based caste system. This critical appraisal of citizenship in the context of the global refugee crisis, South- North migration, and growing demands for minority rights will be essential reading for students and scholars of citizenship, migration studies and democratic theory. Key Concepts in Political Theory 216 x 138mm | 184 pages | May 2019 ELIZABETH COHEN is Associate Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University. HB | 978-1-5095-2225-5 CYRIL GHOSH is Assistant Professor of Government and Politics at Wagner College, £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 New York. PB | 978-1-5095-2226-2 £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 ebook available

POLITICS 41 Security and Public Health Pandemics and politics in the contemporary world SIMON RUSHTON

In this book, Simon Rushton explores the politics of pandemics in the contemporary world. Looking back over three decades of public health, he traces national and international efforts to tackle infectious disease, focusing in-depth on three core areas in which securitization has been particularly successful: rapidly spreading pandemic diseases, HIV/AIDS; and man-made pathogenic threats, such as biological weapons. Three central problems raised by common responses to disease as a security threat are then examined: the impact upon individuals and civil liberties; the tendency to treat the symptoms and not the underlying causes of disease outbreaks; and the types of disease deemed worthy of global attention and action. Arguing against a 229 x 152mm | 224 pages | April 2019 tendency to treat global health security as a technical challenge, the book stresses HB | 978-1-5095-1588-2 the need for a vibrant, and even confrontational, political engagement around the £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 implications of securitizing public health. PB | 978-1-5095-1589-9 SIMON RUSHTON is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sheffield. £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 ebook available

Politics and the Anthropocene DUNCAN KELLY

The Anthropocene has become central to understanding the intimate connections between human life and the natural environment, but it has fractured our sense of time. What implications does that fracturing have for how we should think about politics? In this cutting-edge intervention, Duncan Kelly considers how this new geological era could shape our future by engaging with modern political thinking. If politics remains a short-term affair governed by electoral cycles, could an Anthropocenic sense of time, value and prosperity be built into it? Is the Anthropocene so disruptive that it is simply a harbinger of ecological doom, or can modern politics adapt? Kelly rejects both pessimistic fatalism about humanity’s demise, and an optimistic 216 x 138mm | 180 pages | June 2019 fatalism that makes the Anthropocene into a problem best left to the market or HB | 978-1-5095-3419-7 technology. His skilful defence of the potential for democratic politics to negotiate £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 this challenge is an indispensable guide to understanding this epochal transformation. PB | 978-1-5095-3420-3 £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 DUNCAN KELLY is Reader in Political Thought at the University of Cambridge and ebook available a Fellow of Jesus College.

42 POLITICS Does Living Green Make a ? MICHAEL MANIATES

Massive environmental problems threaten our planet and evoke within us a need to act – a need to do something, no matter how small, to slow the damage. But what kind of action? Businesses, governments, and environmental groups tell us that buying environmentally friendly products while living more lightly on the planet is a winning strategy. If enough of us make these changes to our lifestyles, governments and corporations will follow suit. Environmental solutions will emerge and the planet will prosper. Michael Maniates believes that individuals can and must stop environmental destruction. But not by living green. The mantra of “buy green, live lean, save the planet” is a con: it fosters pernicious assumptions about social change, separates Environmental Futures individuals from their real power in the world, and fuels damaging consumption. It’s 190 x 124mm | 160 pages | May 2019 time to find more promising avenues for saving the planet. This book shows us how. HB | 978-1-5095-2746-5 MICHAEL MANIATES is Professor of Social Science (Environmental Studies) and £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 inaugural Head of Studies of Environmental Studies at Yale-NUS College, Singapore. PB | 978-1-5095-2747-2 £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 ebook available

Ecomodernism Technology, Politics and The Climate Crisis JONATHAN SYMONS

In a world of extreme inequality, rising nationalism and mounting carbon emissions, the future looks gloomy. Yet one group of environmentalists – the “ecomodernists” – are optimistic. They argue that technological innovation and universal human development hold the keys to an ecologically vibrant future. Ecomodernism, Jonathan Symons explains, is neither as radical or reactionary as its critics claim, but belongs in the social democratic tradition, promoting a third way between laissez-faire and anti-capitalism. Critiquing and extending ecomodernist ideas, Symons argues states should defend against climate threats through transformative investments in technological innovation. A good Anthropocene is still possible – but only if we double down on science and humanism to push beyond the limits to growth. 216 x 138mm | 224 pages | May 2019 JONATHAN SYMONS is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations and a member HB | 978-1-5095-3119-6 £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 of Climate Futures at Macquarie University. PB | 978-1-5095-3120-2 £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 ebook available

POLITICS 43 The Political Economy of Inequality FRANK STILWELL

During the last few decades, the gap between the incomes, wealth and living standards of rich and poor people has increased in most countries. Economic inequality has become a defining issue of our age. In this book, leading political economist Frank Stilwell provides a comprehensive overview of the nature, causes, and consequences of this growing divide. He shows how we can understand inequalities of wealth and incomes, globally and nationally, examines the scale of the problem and explains how it affects our wellbeing. He also shows that, although governments are often committed to “growth at all costs” and “trickle down” economics, there are alternative public policies that could be used to narrow the gap between rich and poor. 229 x 152mm | 250 pages | March 2019 Stilwell’s engaging and clear guide to the issues will be indispensable reading for all HB | 978-1-5095-2864-6 students, general readers and scholars interested in inequality in political economy, £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 economics, public policy and beyond. PB | 978-1-5095-2865-3 £17.99 | $24.95 | €23.90 FRANK STILWELL is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Political Economy at ebook available the University of Sydney.

Work BRUCE PIETRYKOWSKI

Much of our life involves working: preparing for work, searching for work, or worrying about work. Whether paid or unpaid, free or coerced, full time, part time or zero hours, work defines us and our behavior both on and off the job. In this accessible book, leading labor economist Bruce Pietrykowski explores the history and contemporary organization of work under capitalism. His account of the theoretical debates is illustrated by real-world examples from across the globe and a skilful account of alternatives that point toward a post-capitalist future. Employing a progressive, worker-centered vision, he examines themes ranging from inequality, care work, and the gig economy to technological change and universal basic income. This comprehensive and highly readable book will be of interest to students of economics, sociology, labor studies and politics seeking to learn more about work and workers in the global economy, as well as interested general readers. What is Political Economy? BRUCE PIETRYKOWSKI is Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan- 216 x 138mm | 180 pages | March 2019 Dearborn. HB | 978-1-5095-3083-0 £45.00 | $59.95 | €57.90 PB | 978-1-5095-3084-7 £14.99 | $19.95 | €19.90 ebook available

44 POLITICS Amartya Sen LAWRENCE HAMILTON

Amartya Sen is one of the world’s best-known voices for the poor and downtrodden and an inspiration for policymakers and activists everywhere. His contributions to economics, philosophy and politics are remarkable, transforming social choice theory, development economics, ethics and political philosophy, among other areas. Lawrence Hamilton provides a much-needed, accessible guide to the full range of Sen’s writings, contextualizing his ideas and summarizing the associated debates. In elegant prose, Hamilton reconstructs Sen’s critiques of the major philosophies of his time, assesses his now famous concern for capabilities as an alternative for thinking about poverty, inequality, gender discrimination, development, democracy and justice. Throughout, these major theoretical and philosophical achievements are subjected to rigorous scrutiny. This book will be invaluable to students and scholars across the humanities and social sciences and an excellent guide to policy makers, legislators and global Key Contemporary Thinkers activists. 229 x 152mm | 240 pages | May 2019 HB | 978-1-5095-1984-2 LAWRENCE HAMILTON is the NRF/British Academy Research Professor in Political £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 Theory at the University of Cambridge and the University of Witwatersrand. PB | 978-1-5095-1985-9 £16.99 | $24.95 | €21.90 ebook available

Minsky DANIEL H. NEILSON

No economist has written more incisively and provocatively on financial crisis than Hyman Minsky. His famous claim that “stability is destabilizing” – that the seeds of the bust are sown in the boom – received renewed attention in the global financial crisis of 2008. This book provides a systematic overview of Minsky’s thought, showing how his insights grow out of a comprehensive critical theory of financial capitalism. It demonstrates how financial crises arise not as exceptions, but out of the normal operation of a financial capitalist system. It explains why Minsky’s theories sit uncomfortably with economics and what efforts have been made to integrate them, and outlines the relevance of Minsky’s ideas to other fields of social thought. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in economics, political economy, finance, politics, and social theory, as well as to anyone with an interest in the financial system and crisis. Key Contemporary Thinkers 229 x 152mm | 224 pages | June 2019 DANIEL H. NEILSON is Visiting Assistant Professor in Economics at Bard College at HB | 978-1-5095-2849-3 Simon’s Rock. £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 PB | 978-1-5095-2850-9 £16.99 | $24.95 | €21.90 ebook available

POLITICS 45 Who Should Own Natural Resources? MARGARET MOORE

The earth’s natural resources are crucial to our basic economic and social existence. But who is entitled to control and benefit from them? Should anyone “own” the bounty of our planet? In this book, distinguished political theorist Margaret Moore tackles these questions and examines the different positions in the debate. States claim the right to control the natural resources within their territory. Liberals support a system of private ownership rights, while egalitarians argue for equal rights to natural resources. Moore shows why these standard approaches are wanting, and offers an original approach that examines the different ways in which people interact with resources in order to determine what good is at stake in any particular case. Political Theory Today In the context of environmental crisis and looming resource conflicts, this timely 190 x 124mm | 140 pages | June 2019 book will be essential reading for all students and scholars interested in the HB | 978-1-5095-2916-2 environment, property, distributive justice, and future generations. £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 PB | 978-1-5095-2917-9 MARGARET MOORE is Professor in the Political Studies Department at Queen’s £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 University, Canada. ebook available

Can Political Violence Ever Be Justified? ELIZABETH FRAZER and KIMBERLY HUTCHINGS

Violence – from state coercion to riots, wars and revolutions – remains an enduring global reality. But whereas it is often believed that the point of constitutional politics is to make violence unnecessary, others argue that it is an unavoidable element of politics. In this provocative book, Elizabeth Frazer and Kimberly Hutchings address these issues and ask whether the use of violence can ever be justified in politics. Using vivid contemporary and classic examples, they explore the various justificatory strategies that have been deployed to argue that violence is a justifiable means to certain ends, or an inherent facet of politics. They ask whether the type of violence affects our willingness to justify it, and conclude that, ultimately, all attempts to Political Theory Today justify political violence fail. 190 x 124mm | 140 pages | February 2019 This book will be essential introductory reading for students, scholars and citizens HB | 978-1-5095-2920-9 interested in war and peace studies, the ethics of terrorism, revolution, war, and £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 political violence. PB | 978-1-5095-2921-6 £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 ELIZABETH FRAZER is Associate Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford. ebook available KIMBERLY HUTCHINGS is Professor of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. 46 POLITICS Why Should We Obey the Law? GEORGE KLOSKO

Whether we should obey the law is a question that affects everyone’s day-to-day life, from traffic laws to requirements to pay our taxes. Even if most people obey out of mere habit, the question remains: why we are morally required to do so? Can the state justifiably enforce compliance? In this book George Klosko, a renowned authority on political obligation, skilfully probes these questions. He considers various prominent theories of obligation and shows why they are unpersuasive, using real-life examples. He contends that only an approach that interweaves multiple principles, rooted in the principle of “fair play,” can provide a real solution to the problem of obligation. While providing a clear overview of the subject as a whole, Klosko develops the Political Theory Today fullest statement of his own well-known theory of political obligation. The result is 190 x 124mm | 138 pages | October 2018 not only an essential introductory text for students, but a major original contribution HB | 978-1-5095-2120-3 to the debate. £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 GEORGE KLOSKO is the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor of Politics at the PB | 978-1-5095-2121-0 University of Virginia. £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 ebook available

Should we abolish household debts? JOHNNA MONTGOMERIE

We live in a culture of credit. As wages have stagnated in recent years, we’ve seen a dramatic surge in private borrowing across the western world, with increasing numbers of households sucked into a hopeless vortex of spiraling debt. This punchy and original book argues that this situation is chronically dysfunctional. Johnna Montgomerie shows that tackling it head on and abolishing household debts can help us simultaneously end austerity and tackle accelerating inequality and the housing crisis. She threads together astute economic analysis with an accessible guide to practical policy solutions, such as extending unconventional monetary policy to the household sector, providing pragmatic and affordable refinancing options, and writing off the most pernicious elements of household debt. The Future of Capitalism This book will appeal to the growing numbers of people interested in creating 190 x 124mm | 140 pages | March 2019 alternative paths to economic renewal, and offers an inspiring agenda that can HB | 978-1-5095-2539-3 change our collective future. £35.00 | $45.00 | €44.90 JOHNNA MONTGOMERIE is Lecturer in Economics at Goldsmiths, University of PB | 978-1-5095-2540-9 London. £9.99 | $12.95 | €12.90 ebook available

POLITICS 47 Gender and Political Theory Feminist Reckonings MARY HAWKESWORTH

The Western tradition in political theory typically depicts certain assumptions about sex and gender as natural, unvarying and “pre-political.” This book critically examines these assumptions and how recent scholarship has challenged them. Leading political theorist Mary Hawkesworth’s cutting-edge intersectional account explores the operations of state power typically omitted from canonical accounts to demonstrate that embodiment is profoundly political. She shows how popular conceptions of human nature, public and private, citizenship, liberty, the state, and injustice relegate women and other minorities to inferior status despite constitutional guarantees of legal equality. By masking the state’s role in the creation of subordinated and stigmatized subjects, Hawkesworth argues that And Political Theory traditional political theory has contributed to the perpetuation of pernicious forms 216 x 138mm | 219 pages | January 2019 of injustice. HB | 978-1-5095-2581-2 The book draws insights from critical race, feminist, postcolonial, queer, and trans* £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 theory to give a compelling and highly readable introduction to the major debates PB | 978-1-5095-2582-9 on gender and political theory for students. £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 ebook available MARY HAWKESWORTH is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. War and Political Theory BRIAN OREND

In a world that continues to be riven by armed conflict, the fundamental moral and political questions raised by warfare are as important as ever. Under what circumstances is war justified? Can conflicts be waged “morally”? Is war inevitable? What are the new ethical challenges raised by new weapons and technology, such as drones? This book is an engaging and up-to-date examination of these questions and more, penned by a foremost expert in the field. It examines all the core disputes and doctrines, ranging from realism to pacifism, from just war theory and international law, to feminism and the democratic peace thesis. Its scope stretches from the perennial drivers of war to the cyber-centric space-age future of armed conflict in the 21st century. War and Political Theory is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand And Political Theory the pressing empirical realities and theoretical issues, historical and contemporary, 216 x 138mm | 240 pages | March 2019 associated with armed conflict. HB | 978-1-5095-2496-9 BRIAN OREND is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo. £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 PB | 978-1-5095-2497-6 £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 ebook available

48 POLITICS Bordering NIRA YUVAL-DAVIS, GEORGIE WEMYSS and KATHRYN CASSIDY

Controlling national borders has once again become a key concern of contemporary states and a highly contentious issue in social and political life. But controlling borders is about much more than patrolling territorial boundaries at the edges of states: it now comprises a multitude of practices and processes taking place at different levels, some spatial and some virtual, some at the edges of states and some in the local contexts of everyday life. This book is a richly documented account of how bordering has become dispersed into the interstices of everyday life. Based on original research, it goes well beyond traditional approaches to the study of migration and racism, showing how these processes affect all members of society, not just the marginalized others. Bordering will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the changing character of governance and belonging today. 229 x 152mm | 240 pages | May 2019 NIRA YUVAL-DAVIS is Director of the Research Centre on Migration, Refugees and HB | 978-1-5095-0494-7 £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 Belonging (CMRB) at the University of East London. PB | 978-1-5095-0495-4 GEORGIE WEMYSS is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research on Migration, £17.99 | $24.95 | €23.90 Refugees and Belonging (CMRB) at the University of East London. ebook available KATHRYN CASSIDY is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at Northumbria University.

Understanding Inequalities Stratification and Difference Second Edition LUCINDA PLATT

Bringing together the most recent empirical evidence and the latest theoretical debates, this fully revised new edition gets to grips with a broad range of inequalities in people’s lives. Examining social class, gender, ethnicity, disability, and migration status, it demonstrates how these play out in relation to education, health, poverty, neighborhood, and housing, and how they cumulate across the life course. Richly illustrated with figures and concrete examples showing the distribution of life chances across social groups, the book shows how people’s lives are structured by inequalities across multiple dimensions. Comprehensive topical chapters are framed by an exploration of the meaning 246 x 171mm | 248 pages | April 2019 and interpretation of inequalities, and a discussion highlighting the important HB | 978-1-5095-2125-8 intersections between them. With new chapters on disability and on international £55.00 | $74.95 | €71.90 migration, this new edition continues to provide a wide-ranging but detailed and PB | 978-1-5095-2126-5 theoretically sophisticated account of contemporary inequalities that will be £17.99 | $28.95 | €23.90 invaluable to undergraduate and masters students alike. ebook available LUCINDA PLATT is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

SOCIOLOGY 49 Human Trafficking Trade for sex, labor, and organs BANDANA PURKAYASTHA and FARHAN NAVID YOUSAF

The last few decades have seen a number of policies and protocols developed, both national and international, and billions of dollars spent to combat human trafficking and protect its victims. Yet it continues to flourish and human beings continue to be degraded to the level of commodities, smuggled across borders for profit, trafficked for sex, labor, or their body parts. Drawing upon feminist and human rights approaches to trafficking, this book links the worlds of policy, protocols, and social structures with the lived experience and conditions of trafficked people. Recognizing that trafficking for sex, labor, and body parts often overlap in the context of poverty, violence, and shrinking access to rights, the authors offer a more thorough-going account of this problem. Only by doing 216 x 138mm | 224 pages | November 2018 so can we understand the exploitative conditions that make people vulnerable to HB | 978-1-5095-2130-2 trafficking, and the progress – as well as gaps – in initiatives seeking to address it. £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 BANDANA PURKAYASTHA is Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at PB | 978-1-5095-2131-9 the University of Connecticut. £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 ebook available FARHAN NAVID YOUSAF is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the International Islamic University, Pakistan.

Undocumented Migration ROBERTO G. GONZALES, NANDO SIGONA, MARTHA C. FRANCO and ANNA PAPOUTSI

Undocumented migration is a global phenomenon. Despite contemporary efforts to patrol national borders and mass deportation programs, it has become firmly placed at the top of the political agenda in almost all Western countries, usually under its pejorative term “illegal” migration, where it receives extensive media coverage and generates fierce political debate. But migration patterns don’t just happen in a vacuum: increased global interdependence of markets for goods, services, and workers has given rise to unprecedented levels of settlement of migrant populations in countries where they lack legal rights. Drawing on the authors’ extensive expertise in this field, this book provides a much- needed overview of what is known about the phenomenon of undocumented migration. The authors breathe life into the various issues and debates surrounding Immigration and Society migration, including the experiences and voices of migrants themselves, to offer a 210 x 148mm | 192 pages | March 2019 critical analysis of a hidden and too often misrepresented population. HB | 978-1-5095-0694-1 ROBERTO G. GONZALES is Professor of Education at Harvard University. £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 PB | 978-1-5095-3180-6 NANDO SIGONA is Senior Birmingham Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the University £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 of Birmingham. ebook available MARTHA C. FRANCO is a Doctoral Student at Harvard University. ANNA PAPOUTSI is a Doctoral Student at the University of Birmingham. 50 SOCIOLOGY Disasters: A Sociological Approach KATHLEEN TIERNEY

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not wreak their damage equally across populations and every disaster has social dimensions at its core. This book sheds light on the social conditions and global, national, and local processes that produce disasters. A range of topics are covered, including the social roots of disaster vulnerability; exposure to natural hazards like hurricanes and tsunamis as a form of environmental injustice; and emerging threats. Written by a leading expert, this book also provides frameworks for understanding hazards, exploring the contributions of different social science fields to disaster research and how these ideas have evolved over time. Bringing social aspects of recent devastating disasters to the forefront, Tierney discusses the challenges of conducting research in the aftermath of disasters and 246 x 171mm | 272 pages | February 2019 critiques the concept of disaster resilience, which has come to be seen as a key to HB | 978-0-7456-7101-7 disaster risk reduction. £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 PB | 978-0-7456-7102-4 KATHLEEN TIERNEY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder. £18.99 | $26.95 | €24.90 ebook available

Climate and Society Transforming the Future ROBIN LEICHENKO and KAREN O’BRIEN

This bold and important new book presents current and emerging thinking on the social dimensions of climate change. Using clear language and powerful examples, it introduces key concepts and frameworks for understanding the multifaceted connections between climate and society. Robin Leichenko and Karen O’Brien situate climate change within the context of a rapidly changing world. They show how ongoing environmental, economic, political, and cultural transformations, in conjunction with individual and collective choices and actions, are influencing the future. The book explores competing discourses on the social drivers, impacts, and responses to climate change, highlighting the important part that worldviews and beliefs play in shaping interpretations of climate challenges and potential solutions. 246 x 171mm | 248 pages | March 2019 This informative and engaging book empowers readers with a range of possibilities HB | 978-0-7456-8438-3 £55.00 | $69.95 | €71.90 for equitable and sustainable transformations in a changing climate. PB | 978-0-7456-8439-0 ROBIN LEICHENKO is Professor of Geography at Rutgers, The State University of £18.99 | $28.95 | €24.90 New Jersey. ebook available

KAREN O’BRIEN is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo. SOCIOLOGY 51 Guanxi: How China Works YANJIE BIAN

How do social relations, or guanxi, matter in China today and how can this distinctive form of personal connection be better understood? In Guanxi: How China Works, Yanjie Bian analyzes the forms, dynamics, and impacts of guanxi relations in reform- era China, and shows them to be a crucial part of the puzzle of how Chinese society operates. Rich in original studies and insightful analyses, this concise book offers a critical synthesis of guanxi research, including its empirical controversies and theoretical debates. Bian skillfully illustrates the growing importance of guanxi in diverse areas such as personal network building, employment and labor markets, informal business relationships, and the broader political sphere, highlighting its central value and importance in China’s contemporary social structure. YANJIE BIAN is Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota and Xi’an China Today Jiaotong University. 210 x 148mm | 264 pages | December 2018 “Yanjie Bian is the pre-eminent scholar on social networks and guanxi in China HB | 978-1-5095-0038-3 £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 and this monograph is the benchmark of his theoretical and methodological PB | 978-1-5095-0039-0 analysis of guanxi and its global implications. A must read for scholars and £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 students on social networks everywhere.” ebook available – Nan Lin, Duke University

Education in China Philosophy, Politics and Culture JANETTE RYAN

Throughout its history, education in China has played a pivotal role in the nation’s governance, civic society, and the social and cultural lives of its citizens. Today we see a nation grappling with how to modernize and internationalize its education system while still retaining China’s intellectual traditions and values in the face of growing educational inequalities. This book analyzes education in China and how the past has influenced today’s trends. Recent fundamental educational reforms have been driven by the need for continuing economic development and a highly skilled workforce, at the same time fulfilling aspirations of its citizens and their desire for the prestige education brings. Moreover, ideological education plays a key role in enlisting citizens to the national China Today cause. Although China has ambitious plans for its education system, several problems 210 x 148mm | 208 pages | March 2019 remain, including an examination-obsessed system and highly competitive culture HB | 978-0-7456-6408-8 which skew the social fabric, dominating family life and childhoods. £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 JANETTE RYAN is an Independent Educational Consultant, formerly of the University PB | 978-0-7456-6410-1 of Birmingham and the UK Higher Education Academy. £15.99 | $22.95 | €20.90 ebook available

52 SOCIOLOGY Religion in China Ties that Bind ADAM YUET CHAU

In recent years, there has been a remarkable revival of religions in China. With a new relational approach, Chau explores how religious life is embedded in contemporary Chinese society and examines the social and cultural logics behind Chinese people’s religious practices. Covering Buddhism, Daoism, and folk religion, as well as the fast-growing Christianity and presence of Islam in China, this book provides an in-depth understanding of religious traditions in Chinese societies. Ethnographically rich, the chapters show how Chinese people “do” religion on the ground. The author reveals how Chinese people establish and maintain all kinds of relationships: between people, spirits, places, and objects; ritual service providers and customers; and the state and religious groups. Chau argues that this relationality is the key analytical and organizing anchor of China Today religious lifeworlds in China. 210 x 148mm | 200 pages | March 2019 HB | 978-0-7456-7915-0 ADAM YUET CHAU is Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology of Modern China at the £50.00 | $64.95 | €65.90 University of Cambridge and a Fellow at St John’s College. PB | 978-0-7456-7916-7 £15.99 | $24.95 | €20.90 ebook available

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60 HARDBACKS AT PAPERBACK PRICES Index

A COPPOLA, FRANCES...... 32 Guanxi: How China Works...... 52 ADORNO, THEODOR W...... 20 CROUCH, COLIN...... 10 After the Caliphate...... 11 CULL, NICHOLAS J...... 57 H Against Hate...... 2 Cyberdiplomacy...... 38 HAMILTON, LAWRENCE...... 45 Age of Disruption, The...... 24 HAWKESWORTH, MARY...... 48 Alps, The...... 14 D HETHERINGTON, STEPHEN...... 34 Amartya Sen...... 45 DAVIS, AERON...... 56 HILL, CHRISTOPHER...... 38 ARMSTRONG, CHRIS...... 40 Dealing with the Russians...... 37 HOLSLAG, JONATHAN...... 17 DEAN, HARTLEY...... 55 Human Trafficking...... 50 B Defending Freedom...... 3 HUTCHINGS, KIMBERLY...... 46 BADIOU, ALAIN...... 4, 22 Democracy and Community...... 22 BATEMAN, VICTORIA...... 9 Demons of Liberal Democracy, The...... 6 I BEEBEE, HELEN...... 30 Designing Social Research...... 54 In Praise of Politics...... 22 BEHRINGER, WOLFGANG...... 15 Desire and Its Interpretation...... 26 IPPR...... 5 BENJAMIN, RUHA...... 33 DI CESARE, DONATELLA...... 24 J BERARDI, FRANCO ‘BIFO’...... 25 Disasters: A Sociological Approach...... 51 Joy of Missing Out, The...... 8 BERNARD, ANDREAS...... 21 Does Living Green Make a Difference?...... 43 BIAN, YANJIE...... 52 K BLAIKIE, NORMAN...... 54 E KELLY, DUNCAN...... 42 Bordering...... 49 EAGLESTONE, ROBERT...... 31 KLOSKO, GEORGE...... 47 BOYCE, JAMES...... 32 ECHEVERRÍA, BOLÍVAR...... 28 Ecomodernism...... 43 BRAIDOTTI, ROSI...... 23 L Edges of Fiction, The...... 23 BRINKMANN, SVEND...... 8 LACAN, JACQUES...... 26 Education in China ...... 52 BROWN, DAVID L...... 55 LAHIRE, BERNARD...... 19 ELDEN, STUART...... 36 BUTSCH, RICHARD...... 57 LANCELIN, AUDE...... 22 EMCKE, CAROLIN...... 2 LEICHENKO, ROBIN...... 51 C ENGELMANN, PETER...... 22 LESCH, DAVID W...... 16 Can Political Violence Ever Be Justified?...... 46 Lineages of Modernity...... 13 Canguilhem...... 36 F Literature: Why It Matters...... 31 Case For Carbon Dividends, The...... 32 FLOYD, JONATHAN...... 35 Case For People’s Quantitative Football...... 29 M Easing, The...... 32 FRANCO, MARTHA C...... 50 MANIATES, MICHAEL...... 43 CASSIDY, KATHRYN...... 49 FRAZER, ELIZABETH...... 46 MATHIEU, JON...... 14 CHAU, ADAM YUET...... 53 FÜCKS, RALF...... 3 MAU, STEFFEN...... 21 Citizenship...... 41 Future of British Foreign Policy, The...... 38 Metric Society, The...... 21 CLACK, BEVERLEY...... 34 Minsky...... 45 CLACK, BRIAN R...... 34 G Modernity and Whiteness...... 28 CLARKE, COLIN P...... 11 GAMBLE, ANDREW...... 30 MONAGHAN, ANDREW...... 37 Climate and Society...... 51 Gender and Political Theory...... 48 MONTGOMERIE, JOHNNA...... 47 Coal...... 29 GHOSH, CYRIL...... 41 MOORE, MARGARET...... 46 COHEN, ELIZABETH...... 41 GONZALES, ROBERTO G...... 50 Mother’s Hands, The...... 27 COKER, CHRISTOPHER...... 39 Gorbachev’s Gamble...... 37 MUMFORD, STEPHEN...... 29 Communication...... 56 GRACHEV, ANDREI...... 37

INDEX 61 N Rural People and Communities in Troublemakers...... 12 the 21st Century...... 55 NANCY, JEAN-LUC...... 22 Trump...... 4 NEARY, IAN...... 39 RUSH, MICHAEL...... 30 NEGRI, ANTONIO...... 25 RUSHTON, SIMON...... 42 U NEILSON, DANIEL H...... 45 Russia...... 16 Understanding Inequalities...... 49 NEWMAN, MICHAEL...... 40 Russia’s Futures...... 17 Undocumented Migration...... 50 RYAN, JANETTE...... 52

O W O’BRIEN, KAREN...... 51 S WAISBORD, SILVIO...... 56 OREND, BRIAN...... 48 SAKWA, RICHARD...... 17 War and Political Theory...... 48 SCHAFFT, KAI A...... 55 WARD, GRAHAM...... 31 P Scramble for Europe, The...... 7 WEISS, THOMAS G...... 41 PABST, ADRIAN...... 6 Screen Culture...... 57 WEMYSS, GEORGIE...... 49 PAPOUTSI, ANNA...... 50 Second Coming, The...... 25 What is Digital Sociology?...... 54 PERLONGHER, NÉSTOR...... 28 Security and Public Health...... 42 What is Epistemology?...... 34 Philosophical Elements of a SELWYN, NEIL...... 54 What’s the Point of Political Philosophy?...... 35 Theory of Society...... 20 Sex Factor, The...... 9 Who Should Own Natural Resources?...... 46 Philosophy of Religion, The...... 34 Should Schools Be Colorblind?...... 33 Why Cities Look the Way They Do...... 11 Philosophy: Why It Matters...... 30 Should we abolish household debts?...... 47 Why Global Justice Matters...... 40 PIETRYKOWSKI, BRUCE...... 44 SIGONA, NANDO...... 50 Why Should We Obey the Law?...... 47 PLATT, LUCINDA...... 49 Silk Road Trap, The...... 17 WILKINSON, RORDEN...... 41 Plebeian Prose...... 28 SMITH, STEPHEN...... 7 Will the gig economy prevail?...... 10 Political Communication...... 56 Social Policy...... 55 WILLIAMS, RICHARD...... 11 Political Economy of Inequality, The...... 44 SPECTOR, CÉLINE...... 36 Work...... 44 Political Philosophy...... 35 Spinoza: Then and Now...... 25 Politics and the Anthropocene...... 42 State and Politics in Japan, The...... 39 Y Politics: Why It Matters...... 30 STIEGLER, BERNARD...... 24 YOUSAF, FARHAN NAVID...... 50 Posthuman Knowledge...... 23 STILWELL, FRANK...... 44 YUVAL-DAVIS, NIRA...... 49 PRIEST, JAN...... 54 STOLL, LAURIE COOPER...... 33 Prosperity and Justice...... 5 Z SWIFT, ADAM...... 35 Public Diplomacy...... 57 ŽIŽEK, SLAVOJ...... 4 SYMONS, JONATHAN...... 43 PURKAYASTHA, BANDANA...... 50 Syria...... 16

R T Race After Technology...... 33 Tambora and the Year without a Summer...... 15 RANCIÈRE, JACQUES...... 23 Terror and Modernity...... 24 RECALCATI, MASSIMO...... 27 Theology and Religion: Why It Matters...... 31 Relevance of the Communist This is Not Just a Painting...... 19 Manifesto, The...... 4 THOMÄ, DIETER...... 12 Religion in China...... 53 THURBER, MARK C...... 29 Resonance...... 18 TIERNEY, KATHLEEN...... 51 Rethinking Global Governance...... 41 TODD, EMMANUEL...... 13 RIORDAN, SHAUN...... 38 Transitional Justice...... 40 Rise of the Civilizational State, The...... 39 TRENIN, DMITRI...... 16 ROSA, HARTMUT...... 18 Triumph of Profiling, The...... 21 Rousseau...... 36

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