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Book SynopsisThe far right is back with a vengeance. After several decades at the political margins, far-right politics has again taken center stage. Three of the world’s largest democracies – Brazil, India, and the United States – now have a radical right leader, while far-right parties continue to increase their profile and support within Europe. In this timely book, leading global expert on political extremism Cas Mudde provides a concise overview of the fourth wave of postwar far-right politics, exploring its history, ideology, organization, causes, and consequences, as well as the responses available to civil society, party, and state actors to challenge its ideas and influence. What defines this current far-right renaissance, Mudde argues, is its mainstreaming and normalization within the contemporary political landscape. Challenging orthodox thinking on the relationship between conventional and far-right politics, Mudde offers a complex and insightful picture of one of the key political challenges of our time.Trade Review"Powerful, timely, important. A much needed analysis."Elif Shafak “The far-right is mutating and Cas Mudde offers the best guide to understanding its growth and impact.” Ryan Heath, POLITICO “Cas Mudde is one of the most clear-eyed, trenchant analysts of politics in the West. His latest work is packed with insight and offers a vital guide into the array of nativist and extremist factions shaping the global zeitgeist.”Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post "The Far Right Today is a must-read for everyone who is not numb to the authoritarian forces challenging our values and dismantling liberal democracies. Cas Mudde provides unique insights to the underlying reasons for the rise and normalisation of the far right and brilliantly places the phenomena in historical context."Tanja Fajon, MEP and Vice-President of the S & D Group “While many Americans are driven mad by the nightly news, Cas Mudde provides an anti-dote – the global and historical context for the rise of the right in his insightful and accessible book. The radical right has become mainstreamed, Mudde argues, posing a historic challenge with no easy solutions. This book is essential to anyone organizing working people or engaged in politics.”Karen Nussbaum, Working America, AFL-CIO“A powerful wake-up call.”Morning Star"Timely"Communication Director "A must read"Gothenburg Post‘one of the best books I have read this year’Democracy Paradox‘a beautiful, concise and very accessible book … that provides excellent insight into why the radical right has become so influential’ Clingendael Spectator "an indispensable guide to extreme right-wing parties, written with admirable precision." Edward Luce, Financial Times ‘a very readable introduction’ Inside Story"Packed with vital, necessary information on the far right today and the different types of organisations to be found in their camp."Socialism Today 'The Far Right Today is a clear book, full of definitions and facts about the radical right from Brazil to India… a valuable reference work.'NRC Handelsblad​ ‘The Far Right Today is an (semi-) academic equivalent of a page-turner…A must read’ e-Extreme “A thorough account of how the far right has been transformed over recent years based on decades of research.” Patterns of PrejudiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. History 2. Ideology and Issues 3. Organization 4. People 5. Activities 6. Causes 7. Consequences 8. Responses 9. Gender 10. Twelve Theses on the Fourth Wave Notes Chronology Glossary Further Readings

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Book SynopsisHow did a community of a few thousand Jewish refugees become, in little over a century, a modern nation-state and homeland of half the world's Jews? Has modern Israel fulfilled the Zionist vision of becoming "a nation like other nations," or is it still, in Biblical terns, "a people that dwells alone"? Alan Dowty distils over half a century of study as an inside/outside analyst of Israel in tracing this remarkable story. It begins in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, when Jews fleeing Russian persecution established a renewed Jewish presence in their historic homeland. It continues through harsh struggle and in deep-rooted conflict with another people that sees Israel/Palestine equally as their homeland. Immensely successful by most standards, Israel today remains a center of contention and is still torn between its hard-earned role as a "normal" nation and the call of its particularistic, and unique, Jewish history.Trade Review“A concise history of modern Israel, from the last decades of the 19th Century to the present. It presents a panoramic view of Israeli history, with special emphasis on the development of the Israeli – Palestinian conflict. A very readable, highly recommended book.”Anita Shapira, Tel Aviv University “In this compact yet authoritative volume, Alan Dowty has provided an outstanding introduction to Israeli history, in particular the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Measured in its tone and sympathetic to all sides, the book deserves a wide readership among the general public and can be assigned in a wide variety of college-level courses.”Derek Penslar, Harvard University“Professor Dowty does an outstanding job in summarizing history with unique understanding and rich suggestion of further reading.”Jewish TribuneTable of ContentsMap About the Author Preface Introduction: Old-New Israel 1. The Zionist Revolution 2. Building a Community 3. Building a Nation-State 4. The Reassertion of Tradition 5. Oslo and the Ascendancy of the Right 6. The New Century: Impasse and Consolidation Further Reading Notes Index

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Book SynopsisHow did a community of a few thousand Jewish refugees become, in little over a century, a modern nation-state and homeland of half the world's Jews? Has modern Israel fulfilled the Zionist vision of becoming "a nation like other nations," or is it still, in Biblical terns, "a people that dwells alone"? Alan Dowty distils over half a century of study as an inside/outside analyst of Israel in tracing this remarkable story. It begins in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, when Jews fleeing Russian persecution established a renewed Jewish presence in their historic homeland. It continues through harsh struggle and in deep-rooted conflict with another people that sees Israel/Palestine equally as their homeland. Immensely successful by most standards, Israel today remains a center of contention and is still torn between its hard-earned role as a "normal" nation and the call of its particularistic, and unique, Jewish history.Trade Review“A concise history of modern Israel, from the last decades of the 19th Century to the present. It presents a panoramic view of Israeli history, with special emphasis on the development of the Israeli – Palestinian conflict. A very readable, highly recommended book.”Anita Shapira, Tel Aviv University “In this compact yet authoritative volume, Alan Dowty has provided an outstanding introduction to Israeli history, in particular the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Measured in its tone and sympathetic to all sides, the book deserves a wide readership among the general public and can be assigned in a wide variety of college-level courses.”Derek Penslar, Harvard University“Professor Dowty does an outstanding job in summarizing history with unique understanding and rich suggestion of further reading.”Jewish TribuneTable of ContentsMapAbout the AuthorPrefaceIntroduction: Old-New Israel1. The Zionist Revolution2. Building a Community3. Building a Nation-State4. The Reassertion of Tradition5. Oslo and the Ascendancy of the Right6. The New Century: Impasse and ConsolidationFurther ReadingNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn this short book, Jacques Rancière takes stock of the state of contemporary politics and examines current developments in the light of his writings. Rancière takes issue with what he sees as the consolidation in recent years of an increasingly oligarchic class of professional politicians within the system of representative democracy, while simultaneously objecting to leftist animosity towards electoral politics. He discusses a wide range of contemporary political movements and figures, from Nuit debout and Marine le Pen to Occupy, Trump, Syriza and Podemos, and he offers a trenchant critique of a variety of ideas and thinkers associated with radical politics, such as the ideas of immaterial labour and cognitive capitalism and the concept of insurrection put forward by the Invisible Committee. But above all he talks about the time in which it makes sense to talk about all this, a time for which history has made no promises and the past has left no lessons, only moments to be extended as far as possible. In politics, there are only presents. It is at every moment that the bonds of unequal servitude are renewed or that the paths of emancipation are invented. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Jacques Rancière and Eric Hazan, this timely reflection by one of the most influential radical thinkers writing today will be of interest to a wide readership.Trade Review�Jacques Rancière�s work is renowned, as he once put it, for �leaving the noisy stage of political claims and doctrines and sinking into the depths of the social�. But at the same time, he firmly rejects the simplistic oppositions to which so many thinkers fall prey – overthrowing institutions versus pre-figurative practice, art versus everyday life. In this lively discussion with Eric Hazan, Rancière displays once again the power of his subtle form of social and philosophical analysis, illuminating some of the central questions of democracy, representation and political strategy that confront us today.� Peter Dews, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex

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Book SynopsisIn this short book, Jacques Rancière takes stock of the state of contemporary politics and examines current developments in the light of his writings. Rancière takes issue with what he sees as the consolidation in recent years of an increasingly oligarchic class of professional politicians within the system of representative democracy, while simultaneously objecting to leftist animosity towards electoral politics. He discusses a wide range of contemporary political movements and figures, from Nuit debout and Marine le Pen to Occupy, Trump, Syriza and Podemos, and he offers a trenchant critique of a variety of ideas and thinkers associated with radical politics, such as the ideas of immaterial labour and cognitive capitalism and the concept of insurrection put forward by the Invisible Committee. But above all he talks about the time in which it makes sense to talk about all this, a time for which history has made no promises and the past has left no lessons, only moments to be extended as far as possible. In politics, there are only presents. It is at every moment that the bonds of unequal servitude are renewed or that the paths of emancipation are invented. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Jacques Rancière and Eric Hazan, this timely reflection by one of the most influential radical thinkers writing today will be of interest to a wide readership.Trade Review�Jacques Rancière�s work is renowned, as he once put it, for �leaving the noisy stage of political claims and doctrines and sinking into the depths of the social�. But at the same time, he firmly rejects the simplistic oppositions to which so many thinkers fall prey – overthrowing institutions versus pre-figurative practice, art versus everyday life. In this lively discussion with Eric Hazan, Rancière displays once again the power of his subtle form of social and philosophical analysis, illuminating some of the central questions of democracy, representation and political strategy that confront us today.� Peter Dews, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex

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Book SynopsisAn economic and military superpower with 20 percent of the world's population, China has the wherewithal to transform the international system. Xi Jinping's bold calls for China to lead in the reform of the global governance system, suggest that he has just such an ambition. And his iron grip on power in the wake of the 2022 Party Congress suggests that he now has the mandate. But how does he plan to realize it? And what does it mean for the rest of the world? In this compelling book, Elizabeth Economy reveals China's ambitious new strategy to reclaim the country's past glory and reshape the geostrategic landscape in dramatic new ways. Xi's vision is one of Chinese centrality on the global stage, in which the mainland has realized its sovereignty claims over Hong Kong, Taiwan and the South China sea, deepened its global political, economic, and security reach through its grand scale Belt and Road Initiative, and used its leadership in the United Nations and other institutions to align international norms and values, particularly around human rights, with those of China. It is a world radically different from that of today. The international community needs to understand and respond to the great risks and and potential opportunities of presented by this transformative vision.Trade Review"... authoritative."The Observer "Economy has written a deeply informed book that serves as a wake-up call to the United States and the world."Washington Post "Economy's book is superb. It is well-written, well-researched, and notably balanced in its presentation of China's policies and the effects of these policies' implementation." Joshua Huminski, The Diplomatic Courier "The World According to China is the best book I've read on the country's push for a new Sino-centric world order. In one accessible work the reader gets a thorough and balanced understanding across multiple regions and domains."Bookish Asia "Extremely well informed, cogently argued and deftly structured, with intelligent prescriptions."SupChina "The World According to China balances being densely packed with information and insights while remaining highly readable. The result is a sweeping, much-needed crash course in how Beijing views the world right now, and vice versa."Nikkei Asia "In this marvelous (and sobering) book, Elizabeth Economy dissects China's grand strategy: a Sino-centric world order across all domains, with military and power projection to match. Western bromides will not counter China’s determination."Charlene Barshefsky, Chair, Parkside Global Advisors and Former US Trade Representative "If you want to understand the most important competition of this century, read The World According to China. Elizabeth Economy illuminates the Chinese Communist Party's grand ambition and forces us to confront the reality that if it succeeds, our world will be less free, less prosperous, and less safe."H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty and Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World "In this brilliant, urgent analysis, Elizabeth Economy proves once again why she is one of the most important scholars of China in a generation. With a penetrating vision for the motives obscured by the official boilerplate, she makes a convincing case for the degree to which China seeks to transform the international system."Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition, winner of the National Book Award "This is a well-researched and cogently written book that explains how China under Xi Jinping engages the world. It provides a convincing account of how China uses all means available, conventional and unconventional, to make China great again."Steve Tsang, SOAS China Institute "Having long revered Elizabeth Economy's China expertise, I had lofty expectations. After reading this book, my admiration for her only amplified. Thoroughly researched, Economy's analysis of Xi's – and thus China's – view of the world both engages and educates. A must-read!"Chris Fenton, author of Feeding the Dragon "Employing her trademark thoroughness, clarity, and insight, Elizabeth Economy probes deeply into China's ambitions and actions to reorder the world order. Business leaders must read this book as inducing and coercing multinationals to go along is an indispensable part of China achieving success."James McGregor, Chairman of Greater China for APCO Worldwide "Elizabeth Economy is one of the world's most astute interpreters of contemporary China. Here she examines domestic and international politics under Xi Jinping to explain why a more assertive and powerful China will raise questions that the west must urgently answer. Essential reading for all those who need to understand today's China."Rana Mitter, University of Oxford "The World According to China captures effectively the range of challenges contemporary China poses for the international order. Engaging and incisive, the patterns of behavior it reveals provide much-needed insight into the nature of China's current and future role on the global stage."Robert Sutter, George Washington UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and Tables Chapter 1: Politics and the Plague Chapter 2: Power, Power, Power Chapter 3: Reunifying the Motherland Chapter 4: The Dragon's Bite Chapter 5: From Bricks to Bits Chapter 6: Rewriting the Rules of the Game Chapter 7: The China Reset Acknowledgements Notes

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Book SynopsisCedric Robinson – political theorist, historian, and activist – was one of the greatest black radical thinkers of the twentieth century. In this powerful work, the first major book to tell his story, Joshua Myers shows how Robinson’s work interrogated the foundations of western political thought, modern capitalism, and changing meanings of race. Tracing the course of Robinson’s journey from his early days as an agitator in the 1960s to his publication of such seminal works as Black Marxism, Myers frames Robinson’s mission as aiming to understand and practice opposition to “the terms of order.” In so doing, Robinson excavated the Black Radical tradition as a form of resistance that imagined that life on wholly different terms was possible. In the era of Black Lives Matter, that resistance is as necessary as ever, and Robinson’s contribution only gains in importance. This book is essential reading for anyone wanting to learn more about it.Trade Review“Joshua Myers… does an excellent job in contextualizing Robinson in this very readable biography.”The Progressive“Cedric J. Robinson finally has found a worthy biographer in Joshua Myers. This book will remind you why we must urgently read and re-read Robinson’s work. A tour de force.”Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination “Joshua Myers has written a necessary and much needed text to broaden and deepen our understanding of the life, thought, and practice of Cedric Robinson.”Corey D. B. Walker, Wake Forest University"[A] clear and concise biography... valuable in developing an understanding of Robinson's thought and life."Ken Olende, Ethnic and Racial Studies“a thought-provoking and an inspirational study.” CHOICE Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface: Cedric’s Time Chapter 1: All Around Him Chapter 2: The Town and Gown Chapter 3: Authority and Order Chapter 4: Beyond Racial Capitalism Chapter 5: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition Chapter 6: Culture and War Conclusion: I Am You Notes

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Book SynopsisThe secrecy of the ballot, a crucial basic element of representative democracy, is under threat. Attempts to make voting more convenient in the face of declining turnout – and the rise of the “ballot selfie” – are making it harder to guarantee secrecy. Leading scholars James Johnson and Susan Orr go back to basics to analyze the fundamental issues surrounding the secret ballot, showing how secrecy works to protect voters from coercion and bribery. They argue, however, that this protection was always incomplete: faced with effective ballot secrecy, powerful actors turned to manipulating turnout – buying presence or absence at the polls – to obtain their electoral goals. The authors proceed to show how making both voting and voting in secret mandatory would foreclose both undue influence and turnout manipulation. This would enhance freedom for voters by liberating them from coercion or bribery in their choice of both whether and how to vote. This thought-provoking and insightful text will be invaluable for students and scholars of democratic theory, elections and voting, and political behavior.Trade Review“For elections free from ‘domination,’ Johnson and Orr offer this simple recipe: mandatory voting plus mandatory secret voting. A carefully argued, historicized, and empirically informed defense of two highly effective mechanisms for democratic robustness, this is a must for all students of politics.”Lisa Hill, University of Adelaide “A wonderful short book: provocative, informative, pertinent, and accessible.” Annabelle Lever, Sciences PoTable of ContentsIntroduction ix 1 The Clash of Inclusion and Integrity? 1 2 A Precarious Institution Under Siege 41 3 Non-Domination in Elections Requires Mandatory Voting Too 76 Notes 105 References 114

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Book SynopsisThe secrecy of the ballot, a crucial basic element of representative democracy, is under threat. Attempts to make voting more convenient in the face of declining turnout – and the rise of the “ballot selfie” – are making it harder to guarantee secrecy. Leading scholars James Johnson and Susan Orr go back to basics to analyze the fundamental issues surrounding the secret ballot, showing how secrecy works to protect voters from coercion and bribery. They argue, however, that this protection was always incomplete: faced with effective ballot secrecy, powerful actors turned to manipulating turnout – buying presence or absence at the polls – to obtain their electoral goals. The authors proceed to show how making both voting and voting in secret mandatory would foreclose both undue influence and turnout manipulation. This would enhance freedom for voters by liberating them from coercion or bribery in their choice of both whether and how to vote. This thought-provoking and insightful text will be invaluable for students and scholars of democratic theory, elections and voting, and political behavior.Trade Review“For elections free from ‘domination,’ Johnson and Orr offer this simple recipe: mandatory voting plus mandatory secret voting. A carefully argued, historicized, and empirically informed defense of two highly effective mechanisms for democratic robustness, this is a must for all students of politics.” Lisa Hill, University of Adelaide “A wonderful short book: provocative, informative, pertinent, and accessible.” Annabelle Lever, Sciences PoTable of ContentsIntroduction ix 1 The Clash of Inclusion and Integrity? 1 2 A Precarious Institution Under Siege 41 3 Non-Domination in Elections Requires Mandatory Voting Too 76 Notes 105 References 114

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Book SynopsisCryptocurrencies are often associated with right-wing political movements, or even with the alt-right. They are the preserve of libertarians and fans of Ayn Rand and Friedrich Hayek. With their promotion of anonymity and individualism, there’s no doubt that they seamlessly slot into the prevailing anti-State ideology. But in this book Mark Alizart argues that the significance of cryptocurrencies goes well beyond cryptoanarchism. In so far as they allow us ‘to appropriate collectively the means of monetary production’, to paraphrase Marx, and to replace ‘the government of persons by the administration of things’, as Engels advocated, they form the basis for a political regime that begins to look like a communism which has at last come to fruition – a cryptocommunism.Trade Review"A fascinating antidote to reductive takes on cryptocurrencies. Blockchains are more than just cryptolibertarianism and this book makes a provocative and wide-ranging case for just how important they might be." Nick Srnicek, King’s College London"Alizart's arguments are compelling and replete with insights into what a digital-empowered post-capitalist society might look like."Red Pepper"Creative and iconoclastic"Marx and Philosophy Review of Books

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Book SynopsisWhat is to be done? This was the question asked by Lenin in 1901 when he was having doubts about the revolutionary capabilities of the Russian working class. 77 years later, Louis Althusser asked the same question. Faced with the tidal wave of May ‘68 and the recurrent hostility of the Communist Party towards the protests, he wanted to offer readers a succinct guide for the revolution to come. Lively, brilliant and engaged, this short text is wholly oriented towards one objective: to organise the working class struggle. Althusser provides a sharp critique of Antonio Gramsci’s writings and of Eurocommunism, which seduced various Marxists at the time. But this book is above all the opportunity for Althusser to state what he had not succeeded in articulating elsewhere: what concrete conditions would need to be satisfied before the revolution could take place. Left unfinished, it is published here in English for the first time.Trade Review"There can be no doubt that What Is To Be Done? stands as an important building block in Althusser’s understanding of political theory and as a central text for exploring his divergence with historicism. By analyzing the concept of hegemony as an inflated concept which replaces that of class domination and class dictatorship, this book constitutes an important contribution for current debates surrounding Althusser and Gramsci’s theoretical production, but also for the broader field of contemporary debates concerning the concept of hegemony and political strategy." Marx & Philosophy Review of Books

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Book SynopsisWhat is to be done? This was the question asked by Lenin in 1901 when he was having doubts about the revolutionary capabilities of the Russian working class. 77 years later, Louis Althusser asked the same question. Faced with the tidal wave of May ‘68 and the recurrent hostility of the Communist Party towards the protests, he wanted to offer readers a succinct guide for the revolution to come. Lively, brilliant and engaged, this short text is wholly oriented towards one objective: to organise the working class struggle. Althusser provides a sharp critique of Antonio Gramsci’s writings and of Eurocommunism, which seduced various Marxists at the time. But this book is above all the opportunity for Althusser to state what he had not succeeded in articulating elsewhere: what concrete conditions would need to be satisfied before the revolution could take place. Left unfinished, it is published here in English for the first time.Trade Review"There can be no doubt that What Is To Be Done? stands as an important building block in Althusser’s understanding of political theory and as a central text for exploring his divergence with historicism. By analyzing the concept of hegemony as an inflated concept which replaces that of class domination and class dictatorship, this book constitutes an important contribution for current debates surrounding Althusser and Gramsci’s theoretical production, but also for the broader field of contemporary debates concerning the concept of hegemony and political strategy." Marx & Philosophy Review of Books

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Book SynopsisIn an age of demagogues, hostile great powers and trade wars, foreign policy traditionalists dream of restoring liberal international order. This order, they claim, ushered in seventy years of peace and prosperity and saw post-war America domesticate the world to its values. The False Promise of Liberal Order exposes the flaws in this nostalgic vision. The world shaped by America came about as a result of coercion and, sometimes brutal, compromise. Liberal projects – to spread capitalist democracy – led inadvertently to illiberal results. To make peace, America made bargains with authoritarian forces. Even in the Pax Americana, the gentlest order yet, ordering was rough work. As its power grew, Washington came to believe that its order was exceptional and even permanent – a mentality that has led to spiralling deficits, permanent war and Trump. Romanticizing the liberal order makes it harder to adjust to today’s global disorder. Only by confronting the false promise of liberal order and adapting to current realities can the United States survive as a constitutional republic in a plural world.Trade Review“This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of the liberal international order, so worshipped by Western foreign policy elites. Porter argues with great erudition that it was never liberal – indeed, it never could be – because it was built on the ruthless employment of American power.”John J. Mearsheimer, University of Chicago “Erudite, sharp, and insightful, Porter's forensic dissection of the dream of liberal international order is essential reading for those trying to make sense of the current moment.”Duncan Bell, University of Cambridge “At a time when politics seems to have become a battle between rival nostalgias, Patrick Porter refuses to let them colonize our imagination. He has penned a bracing manifesto that exposes the alluring but dangerous myth that the United States ever led a "liberal international order." Ordering the world, he shows, is rough business. Intrinsic to the project are the most illiberal of actions — the deployment of massive and endless violence, the exercise of exclusive privilege, the concentration of power and diminishment of restraint. Not only, Porter argues, does the U.S.-led order constitute a hollow response to dangerous demagogues like Donald Trump; that very order helped to produce them. No one can speak of the "liberal international order" again without grappling with Porter's cutting analysis and lyrical reflection — and, one hopes, heeding it.”Stephen Wertheim, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft “A razor sharp, tour de force which systematically unpacks the powerful and dangerous myth of the liberal world order and mounts a serious challenge to a wilfully blind American foreign policy establishment. It should be required reading for International Relations students everywhere.”Jeanne Morefield, University of Birmingham “Persuasive”Nick Timothy, The Critic “...the single best book on US foreign policy written from a non-interventionist perspective since Barry Posen’s Restraint.”Colin Dueck, George Mason University “I hope that Porter’s book, an international security scholar’s take on history, will prove to be the beginning of a conversation that more historians should enter. The philosophical arguments in this book are creative and compelling . . .”War on the Rocks“[The False Promise of Liberal Order] is not only an incisive critique of the failures of modern U.S. foreign policy, but it is also a much-needed dispelling of the central myth that 'foreign policy traditionalists' cling to.”The American Conservative “bracing”The New Yorker“a trenchant text, written with verve and conviction”Ed McNally, New Left ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction - Nostalgia in an End Time Chapter One - The Idea of Liberal Order Chapter Two - Darkness Visible: World Ordering in Practice Chapter Three - Rough Beast: How the Order Made Trump Chapter Four - A Machiavellian Moment: Roads Ahead Afterword - Before Our Eyes Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn these divided and divisive times, what is the future course for our politics? In this ground-breaking book, Nick Timothy, one of Britain’s leading conservative thinkers and commentators, explores the powerful forces driving great changes in our economy, society and democracy. Drawing on his experience at the top of government, Timothy traces the crisis of Western democracy back to both the mistaken assumptions of philosophical liberalism and the rise of ideological ultra-liberalism on left, right and centre. Sparing no sacred cows, he proposes a new kind of conservatism that respects personal freedom but also demands solidarity. He argues that only by rediscovering a unifying sense of the common good and restoring a mutual web of responsibilities between all citizens and institutions can we reject the extremes of economic and cultural liberalism, overcome our divisions, and remake one nation. He goes on to outline an ambitious practical plan for change, covering issues ranging from immigration to the regulation of Big Tech. Nick Timothy’s original, forensic and thought-provoking analysis is a must-read for anybody tired by the old dogmas of the liberal left, right and centre. It is a major contribution to the debate on the future of conservatism as it grapples with geopolitical shifts, cultural change, and economic uncertainty.Trade Review“timely in ways that Timothy himself cannot have expected.” Financial Times “Eloquent, stimulating and wide-reaching ... a galvanising read.” The Telegraph “Nick Timothy is a brilliant analyst of our present discontents. His insights are sharp, his writing is compelling and his arguments are powerful. He knows the problems with our politics and takes no prisoners on his quest to put them right.” Michael Gove “Nick Timothy has given us a powerful critique of the simplistic liberal ideology that has ruled the Right and the Left for a generation or more. Analyzing the destabilizing effects of unchecked free markets and an exclusive concern with individual freedom, he exposes the insecurities that have led to the dangerous rise of populism. Anyone who worries about the disordered state of politics today will profit from reading this hard-hitting book.” John Gray “Nick Timothy is one of the few thinkers on the Right who understands the dangers of untrammelled free-markets and the value of community. His ideas deserve a hearing from socialists as well as conservatives.” Maurice Glasman“Nick Timothy has long been one of the most imaginative and important writers on the nature and future of conservatism. But this superb book should be read by anyone with an interest in our changing world, the political response to it, and the path forward from an era of turmoil.” Matthew d'Ancona, Editor and Partner, Tortoise Media “stimulating”Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer Book of the Week“Nick Timothy […], offers no false hope or easy answers […].”The TabletTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Out of the Arena Chapter 1 The Tyranny of the Minority Chapter 2 Destructive Creation Chapter 3 E Pluribus Nihil Chapter 4 Reflections on Two Revolutions Chapter 5 Remaking One Nation Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn these divided and divisive times, what is the future course for our politics? In this ground-breaking book, Nick Timothy, one of Britain’s leading conservative thinkers and commentators, explores the powerful forces driving great changes in our economy, society and democracy. Drawing on his experience at the top of government, Timothy traces the crisis of Western democracy back to both the mistaken assumptions of philosophical liberalism and the rise of ideological ultra-liberalism on left, right and centre. Sparing no sacred cows, he proposes a new kind of conservatism that respects personal freedom but also demands solidarity. He argues that only by rediscovering a unifying sense of the common good and restoring a mutual web of responsibilities between all citizens and institutions can we reject the extremes of economic and cultural liberalism, overcome our divisions, and remake one nation. He goes on to outline an ambitious practical plan for change, covering issues ranging from immigration to the regulation of Big Tech. Nick Timothy’s original, forensic and thought-provoking analysis is a must-read for anybody tired by the old dogmas of the liberal left, right and centre. It is a major contribution to the debate on the future of conservatism as it grapples with geopolitical shifts, cultural change, and economic uncertainty.Trade Review“timely in ways that Timothy himself cannot have expected.”Financial Times “Eloquent, stimulating and wide-reaching ... a galvanising read.”The Telegraph “Nick Timothy is a brilliant analyst of our present discontents. His insights are sharp, his writing is compelling and his arguments are powerful. He knows the problems with our politics and takes no prisoners on his quest to put them right.”Michael Gove “Nick Timothy has given us a powerful critique of the simplistic liberal ideology that has ruled the Right and the Left for a generation or more. Analyzing the destabilizing effects of unchecked free markets and an exclusive concern with individual freedom, he exposes the insecurities that have led to the dangerous rise of populism. Anyone who worries about the disordered state of politics today will profit from reading this hard-hitting book.” John Gray “Nick Timothy is one of the few thinkers on the Right who understands the dangers of untrammelled free-markets and the value of community. His ideas deserve a hearing from socialists as well as conservatives.” Maurice Glasman“Nick Timothy has long been one of the most imaginative and important writers on the nature and future of conservatism. But this superb book should be read by anyone with an interest in our changing world, the political response to it, and the path forward from an era of turmoil.”Matthew d'Ancona, Editor and Partner, Tortoise Media “stimulating”Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer Book of the Week“Nick Timothy […], offers no false hope or easy answers […].”The TabletTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction Out of the ArenaChapter 1 The Tyranny of the MinorityChapter 2 Destructive CreationChapter 3 E Pluribus NihilChapter 4 Reflections on Two RevolutionsChapter 5 Remaking One NationNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisOur democracies repeatedly fail to safeguard the future. From pensions to pandemics, health and social care through to climate, biodiversity and emerging technologies, democracies have been unable to deliver robust policies for the long term. In this book, Graham Smith asks why. Exploring the drivers of short-termism, he considers ways of reshaping legislatures and constitutions and proposes strengthening independent offices whose overarching goals do not change at every election. More radically, Smith argues that forms of participatory and deliberative politics offer the most effective democratic response to the current political myopia, as well as a powerful means of protecting the interests of generations to come.Trade Review“Crystal clear and utterly persuasive, this book offers a wealth of fascinating and powerful evidence that shows how deliberative mechanisms are the key to forging a new age of intergenerational justice. Essential reading for anyone who wants to be a good ancestor.”Roman Krznaric, author of The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World “A careful, engaging look at the institutions we have so far devised to protect future generations that shows why some work and some do not and how we might blend together the best of different models. I didn’t know 90% of what’s in this book – and I thought I knew quite a lot.”Jane Mansbridge, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsTable of contents:Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Failing to Deal with the Long-Term Chapter 2: Reimagining Established Institutions Chapter 3: Bringing in an Independent Voice Chapter 4: Deepening Democracy for the Long-Term Afterword: Democratic Design for Future Generations Further Reading Notes

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Book SynopsisPolitical science emerged as a response to the challenges of imperial administration and the demands of colonial rule. While not all political scientists were colonial cheerleaders, their thinking was nevertheless framed by colonial assumptions that influence the study of politics to this day. This book offers students a lens through which to decolonize the main themes and issues of political science - from human nature, rights, and citizenship, to development and global justice. Not content with revealing the colonial legacies that still inform the discipline, the book also introduces students to a wide range of intellectual resources from the (post)colonial world that will help them think through the same themes and issues more expansively. Decolonizing Politics is a much-needed critical guide for students of political science. It shifts the study of political science from the centers of power to its margins, where the majority of humanity lives. Ultimately, the book argues that those who occupy the margins are not powerless. Rather, marginal positions might afford a deeper understanding of politics than can be provided by mainstream approaches.​Trade Review"Decolonizing Politics is a necessary book as it peels back the Western assumptions about politics and political life. This is a vital text for all students of political studies."—Anthony Bogues, Brown University "This is the kind of book that unlocks doors in people's minds. Most of all, it brings new energy to the urgent quest, the world over, to challenge Western dominance of the social sciences and humanities."—Amy Niang, University of the Witwatersrand &"In Decolonizing Politics, Shilliam provides a brilliant, erudite but also accessible and enjoyable guide to how to de-center the production of our knowledge about politics. This is a 'must read' for all students of Political Science, Political Theory and International Relations."—Kimberly Hutchings, Queen Mary University of London "Written with spunk and verve, this book is the refreshing and exciting introduction that the discipline of political science has been waiting for! While revealing the imperial, racial, gendered, and class hierarchies that shaped the intellectual roots of the discipline’s core subfields and organizing concepts, the book introduces readers to anticolonial thinkers from the margins and borderlands, who offer compelling alternative routes to reimagining the human, the citizen, the path to development, and the causes of war and peace."—Catherine Lu, McGill University "This is a vital text for anyone committed to teaching Politics with honesty and rigour. Shilliam re-engages faithfully with canonical figures, such as Kant and Aristotle, confronting the constitutive dehumanising exclusions which have since been airbrushed from their theories, before introducing routes to repair by way of thinkers, such as Wynter and Anzaldúa, who imagine humanity without exclusions."—Lisa Tilley, Birkbeck, University of London "Political Science needs to be decolonized and Robbie Shilliam has done it. Crisp, clear and accessible, this book exceeds the ambition of a conventional textbook by developing and applying a decolonial method of reading across the discipline's subfields."—David L. Blaney, Macalester College "In Decolonizing Politics, Robbie Shilliam challenges Political Science to critically examine the colonial and racist logics at the foundations of the discipline. It may be an introductory text aimed at undergraduates, but I wish all mainstream political scientists dared to engage with its premise."—Times Higher Education "A valuable contribution to academic life."—Ethnic and Racial Studies "Decolonizing Politics critiques the colonial logics of four subfields of political science and reimagines each from its margins. Each chapter revolves around a theme that illuminates the history of imperiasl power and colonial rule in that part of the discipline."—International AffairsTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Political Theory 3. Political Behavior 4. Comparative Politics 5. International Relations 6. Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIt is time for philosophy to return to the city. In today’s crisis-ridden world of globalised capitalism, increasingly closed in on itself, it may seem harder than ever to think of ways out. Philosophy runs the risk of becoming the handmaiden of science and of a hollowed-out democracy. Donatella Di Cesare calls on philosophy instead to return to the political fray and to the city, the global pólis, from which it was banished after the death of Socrates. Suggesting a radical existentialism and a new anarchism, Di Cesare shows that Western philosophy has been characterised by a political vocation ever since its origins in ancient Greece, and argues that the separation of philosophy from its political roots robs it of its most valuable and enlightening potential. But critique and dissent are no longer enough. Mindful of a defeated exile and an inner emigration, philosophers should return to politics and forge an alliance with the poor and the downtrodden. This passionate defence of the political relevance of philosophy and its radical potential in our globalised world will be of great interest to students and scholars of philosophy and to a wide general readership.Trade Review'Di Cesare’s limpid meditations on the tormented relations between thought and power make a passionate case for philosophy as a liminal practice looking both ways across the limits of the political. Her figure of the philosopher as the foreigner, refugee and outsider attentive to the calls of the other and speaking in the name of an anarchic justice proposes no less than a renewal of the political vocation of philosophy for the twenty-first century.'Howard Caygill, Professor of Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University, LondonTable of Contents1. The saturated Immanence of the World 2. Heraclitus, wakefulness and the original communism 3. The narcosis of light: on the night of capital 4. The polis: a calling 5. Wonder – a troubled passion 6. Between heavens and abysses 7. Socrates’s atopia 8. A political death 9. Plato – when philosophy headed into exile within the city 10. Migrants of thought 11. ‘What is philosophy?’ 12. Radical questions 13. The out-of-place of metaphysics 14. Dissent and critique 15. The twentieth century: breaks and traumas 16. After Heidegger 17. Against negotiators and normative philosophers 18. Ancilla democratiae: a dejected return 19. The poetry of clarity 20. Potent prophesies of the leap: Marx and Kierkegaard 21. The ecstasy of existence 22. For an exophilia 23. The philosophy of awakening 24. Fallen angels and rag-pickers 25. Anarchist postscript Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe concept of intersectionality has become a central topic in academic and activist circles alike. But what exactly does it mean, and why has it emerged as such a vital lens through which to explore how social inequalities of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, ability, and ethnicity shape one another? In this fully revised and expanded second edition of their popular text, Patricia Hill Collins and Sirma Bilge provide a much-needed introduction to the field of intersectional knowledge and praxis. Analyzing the emergence, growth, and contours of the concept of intersectionality, the authors also consider its global reach through an array of new topics such as the rise of far-right populism, reproductive justice, climate change, and digital environments and cultures. Accessibly written and drawing on a plethora of lively examples to illustrate its arguments, the book highlights intersectionality’s potential for understanding complex architecture of social and economic inequalities and bringing about social justice-oriented change. Intersectionality will be an invaluable resource for anyone grappling with the main ideas, debates, and new directions in this field.Trade Review“The second edition of Intersectionality is a gift. Collins and Bilge have done it again, and somehow they’ve improved on the already stellar contributions of the first edition. At once incisive and accessible, this is a text for novice scholars looking for an entry point into intersectionality studies, as well as for more seasoned readers seeking a rich text with which to deepen engagement with this critical field. Intersectionality is a dynamic, interdisciplinary, and hotly contested terrain of scholar-activism, and Collins and Bilge are generous guides and teachers. Rather than merely tell, the second edition of Intersectionality expertly shows readers the key tenets of intersectional approaches and important applications of the concepts in a thoroughly global context. Perhaps most importantly, Collins and Bilge never let you forget that for all the hand-wringing over what intersectionality is, where it comes from, and what it can or cannot do, intersectionality is about social justice. This book is a remarkable contribution from two of the most vitally important and generous leaders of the field.”Patrick R. Grzanka, editor of Intersectionality: Foundations and Frontiers, 2nd edition “Patricia Hill Collins and Sirma Bilge provide a rich and nuanced framework for understanding the meanings of intersectionality and why it is so powerful for addressing issues of social justice in these times.”Barbara Smith, Co-founder Combahee River Collective “An illuminating and accessible entry into intersectionality, which acknowledges creative tensions between academic inquiry and political praxis. The authors’ careful and rigorous work symbolizes the best of what intersectionality has to offer a world that is desperate for new solutions and battle-scarred by quick fixes.” Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1 What Is Intersectionality? Chapter 2 Intersectionality as Critical Inquiry and Praxis Chapter 3 Getting the History of Intersectionality Straight? Chapter 4 Intersectionality’s Global Reach Chapter 5 Intersectionality, Social Protest and Neoliberalism Chapter 6 Intersectionality and Identity Chapter 7 Intersectionality and Critical Education Chapter 8 Intersectionality Revisited Endnotes References

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Book SynopsisWho are refugees? Who, if anyone, is responsible for protecting them? What forms should this protection take? In a world of people fleeing from civil wars, state failure, and environmental disasters, these are ethically and politically pressing questions. In this book, David Owen reveals how the contemporary politics of refuge is structured by two rival historical pictures of refugees. In reconstructing this history, he advocates an understanding of refugeehood that moves us beyond our current impasse by distinguishing between what is owed to refugees in general and what is owed to different types of refugee. He provides an account of refugee protection and the forms of international cooperation required to implement it that is responsive to the claims of both refugees and states. At a time when refugee protection is once again prominent on the international agenda, this book offers a guide to understanding the challenges this topic raises and shows why addressing it matters for all of us.Trade Review‘David Owen provides historical, conceptual, principled and practical perspectives on questions about refugees. His book is clear and accessible, but also subtle and sophisticated. It greatly advances our understanding of this important issue.’Joseph H. Carens, University of Toronto ‘A sparkling introduction to the central ethical issues raised by refugees from a respected philosopher. This work is a major contribution to our understanding of this great challenge of our time.’Matthew J. Gibney, University of OxfordTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Prologue: A Tale of Two Ships Introduction Picturing Refugees Who are Refugees? Responsibility for Refugees Predicaments of Protection Notes References

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Book SynopsisOver its long history, the concept of ideology has acquired a vast and at times incommensurable roster of meanings: positive and negative, analytic and critical, philosophical, psychological and scientific. But how precisely should we understand and study ideology today? What is its connection to key issues in social life and social research, such as capitalism and class, democracy and partisanship, nationality, sex and gender, race and ethnicity? In this book, Marius S. Ostrowski navigates a path through the complex maze of ideology’s rival interpretations, tracing the shifting fortunes of ideology analysis from its classical origins to its recent renaissance. The result is a concise interdisciplinary overview of how ideologies combine and arrange ideas and how they manifest in our psychology and behaviour. Drawing on a wide array of examples from across the world, the book outlines the historical preconditions that allowed modern ideologies to emerge and illuminates how we experience ideology’s influence in our day-to-day lives. Ideology will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars across the social sciences and anyone seeking to understand the way ideology shapes how we understand the world around us.Trade Review‘Marius Ostrowski’s account of ideology studies is a tour de force, incorporating approaches from the social sciences, history and psychology. His highly intelligent and knowledgeable book is both an indispensable introduction to the centrality of ideology in politics and an exciting stimulus to further research.’Michael Freeden, University of Oxford ‘This book is deeply impressive: it is well written, the argument flows extremely well, and a wide range of complex and difficult theories are treated with a light touch and communicated very clearly.’Mathew Humphrey, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction 2. The evolution of ideology theory 3. What is ideology? 4. Ideology and ideologies 5. The experience of ideology 6. The dimensions of ideology studies 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisOver its long history, the concept of ideology has acquired a vast and at times incommensurable roster of meanings: positive and negative, analytic and critical, philosophical, psychological and scientific. But how precisely should we understand and study ideology today? What is its connection to key issues in social life and social research, such as capitalism and class, democracy and partisanship, nationality, sex and gender, race and ethnicity? In this book, Marius S. Ostrowski navigates a path through the complex maze of ideology’s rival interpretations, tracing the shifting fortunes of ideology analysis from its classical origins to its recent renaissance. The result is a concise interdisciplinary overview of how ideologies combine and arrange ideas and how they manifest in our psychology and behaviour. Drawing on a wide array of examples from across the world, the book outlines the historical preconditions that allowed modern ideologies to emerge and illuminates how we experience ideology’s influence in our day-to-day lives. Ideology will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars across the social sciences and anyone seeking to understand the way ideology shapes how we understand the world around us.Trade Review‘Marius Ostrowski’s account of ideology studies is a tour de force, incorporating approaches from the social sciences, history and psychology. His highly intelligent and knowledgeable book is both an indispensable introduction to the centrality of ideology in politics and an exciting stimulus to further research.’Michael Freeden, University of Oxford ‘This book is deeply impressive: it is well written, the argument flows extremely well, and a wide range of complex and difficult theories are treated with a light touch and communicated very clearly.’Mathew Humphrey, University of NottinghamTable of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction 2. The evolution of ideology theory 3. What is ideology? 4. Ideology and ideologies 5. The experience of ideology 6. The dimensions of ideology studies 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of major terrorist attacks, calls for ever more draconian policies to prevent further outrages are common. Such responses raise the pressing question: is it possible to effectively fight terrorism while respecting democratic values of equality and trust? Examining recent examples of terrorist atrocities – from the murder of Muslims in New Zealand and Jews in Pittsburgh to the Charlie Hebdo attacks – Patti Tamara Lenard considers how democracies should tackle terrorism within the constraints imposed by democratic principles. For many, the tension between liberty and security necessarily means that the only way to protect security is to sacrifice liberty—but Lenard rejects this claim, and instead argues that security’s goal should be to keep all citizens equally secure in the face of terrorist threats. Critiquing existing policies, from exile to racial profiling, she outlines what ethical counter-terrorism policies should look like, arguing for strategies that respect equality and thereby maintain trust among diverse communities in democratic states. This erudite guide to how states might ethically fight terrorism will be essential reading for any student or scholar of public affairs, security, counter-terrorism, and democratic governance.Trade Review�Lenard offers a powerful account of how states should respond domestically to terrorism. Well researched, precisely written, extremely thoughtful, and compelling, this is an outstanding book.� James Pattison, University of Manchester �As well as making a highly original contribution to the theoretical debates on counterterrorism, this outstanding book guides the reader skilfully through the relevant literature and uses real-world examples to engagingly illustrate its main points. Recommended.� Isaac Taylor, The Alan Turing Institute �Reading Patti Lenard�s book is like sitting down with a wise and learned friend who carefully, calmly, yet succinctly, guides the reader in how to think fairly and rationally about one of the greatest challenges to liberal democratic states: who to respond to the phenomenon of domestic and international terrorism without corroding the fundamental values that those states claim as definitive. To travel so far and so deep in so few pages, and to do it with such clarity, is truly an achievement.� Audrey Macklin, University of TorontoTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 Security, rights and equality Chapter 2 Punishing terrorism in democratic states Chapter 3 Preventing terrorism Concluding remarks References

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Book SynopsisIn the wake of major terrorist attacks, calls for ever more draconian policies to prevent further outrages are common. Such responses raise the pressing question: is it possible to effectively fight terrorism while respecting democratic values of equality and trust? Examining recent examples of terrorist atrocities – from the murder of Muslims in New Zealand and Jews in Pittsburgh to the Charlie Hebdo attacks – Patti Tamara Lenard considers how democracies should tackle terrorism within the constraints imposed by democratic principles. For many, the tension between liberty and security necessarily means that the only way to protect security is to sacrifice liberty—but Lenard rejects this claim, and instead argues that security’s goal should be to keep all citizens equally secure in the face of terrorist threats. Critiquing existing policies, from exile to racial profiling, she outlines what ethical counter-terrorism policies should look like, arguing for strategies that respect equality and thereby maintain trust among diverse communities in democratic states. This erudite guide to how states might ethically fight terrorism will be essential reading for any student or scholar of public affairs, security, counter-terrorism, and democratic governance.Trade Review�Lenard offers a powerful account of how states should respond domestically to terrorism. Well researched, precisely written, extremely thoughtful, and compelling, this is an outstanding book.� James Pattison, University of Manchester �As well as making a highly original contribution to the theoretical debates on counterterrorism, this outstanding book guides the reader skilfully through the relevant literature and uses real-world examples to engagingly illustrate its main points. Recommended.� Isaac Taylor, The Alan Turing Institute �Reading Patti Lenard�s book is like sitting down with a wise and learned friend who carefully, calmly, yet succinctly, guides the reader in how to think fairly and rationally about one of the greatest challenges to liberal democratic states: who to respond to the phenomenon of domestic and international terrorism without corroding the fundamental values that those states claim as definitive. To travel so far and so deep in so few pages, and to do it with such clarity, is truly an achievement.� Audrey Macklin, University of TorontoTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1 Security, rights and equalityChapter 2 Punishing terrorism in democratic statesChapter 3 Preventing terrorismConcluding remarksReferences

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Book SynopsisWith irrepressible humor, Slavoj Žižek dissects our current political and social climate, discussing everything from Jordan Peterson and sex “unicorns” to Greta Thunberg and Chairman Mao. Taking aim at his enemies on the Left, Right, and Center, he argues that contemporary society can only be properly understood from a communist standpoint. Why communism? The greater the triumph of global capitalism, the more its dangerous antagonisms multiply: climate collapse, the digital manipulation of our lives, the explosion in refugee numbers – all need a radical solution. That solution is a Left that dares to speak its name, to get its hands dirty in the real world of contemporary politics, not to sling its insults from the sidelines or to fight a culture war that is merely a fig leaf covering its political and economic failures. As the crises caused by contemporary capitalism accumulate at an alarming rate, the Left finds itself in crisis too, beset with competing ideologies and prone to populism, racism, and conspiracy theories. A Left that Dares to Speak Its Name is Žižek’s attempt to elucidate the major political issues of the day from a truly radical Leftist position. The first three parts explore the global political situation and the final part focuses on contemporary Western culture, as Žižek directs his polemic to topics such as wellness, Wikileaks, and the rights of sexbots. This wide-ranging collection of essays provides the perfect insight into the ideas of one of the most influential radical thinkers of our time.Trade Review�The most dangerous philosopher in the West.� Adam Kirsch, New Republic �Žižek leaves no social or cultural phenomenon untheorized, and is master of the counterintuitive observation.� The New Yorker Table of ContentsIntroduction: From the Communist Standpoint The Global Mess 1 200 Years After: Is Marx Alive, Dead, or a Living Dead? 2 Why Secondary Contradictions Matter: A Maoist View 3 Nomadic // Proletarians 4 Should the Left’s Answer to Rightist Populism Really be a “Me Too”? 5 When Unfreedom Itself is Experienced as Freedom 6 Only Autistic Children Can Save Us! 7 They are Both Worse! 8 A Desperate Call for (T)Reason The West… 9 Democratic Socialism and Its Discontents 10 Is Donald Trump a Frog Embracing a Bottle of Beer? 11 Better Dead than Red! 12 “There is Disorder Under Heaven, the Situation is Excellent” 13 Soyons realistes, demandons l’impossible! 14 Catalonia and the End of Europe 15 Which Idea of Europe is Worth Defending? 16 The Right to Tell the Public Bad News …And The Rest 17 It’s the Same Struggle, Dummy! 18 The Real Anti-Semites and Their Zionist Friends 19 Yes, Racism is Alive and Well! 20 What is to be Done When Our Cupola is Leaking? 21 Is China Communist or Capitalist? 22 Venezuela and the Need for New Clichés 23 Welcome to the True New World Order! 24 A True Miracle in Bosnia Ideology 25 For Active Solidarity, Against Guilt and Self-Reproach 26 Sherbsky Institute, APA 27 Welcome to the Brave New World of Consenticorns! 28 Do Sexbots have Rights? 29 Nipples, Penis, Vulva…and Maybe Shit 30 Cuaron’s Roma: The Trap of Goodness 31 Happiness? No, Thanks! 32 Assange has Only us to Help Him! Appendix 33 Is Avital Ronell Really Toxic? 34 Jordan Peterson as a Symptom…of What? Notes

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Book SynopsisIt should not surprise anyone that democracies can become dangerously illiberal; indeed, it was one of the classical critiques of ancient democracies. Is the contemporary backlash against liberal democracy merely the same old story, or are we witnessing something unprecedented? In this witty and engaging book, Aviezer Tucker argues that the contemporary revival of authoritarian populism combines the historically familiar with new technologies to produce a highly unstable and contagious new synthesis that threatens basic liberal norms, from freedom of the press to independent judiciaries. He examines how the economic crisis blocked social mobility and thereby awakened the dark, dormant political passions exploited by demagogues such as Orban and Trump. He argues that this slide towards ‘neo-illiberal democracy’ can be countered if we hard-headedly restore a ‘liberalism without nostalgia’ which institutes policies that can dampen down populist passions and strengthen liberal institutional barriers against them. Readers interested in current affairs, social science, history, and political and social theory will find Aviezer Tucker’s original theoretical and historical analysis incisive, innovative, and entertaining.Trade Review“For all his many sins, Herbert Spencer was correct to say, ‘How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.’ Aviezer Tucker has set out to drain a great swamp of such misuse, first showing how lazy conceptual conflations have befuddled thinking about the political distempers of our time, and then, having set the language straight, deriving unimpeachable good sense from the result. Democracy Against Liberalism is a tour de force of clarity and justified optimism bound to be of great value to scholar and student, theoretician and practitioner, alike.” Adam Garfinkle, founding editor of The American Interest and former speech writer for Colin Powell “An easy read on a hard problem, Aviezer Tucker’s study benefits from being a latecomer in analyzing the erosions of the liberal premises of some democracies across the world. Careful, insightful, and literate, Tucker’s recommendation to attend to root causes without pining for a lost past is a godsend. Only a new vision of liberalism can save it.” Samuel Moyn, Yale University “Aviezer Tucker’s extensive knowledge of philosophical debates makes Democracy Against Liberalism a compelling read. His prose brings to life even the most analytically difficult elements of this topic, and expertly brings high philosophy down to matters of concrete policy relevance”Richard Youngs, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe"Tucker is able to synthesize the myriad apparently unrelated events in many nations, and give it some coherence as a way of understanding larger trends."The Independent Review"Amid a flood of books that seek to explain the rise of populist and authoritarian challenges to liberal democracy, Tucker usefully reminds the reader that liberalism and democracy can exist quite independent of each other."Foreign Affairs"It helps to know things, and Tucker clearly knows a lot about a lot of things. Democracy Against Liberalism . . . has much to teach."American Purpose“Tucker’s theoretical framework is flexible, robust, and provides a clear typology through which neo-illiberal democratic regimes can be examined in international politics.”Andrew Telford, Eurasian Geography and Economics

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Book SynopsisOn 6 April 1967, at the invitation of the Socialist Students of Austria at the University of Vienna, Theodor W. Adorno gave a lecture which is not merely of historical interest. Against the background of the rise of the National Democratic Party of Germany, which had enjoyed remarkable electoral success in the first two years after its formation in November 1964, Adorno analysed the goals, resources and tactics of the new right-wing nationalism of this time. Contrasting it with the ‘old’ fascism of the Nazis, Adorno gave particular attention to the ways in which far-right movements elicited enthusiastic support in sections of the West German population, 20 years after the war had ended. Much has changed since then, but some elements have remained the same or resurfaced in new forms, 50 years later. Adorno’s penetrating analysis of the sources of right-wing radicalism is as relevant today as it was five decades ago. It is a prescient message to future generations who find themselves embroiled once again in a struggle against a resurgent nationalism and right-wing extremism.Trade Review"When Adorno speaks to us from beyond the grave on right-wing extremism, we should all listen." Cas Mudde, University of Georgia "Fifty years on, Theodor Adorno’s warnings of populist demagoguery remain all too relevant"Financial Times"Delivered as a lecture to a meeting of the Socialist Students of Austria, Aspects of the New Right-Wing Extremism provides one of the clearer views on the subject by the composer of notoriously recondite texts."TheBattleground.eu"[Adorno’s] 1967 lecture on the new right-wing extremism deftly encapsulates his general view that fascism was never really defeated but resides in the everyday facets of both social structure and personal conduct and must always be combated anew."The NationTable of ContentsAspects of the New Right-Wing ExtremismPublisher’s NoteAfterword by Volker WeissAbout the Authors Notes

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Book SynopsisIn Post-Democracy (Polity, 2004) Colin Crouch argued that behind the façade of strong institutions, democracy in many advanced societies was being hollowed out, its big events becoming empty rituals as power passed increasingly to circles of wealthy business elites and an ever-more isolated political class.Crouch’s provocative argument has in many ways been vindicated by recent events, but these have also highlighted some weaknesses of the original thesis and shown that the situation today is even worse. The global financial deregulation that was the jewel in the crown of wealthy elite lobbying brought us the financial crisis and helped stimulate xenophobic movements which no longer accept the priority of institutions that safeguard democracy, like the rule of law. The rise of social media has enabled a handful of very rich individuals and institutions to target vast numbers of messages at citizens, giving a false impression of debate that is really stage-managed from a small number of concealed sources. Crouch evaluates the implications of these and other developments for his original thesis, arguing that while much of his thesis remains sound, he had under-estimated the value of institutions which are vital to the support of a democratic order. He also confronts the challenge of populists who seem to echo the complaints of Post-Democracy but whose pessimistic nostalgia brings an anti-democratic brew of hatred, exclusion and violence.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of abbreviations used in the text Preface 1. What is post-democracy? 2. Inequality and corruption 3. The financial crisis 4. The eurocrisis 5. Politicized pessimistic nostalgia: a cure worse than the disease 6. The fate of 20th century political identities 7. Beyond post-democracy? References

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Book SynopsisTribalization is a global megatrend in today’s world. The election of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote, populist movements like Catalan separatism – together with democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe – are all examples of tribalization. Fuelled by anti-globalism and identity politics, tribalization is drawing up the drawbridge to the world. It is putting cultural differences before dialogue, collaboration and universal liberal values. But tribalism is a dangerous road to go down. With it, argues Marlene Wind, we have put democracy itself in danger. Tribalism is not just about being pro-nation, anti-EU and anti-global. It is in many instances a bigger and more fundamental movement that casts aside the liberal democratic principles we once held in common. At a time when former defenders of liberal values are increasingly silent or have even joined the growing chorus of tribalists, this book is a wakeup call. Drawing on a wide range of examples from the UK and the US to Spain, Hungary and Poland, Wind highlights the dangers of identity politics and calls on people to stand up for democracy and the rule of law.Trade Review‘The Tribalization of Europe is a hard-headed analysis of the turn towards narrow populist nationalism, as well as an impassioned defence of the liberal values needed to sustain a democratic political future.’Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University‘Marlene Wind has written an eloquent, magisterial and compelling warning: the degradation of democracy to extreme majoritarianism and adherence to the tribe (even if a tribe of citizens) fundamentally questions our common democratic values.’Carlos Closa, European University InstituteTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Imagined Communities and Identity Politicsv Tribal thinking and dreams of detachment Why Brexit is Just Another Kind of Tribalism The Tribal Shift in Central and Eastern Europe Who Cares About Democracy? Who Are the People? Democracy Without Limits? Are Illiberal Democracies Democracies? Why Liberals Are Increasingly on the Defensive, but Shouldn’t Be

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Book SynopsisTribalization is a global megatrend in today’s world. The election of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote, populist movements like Catalan separatism – together with democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe – are all examples of tribalization. Fuelled by anti-globalism and identity politics, tribalization is drawing up the drawbridge to the world. It is putting cultural differences before dialogue, collaboration and universal liberal values. But tribalism is a dangerous road to go down. With it, argues Marlene Wind, we have put democracy itself in danger. Tribalism is not just about being pro-nation, anti-EU and anti-global. It is in many instances a bigger and more fundamental movement that casts aside the liberal democratic principles we once held in common. At a time when former defenders of liberal values are increasingly silent or have even joined the growing chorus of tribalists, this book is a wakeup call. Drawing on a wide range of examples from the UK and the US to Spain, Hungary and Poland, Wind highlights the dangers of identity politics and calls on people to stand up for democracy and the rule of law.Trade Review‘The Tribalization of Europe is a hard-headed analysis of the turn towards narrow populist nationalism, as well as an impassioned defence of the liberal values needed to sustain a democratic political future.’Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University‘Marlene Wind has written an eloquent, magisterial and compelling warning: the degradation of democracy to extreme majoritarianism and adherence to the tribe (even if a tribe of citizens) fundamentally questions our common democratic values.’ Carlos Closa, European University InstituteTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionImagined Communities and Identity Politicsv Tribal thinking and dreams of detachmentWhy Brexit is Just Another Kind of TribalismThe Tribal Shift in Central and Eastern EuropeWho Cares About Democracy?Who Are the People?Democracy Without Limits?Are Illiberal Democracies Democracies?Why Liberals Are Increasingly on the Defensive, but Shouldn’t Be

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Book SynopsisThe idea of socialism is making a comeback, particularly among rising generations. Their interest is likely to prove transitory, however, if socialism ignores their yearning for individual autonomy. Why should “soloists” embrace socialism? In this highly original new book, William Edmundson argues that there are compelling reasons for even the most resolute of individualists to embrace socialism. Political equality is incompatible with private ownership of the means of production – which today incorporates not only the highway system, the currency, and the power grid but also platforms like Amazon, Facebook, and Google. Socialism is therefore essential to protect the basic liberal rights and freedoms that underpin our social contract. This pathbreaking defence of liberal democratic socialism will be essential reading not only for all on the left, but also for students and scholars of liberalism, libertarianism, and the social contract.Trade Review“This accessible introduction to the philosophy and practicality of market socialism is a must-read for anyone interested in building a more just and more free society.”Matt Bruenig, People’s Policy Project “In this splendid new book, William Edmundson develops the social contract tradition to show how only a socialist society enables individuals to flourish. He makes such a clear and compelling case for socialism that no liberal who is truly committed to individual freedom, equality, and reciprocity can possibly resist.”Lea Ypi, London School of EconomicsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction. What Is This Thing Called “Socialism”? Part One: Getting to Principles of Justice Chapter 1. The Social Contract Chapter 2. Why Economic Inequality? Chapter 3. How Much Economic Inequality? Chapter 4. How Much Political Equality? Summary of Part One Part Two: Getting Justice Done Chapter 5. Why Worry about “the Means of Production”? Chapter 6. Getting Real about Political Equality Chapter 7. The Productivity Club Chapter 8. Managing Public Assets Conclusion. Summarizing the Soloist Case for Socialism Afterword

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Book SynopsisMarranos were Spanish or Portuguese Jews who converted to Christianity at the time of the Spanish Inquisition to avoid being massacred or forced to flee but who continued to practise Judaism in secret. They were persecuted by the first racist blood laws but the water of forced baptism was not enough to make them assimilate. Donatella Di Cesare sees the marranos as the quintessential figures of the modern condition: the marranos were not just those whom modernity cast out as the ‘other’, but were those ‘others’ who were forced to disavow their beliefs and conceal themselves. They became ‘the other of the other’, doubly excluded, condemned to a life of existential duplicity with no way out, spurned by both Catholics and Jews and unable to belong fully to either community. But this double life of the marranos turned out to be a secret source of strength. Doubly estranged, with no possibility of redemption, the marranos became modernity’s first true radicals. Dissidents out of necessity, they inaugurated modernity with their ambivalence and their split self. And their story is not over. By treating the history of the marranos as a prism through which to grasp the defining features of modernity, this highly original book will be of interest to a wide readership.Trade Review"This short and powerful book by Di Cesare not only tells the history and legacy of the Marranos – the crypto-Jews of Spain and Portugal – but, far more importantly, traces the disquieting, undisclosed implications of a phenomenon that few have yet to grasp: the rise of modern identity defined as a twinned concept where there is no false self but no true self either." André Aciman, author of Out of Egypt and Call Me By Your Name"An engrossing and enlightening account of the prelude, enactment, and consequences of the Spanish Inquisition focusing on Jewish victims."Jewish TribuneTable of ContentsThe Last Jews: to Begin Anarchiveable Romantic heroes or Cowardly Renegades? Esther, and another Sovereignty Convert and Flee! When it All Began Between Silence and Nostalgia ‘New Christians’? The Other of the Other An Existential Duplicity The Discovery of the Self Water and Blood. From Toledo to Nuremberg The Great Purge Flight and Withdrawal The Theology of the Marranos Teresa d’Ávila and the Interior Castle ‘Válete por ti!’ An Insult and its Fantastic History The Planetary Aarchipelago and the Anarchic Nation The ‘New Jews’, between Livorno and Amsterdam Messianic Sparks Spinoza, Democracy, the Freedom of the Secret The Political Laboratory of Modernity Marranism in the Third Reich The Counter-History of the Defeated and the Revenge of the Marranos ‘The Marrano is a Spectre I love’ The Secret of Remembrance – the Recollection of the Secret To find out more

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Book SynopsisMarranos were Spanish or Portuguese Jews who converted to Christianity at the time of the Spanish Inquisition to avoid being massacred or forced to flee but who continued to practise Judaism in secret. They were persecuted by the first racist blood laws but the water of forced baptism was not enough to make them assimilate. Donatella Di Cesare sees the marranos as the quintessential figures of the modern condition: the marranos were not just those whom modernity cast out as the ‘other’, but were those ‘others’ who were forced to disavow their beliefs and conceal themselves. They became ‘the other of the other’, doubly excluded, condemned to a life of existential duplicity with no way out, spurned by both Catholics and Jews and unable to belong fully to either community. But this double life of the marranos turned out to be a secret source of strength. Doubly estranged, with no possibility of redemption, the marranos became modernity’s first true radicals. Dissidents out of necessity, they inaugurated modernity with their ambivalence and their split self. And their story is not over. By treating the history of the marranos as a prism through which to grasp the defining features of modernity, this highly original book will be of interest to a wide readership.Trade Review"This short and powerful book by Di Cesare not only tells the history and legacy of the Marranos – the crypto-Jews of Spain and Portugal – but, far more importantly, traces the disquieting, undisclosed implications of a phenomenon that few have yet to grasp: the rise of modern identity defined as a twinned concept where there is no false self but no true self either."André Aciman, author of Out of Egypt and Call Me By Your Name"An engrossing and enlightening account of the prelude, enactment, and consequences of the Spanish Inquisition focusing on Jewish victims."Jewish TribuneTable of ContentsThe Last Jews: to Begin Anarchiveable Romantic heroes or Cowardly Renegades? Esther, and another Sovereignty Convert and Flee! When it All Began Between Silence and Nostalgia ‘New Christians’? The Other of the Other An Existential Duplicity The Discovery of the Self Water and Blood. From Toledo to Nuremberg The Great Purge Flight and Withdrawal The Theology of the Marranos Teresa d’Ávila and the Interior Castle ‘Válete por ti!’ An Insult and its Fantastic History The Planetary Aarchipelago and the Anarchic Nation The ‘New Jews’, between Livorno and Amsterdam Messianic Sparks Spinoza, Democracy, the Freedom of the Secret The Political Laboratory of Modernity Marranism in the Third Reich The Counter-History of the Defeated and the Revenge of the Marranos ‘The Marrano is a Spectre I love’ The Secret of Remembrance – the Recollection of the Secret To find out more

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Book SynopsisThis important intervention interrogates keystone features of the dominant European theoretical landscape in the field of populism studies, advancing existing debates and introducing new avenues of thought, in conjunction with insights from the contemporary Latin American political experience and perspectives. In each essay – the title a nod to the influential socialist thinker José Carlos Mariátegui, from whom the authors draw inspiration – leading Argentine scholars Paula Biglieri and Luciana Cadahia pair key dimensions of populism with diverse themes such as modern-day feminism, militancy, and neoliberalism, in order to stimulate discussion surrounding the constitutive nature, goals, and potential of populist social movements. Biglieri and Cadahia are unafraid to court provocation in their frank assessment of populism as a force which could bring about essential emancipatory social change to confront emerging right-wing trends in policy and leadership. At the same time, this fresh interpretation of a much-maligned political articulation is balanced by their denunciation of right-aligned populisms and their failure to bring to bear a sustainable alternative to contemporary neo-authoritarian forms of neoliberalism. In their place, they articulate a populism which offers a viable means of mobilizing a response to hegemonic forms of neoliberal discourse and government.Trade Review“Debates on populism are currently facing a huge challenge: to move beyond obsolete euro-centric and post-democratic myths and stereotypes. Biglieri and Cadahia demonstrate that a strong comparative angle can greatly assist in this effort and that the Latin American experience is crucial for a much-needed reorientation towards a truly reflexive discussion of populism. Yet, this book cannot be reduced to one more micro-scale social-scientific analysis from a “local” perspective. This is rigorous theoretical reflection & committed democratic argumentation at its best!”Yannis Stavrakakis, Aristotle University of ThessalonikiTable of ContentsForeword — Wendy Brown Introduction Essay 1. The Secret of Populism The returns of populism Modernization, class struggle, and the constitutive dimension of the political Populism as ontology of the political Essay 2. Neither Left nor Right: Populism without Apology Populism, left and right? Is all populism right-wing? Just populism Populism without apology Essay 3. Against Neoliberal Fascism: From Sacrificial Identity to Egalitarian Singularity Is populism a form of neoliberalism? The prejudices of the anti-communist liberal left Autonomism: opium of the people Populism as transitional object? Populism: antithesis of neoliberalism Essay 4. Profaning the Public: The Plebeian Dimension of Republican Populism Is populism anti-institutionalist? Ruptural institutionality Plebeian republicanism Republican populism? Essay 5. Toward an Internationalist Populism The beautiful souls of pure causes The people and its leader Toward an internationalist populism Essay 6. The Absent Cause of Populist Militancy Post-foundationalism and the absence of guarantees Neither the cemetery nor the madhouse The three militant questions Essay 7. We Populists are Feminists Let’s imagine the future Feminism without identitarian closure Populist feminism (or the antagonism of care) Feminist populism (or the homeland is the other) Bibliography Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis important intervention interrogates keystone features of the dominant European theoretical landscape in the field of populism studies, advancing existing debates and introducing new avenues of thought, in conjunction with insights from the contemporary Latin American political experience and perspectives. In each essay – the title a nod to the influential socialist thinker José Carlos Mariátegui, from whom the authors draw inspiration – leading Argentine scholars Paula Biglieri and Luciana Cadahia pair key dimensions of populism with diverse themes such as modern-day feminism, militancy, and neoliberalism, in order to stimulate discussion surrounding the constitutive nature, goals, and potential of populist social movements. Biglieri and Cadahia are unafraid to court provocation in their frank assessment of populism as a force which could bring about essential emancipatory social change to confront emerging right-wing trends in policy and leadership. At the same time, this fresh interpretation of a much-maligned political articulation is balanced by their denunciation of right-aligned populisms and their failure to bring to bear a sustainable alternative to contemporary neo-authoritarian forms of neoliberalism. In their place, they articulate a populism which offers a viable means of mobilizing a response to hegemonic forms of neoliberal discourse and government.Trade Review“Debates on populism are currently facing a huge challenge: to move beyond obsolete euro-centric and post-democratic myths and stereotypes. Biglieri and Cadahia demonstrate that a strong comparative angle can greatly assist in this effort and that the Latin American experience is crucial for a much-needed reorientation towards a truly reflexive discussion of populism. Yet, this book cannot be reduced to one more micro-scale social-scientific analysis from a “local” perspective. This is rigorous theoretical reflection & committed democratic argumentation at its best!”Yannis Stavrakakis, Aristotle University of ThessalonikiTable of ContentsForeword — Wendy BrownIntroductionEssay 1. The Secret of PopulismThe returns of populismModernization, class struggle, and the constitutive dimension of the politicalPopulism as ontology of the politicalEssay 2. Neither Left nor Right: Populism without ApologyPopulism, left and right? Is all populism right-wing?Just populismPopulism without apologyEssay 3. Against Neoliberal Fascism: From Sacrificial Identity to Egalitarian SingularityIs populism a form of neoliberalism?The prejudices of the anti-communist liberal leftAutonomism: opium of the peoplePopulism as transitional object?Populism: antithesis of neoliberalismEssay 4. Profaning the Public: The Plebeian Dimension of Republican Populism Is populism anti-institutionalist?Ruptural institutionalityPlebeian republicanismRepublican populism?Essay 5. Toward an Internationalist Populism The beautiful souls of pure causesThe people and its leaderToward an internationalist populismEssay 6. The Absent Cause of Populist Militancy Post-foundationalism and the absence of guaranteesNeither the cemetery nor the madhouseThe three militant questionsEssay 7. We Populists are FeministsLet’s imagine the futureFeminism without identitarian closurePopulist feminism (or the antagonism of care)Feminist populism (or the homeland is the other)BibliographyNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisLiberal left orthodoxy holds that Brexit is a disastrous coup, orchestrated by the hard right and fuelled by xenophobia, which will break up the Union and turn what’s left of Britain into a neoliberal dystopia. Richard Tuck’s ongoing commentary on the Brexit crisis demolishes this narrative. He argues that by opposing Brexit and throwing its lot in with a liberal constitutional order tailor-made for the interests of global capitalists, the Left has made a major error. It has tied itself into a framework designed to frustrate its own radical policies. Brexit therefore actually represents a golden opportunity for socialists to implement the kind of economic agenda they have long since advocated. Sadly, however, many of them have lost faith in the kind of popular revolution that the majoritarian British constitution is peculiarly well-placed to deliver and have succumbed instead to defeatism and the cultural politics of virtue-signalling. Another approach is, however, still possible. Combining brilliant contemporary political insights with a profound grasp of the ironies of modern history, this book is essential for anyone who wants a clear-sighted assessment of the momentous underlying issues brought to the surface by Brexit.Trade Review“A defense of Brexit from the political left has been sorely missing from British public debate. Richard Tuck has finally filled the vacuum.”—Chris Bickerton, Cambridge University“Richard Tuck’s book is the most powerful statement of the socialist case for leaving the EU I know, as well as being a brilliant piece of historical analysis. Highly recommended."—Maurice GlasmanTable of ContentsPreface 16 April 2016 22 April 2016 16 May 2016 The Left Case for Brexit 9 June 2016 Brexit: A Prize in Reach for the Left 16 August 2017 6 November 2017 17 February 2018 28 February 2018 9 March 2018 11 April 2018 Why is Everyone So Hysterical About Brexit? 17 May 2018 How to Break up the Union 1 August 2018 The Surprising Benefits to Ireland of a No-Deal Brexit 16 January 2019 Deal or No Deal 23 January 2019 24 February 2019 Modest Proposals 3 June 2019 5 July 2019 Notes

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Book SynopsisLaw is the most sacred fetish of our time. From radicals to conservatives, there is no militant, activist or thinker who would consider doing without it. But the history of our fascination with law is long and complex, and reaches deeper into our culture than we might think. In After Law, Laurent de Sutter takes us on a journey to uncover the sources of our fascination. He shows that at a certain moment in our history a choice was made to treat law as a decisive feature of civilization, but this choice was neither obvious nor necessary. Other political, social, religious or cultural possibilities could have been chosen instead – from ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia, from medieval Japan to China, from Islam to Judaism, other cultures have devised sophisticated tools to help people live together without having to deal with norms, rules and principles. This is a lesson worth reflecting on, especially at a time when the rule of law and the functioning of justice are increasingly showing their sinister side – and their impotence. Is there life beyond law?Trade Review‘There is little in need of more urgent scrutiny than the sclerotic legal systems of Western law. Tersely, rudely, brilliantly, After Law dares to imagine what has not yet been conceived, a post-juridical era of collapsing, chaotic, sensuous, transhuman, ethical community.’Peter Goodrich, Professor of Law, Cardozo School of Law, New York ‘Laurent de Sutter’s amazingly erudite tour of the major legal traditions explores the concepts, institutions and strategies of the world’s nomophilia – the age-old love of law. After Law is necessary reading for every lawyer, academic and researcher looking for links, comparisons and contrasts in the legal foundations of the world and the indispensable companion for every course in jurisprudence, legal history and comparative law.’Costas Douzinas, Professor of Law, Birkbeck, University of London

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Book SynopsisThe question of migration has come to dominate the news agenda in many countries, but what does the word ‘migrant’ really mean today and how should we respond to those who are labelled ‘migrants’? In this short book Alain Badiou argues that our way of thinking about migration should be governed both by an ethical duty to welcome the migrant in the name of hospitality and also by the urgent need to put an end to the global capitalist oligarchy that has produced the migrant as a figure of contemporary crisis. For the ‘migrant,’ argues Badiou, is in fact a nomadic proletarian. Today, our homeland is the world, and any meaningful politics must include those who come to us and who represent the universal nomadic proletariat. Writing with the rigor, clarity, and polemical flair that have made him one of the world’s most influential philosophers, and drawing on a rich body of material including contemporary poetry and the words of an anonymous migrant, Badiou develops a powerful riposte to those who have stoked the fear of migrants and exploited the migration question for political ends.

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Book SynopsisChristianity is often assumed to be pro-capitalist and socially conservative – in short, necessarily aligned with the political Right. But can this be straightforwardly true of a religion founded by a figure who drew his early followers from among the poor and downtrodden and spoke against the accumulation of earthly riches? In this book, Anthony A.J. Williams shows that this assumption is far from correct by giving an introductory overview of a tradition of socialist and radical Christianity that can be traced back to the communal ownership described in the Acts of the Apostles. Focusing on modern Christian Left movements, from Christian Socialism and the social gospel to liberation theology and red-letter Christianity, Williams examines the major challenges faced by the Christian Left today, both from within Christianity itself and from the secular Left. Does the Bible and Christian theology really support collectivism and universal equality? Can Christian radicalism remain viable in an age of identity politics? This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between religion and politics.Trade Review‘This is a wonderfully comprehensive introduction to the very diverse landscape of Christian political radicalism over the last hundred and fifty years. Its global scope is especially valuable, as is its clear analysis of the tensions between much of the contemporary political Left, with its strong involvement in identity politics, and the traditions of Christian socialism, which is more preoccupied with solidarity. A candid, well-researched and timely study.’Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury ‘A fine, readable, well-resourced and wide-ranging introduction to the spectrum of radical and socialist Christian thought.’Revd Canon Dr Jeremy Morris, former Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge“A valuable resource […] readable, passionate, and accessible.” Church TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Spirit of Brotherhood: Foundations of British Christian Socialism 2 Identity Crisis: Christian Socialism in Post-War Britain 3 A Hostile Environment: Religious Socialism in Europe 4 What Would Jesus Do? Social Gospel and Socialism in the United States 5 Moral Minority: The Christian Left in the Age of the Christian Right 6 Preferential Option for the Poor: Liberation Theology in Latin America 7 Liberty to the Captives: Liberation Theology Across the World 8 Where Next for the Christian Left? Notes

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Book SynopsisChristianity is often assumed to be pro-capitalist and socially conservative – in short, necessarily aligned with the political Right. But can this be straightforwardly true of a religion founded by a figure who drew his early followers from among the poor and downtrodden and spoke against the accumulation of earthly riches? In this book, Anthony A.J. Williams shows that this assumption is far from correct by giving an introductory overview of a tradition of socialist and radical Christianity that can be traced back to the communal ownership described in the Acts of the Apostles. Focusing on modern Christian Left movements, from Christian Socialism and the social gospel to liberation theology and red-letter Christianity, Williams examines the major challenges faced by the Christian Left today, both from within Christianity itself and from the secular Left. Does the Bible and Christian theology really support collectivism and universal equality? Can Christian radicalism remain viable in an age of identity politics? This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between religion and politics.Trade Review‘This is a wonderfully comprehensive introduction to the very diverse landscape of Christian political radicalism over the last hundred and fifty years. Its global scope is especially valuable, as is its clear analysis of the tensions between much of the contemporary political Left, with its strong involvement in identity politics, and the traditions of Christian socialism, which is more preoccupied with solidarity. A candid, well-researched and timely study.’Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury ‘A fine, readable, well-resourced and wide-ranging introduction to the spectrum of radical and socialist Christian thought.’Revd Canon Dr Jeremy Morris, former Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge“A valuable resource […] readable, passionate, and accessible.” Church TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 The Spirit of Brotherhood: Foundations of British Christian Socialism 2 Identity Crisis: Christian Socialism in Post-War Britain 3 A Hostile Environment: Religious Socialism in Europe 4 What Would Jesus Do? Social Gospel and Socialism in the United States 5 Moral Minority: The Christian Left in the Age of the Christian Right 6 Preferential Option for the Poor: Liberation Theology in Latin America 7 Liberty to the Captives: Liberation Theology Across the World 8 Where Next for the Christian Left?Notes

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Book SynopsisFor decades, a secret army of tax attorneys, accountants and wealth managers has been developing into the shadowy Wealth Defence Industry. These ‘agents of inequality’ are paid millions to hide trillions for the richest 0.01%. In this book, inequality expert Chuck Collins, who himself inherited a fortune, interviews the leading players and gives a unique insider account of how this industry is doing everything it can to create and entrench hereditary dynasties of wealth and power. He exposes the inner workings of these “agents of inequality”, showing how they deploy anonymous shell companies, family offices, offshore accounts, opaque trusts, and sham transactions to ensure the world’s richest pay next to no tax. He ends by outlining a robust set of policies that democratic nations can implement to shut down the Wealth Defence Industry for good. This shocking exposé of the insidious machinery of inequality is essential reading for anyone wanting the inside story of our age of plutocratic plunder and stashed cash.Trade Review“It is no great surprise anymore that we are facing the greatest crisis in income and wealth inequality that we have seen since the 1920s. What is shocking is the sprawling system of corruption that the ultra-rich have designed in order to hoard their unimaginable wealth at the expense of everyone else. Chuck's book reveals not only the inner workings of this elaborate scheme to hide more than $20 trillion in wealth, it offers us a blueprint for reversing this obscene inequality so we can take back our democracy and ensure that our government works for everybody—not just the billionaire class and wealthy campaign contributors.”Senator Bernie Sanders “This book, a primer to the secrets of the money river, is an essential reformers’ handbook for navigating these dangerous times now facing us – and future generations.”Nicholas Shaxson, author, The Finance Curse and Treasure Islands "Skillfully blends personal narrative with social scientific research to create unique insights into a world of privilege that is ordinarily out of sight and out of mind for the rest of us."Brooke Harrington, Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College. Author, Capital without Borders: Wealth Managers and the One Percent “The Wealth Hoarders reveals that a whole parallel world exists in which the rich and powerful enjoy the freedom to avoid not just taxes but all kinds of laws they find inconvenient. Accepting the existence this parallel world means putting democracy at risk.”Frederik Obermaier, author of The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money “This vital and expertly written book reveals the epic scale of theft occurring legally and in plain sight. Theft that destroys public services, removes access to housing and for which the poorest pay the highest price. The authors reveal how the fountain of wealth gushes ever upwards, we are all paying the price, some of us with our lives, as the wealth defence industry siphons off trillions. Chuck Collins is tireless in his determination to uncover the vicissitudes of the extremely wealthy. If you aren't already angry about inequality, then read this book. If you aren't angry enough to take action by the end of it, then you either work in the WDI or you are one of the 0.1 per cent.”Dr. Wanda Wyporska, Executive Director, The Equality Trust, UK “Chuck Collins shines a light on the powerful and pervasive “Wealth Defense Industry,” showcasing what it is and how it is entrenched in the ‘ecosystems’ that perpetuate the growing and harmful inequality of our time, and that the COVID19 pandemic has further unveiled. Collins brings his exceptional research, insights and experience to this informative piece that not only underscores the urgency for real systemic reform to reverse what can be an avoidable race-to-the-bottom, but helps unpack key leverage points for real change.”Abby Maxman, President and CEO Oxfam America “Chuck Collins reveals how the superrich are different than the rest of us. While government takes out taxes before we get paid, the wealthiest avoid taxes with trusts, evade taxes with help from tax haven governments and escape the IRS because Congress hobbles tax law enforcement. Collins, who rejected the privilege of his birth, explains in plain English how wealth hoarding works and shows how we can stop this costly corruption.”David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of Perfectly Legal and Free Lunch “Once again, Chuck Collins proves that building a better world is well within our reach. There is more than enough money to fund the societal transformation needed for equity, well-being, and a safe climate. It’s just hiding in the wrong places. With The Wealth Hoarders, we now know where to look.”May Boeve, Executive Director, 350.org “Collins gives us a rare insider’s view of the hidden wealth of the 0.1% and how the Wealth Defense Industry maintains inequality. This helps explain how concentrated wealth results in mass asset poverty and the path to building an economy that builds wealth for all, not just the wealthy.”Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Neighborhood Reinvestment Coalition of America “Chuck Collins’ Wealth Hoarders provides an invaluable perspective on the Architecture of Inequality. Through personal insights and thoughtful research he documents the extraordinary sums of hidden money in financial secrecy jurisdictions. Most importantly, he sets forth a realistic blueprint for essential reforms that can inform our strategies and actions as we work towards real economic justice and security.”Conrad Martin, Executive Director, Fund for Constitutional Government. “We won’t be able to effectively tax billionaires if they are hiding trillions in dynasty trusts. This useful book explains how to shut down the hidden wealth system in order to build a fairer tax system."Frank Clemente, executive director, Americans for Tax Fairness “Join inequality expert Chuck Collins in his riveting investigation of the secret world of the “Wealth Hoarders,” who are paid by the world’s richest people to protect private wealth. For years, I have used Collins’ books to teach my students about the hidden world of untouchable wealth, because nobody else writes so electrically and entertainingly about global plutocracy. In this book, Collins tracks down trillions of dollars that can be used to replenish our “common wealth” and solve our greatest justice crises.”Charles Derber, Professor of Sociology, Boston College, author of Moving Beyond Fear and Glorious Causes. “We can’t have a fair tax system while millionaires and billionaires are hiding trillions of wealth in the shadows. This book is essential to fixing our broken tax system.”Erica Payne, cofounder and president, Patriotic Millionaires and author of Tax the Rich“Everyone should read The Wealth Hoarders to understand the secret world of the super-rich. Chuck’s painfully beautiful description of the Wealth Defense Industry lifts the veil to this intricate, maniacal ecosystem set in motion centuries ago and provides critical truths to help us all decolonize wealth.”Edgar Villanueva, author, Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance“Collins […] writes with humor, urgency, and a heart for justice.” Christian CenturyTable of ContentsTable of contents:Acknowledgements Foreword: Nicholas Shaxson Prelude 1983: Discovering the Money River Prelude 2004: The Blue Hippo Swindle Prelude 2020: The Theft of Angola Introduction Chapter 1: The High Cost of Hidden Wealth Chapter 2: Who Are the Wealth Defenders? Chapter 3: Tools in the Wealth Hiding Toolbox Chapter 4: All in the Family Office Chapter 5: The Wealth Hiding in Your Neighborhood Chapter 6: Directly Engaging the Wealth Defense Industry Chapter 7: Solutions to Wealth Hiding Conclusion: A Time for Bold Action Epilogue: Grads, Don’t Work for the Billionaire Wealth Defense Industry Reading and Resource List Notes

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Book SynopsisNew technologies are changing how we protect our citizens and wage our wars. Among militaries, everything taken for granted about the ability to maneuver and fight is now undermined by vulnerability to “weapons of mass disruption”: cutting-edge computer worms, viruses, and invasive robot networks. At home, billions of household appliances and other “smart” items that form the Internet of Things risk being taken over, then added to the ranks of massive, malicious “zombie” armies. The age of Bitskrieg is here, bringing vexing threats that range from the business sector to the battlefield. In this new book, world-renowned cybersecurity expert John Arquilla looks unflinchingly at the challenges posed by cyberwarfare – which he argues have been neither met nor mastered. He offers fresh solutions for protecting against enemies that are often anonymous, unpredictable, and capable of projecting force and influence vastly disproportionate to their size, strength, or wealth. The changes called for require radical rethinking of military and security affairs, diplomacy, and even the routines of our daily lives.Trade Review“A masterful treatise on a dauntingly complex subject, Bitskrieg is also a lively, engaging read that makes this frightening new concept something each of us can understand. Brilliant and intensely relevant.”Stan McChrystal, General, US Army (retired), Founder & CEO of McChrystal Group “Written by a true visionary in national security and technology, John Arquilla’s Bitskrieg is a call to arms to face the changes reshaping our world and war itself. Blending insights from history with the latest on cyber attacks, it hits that sweet spot of being both an easy and an interesting read. Enjoy and learn!”P. W. Singer, best-selling author of Ghost Fleet "There is no one better qualified than John Arquilla to describe – and guide the rest of us – through the digital wilderness of cyberwarfare, with its endlessly shifting and exponentially growing terrain. This book deserves wide attention, for the wisdom in it could well prevent a future disaster, and might just possibly prevent a future war."Paul Saffo, Silicon Valley Futurist “Bitskrieg is that rare combination of an authoritative and stylish read. It gives us a ringside seat to help us understand the disruptive innovations that have fundamentally redefined the nature of war and security. At its heart, it is a warning that we ignore at our peril.”John Kao, Chairman, Institute for Large Scale Innovation“[Bitskrieg] is striking for a number of reasons — the amount of expertise on display, the precise and unflinching language used to describe various situations and scenarios, and the perspectives of military power, national security, and social well-being at its heart.”The Geyser“Dr. Arquilla does an excellent job applying Bitskrieg’s relevancy to today’s military and civilian realities. This sets up Bitskrieg to make one of its most important contributions – what to do about it. Dr. Arquilla reinforces the need to constantly rethink cybersecurity, a necessary exercise that often gets overlooked.”OODA Loop“In Bitskrieg, John Arquilla distills much from his three decades of advocacy about networked warfare into a compact volume accessible to a wide audience. He displays a continuing ability to produce provocative arguments & engaging books.”The Strategy Bridge“Arquilla was one of the first analysts to appreciate how digital technologies were transforming the nature of conflict, and he remains one of the most perceptive.”Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs“Enlightening and thought-provoking”Diplomatic Courier“Impressively informed and informative, Bitskrieg is a groundbreaking volume.”The Midwest Review“Bitskrieg is a quick and enlightening read that will satisfy both technically and policy-focused readers.” The Cyber Defense Review Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Leon E. Panetta Preface 1. “Cool War” Rising 2. Pathways to Peril 3. The Next Face of Battle 4. (Arms) Ctrl+Alt+Esc 5. Through a Screen Darkly Notes Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisIn this pathbreaking book, Pierre Charbonnier opens up a new intellectual terrain: an environmental history of political ideas. His aim is not to locate the seeds of ecological thought in the history of political ideas as others have done, but rather to show that all political ideas, whether or not they endorse ecological ideals, are informed by a certain conception of our relationship to the Earth and to our environment. The fundamental political categories of modernity were founded on the idea that we could improve on nature, that we could exert a decisive victory over its excesses and claim unlimited access to earthly resources. In this way, modern thinkers imagined a political society of free individuals, equal and prosperous, alongside the development of industry geared towards progress and liberated from the Earth’s shackles. Yet this pact between democracy and growth has now been called into question by climate change and the environmental crisis. It is therefore our duty today to rethink political emancipation, bearing in mind that this can no longer draw on the prospect of infinite growth promised by industrial capitalism. Ecology must draw on the power harnessed by nineteenth-century socialism to respond to the massive impact of industrialization, but it must also rethink the imperative to offer protection to society by taking account of the solidarity of social groups and their conditions in a world transformed by climate change. This timely and original work of social and political theory will be of interest to a wide readership in politics, sociology, environmental studies and the social sciences and humanities generally.Trade Review"Because he speaks the language of political philosophy and not that of environmentalism, Charbonnier manages, paradoxically, to bring questions of the material conditions of existence much closer to what those who pursue the modern ideals of freedom and prosperity need in order to realize them. He might succeed in rendering political ecology mainstream."Bruno Latour, Sciences Po, Paris"Impressive and forensic"Times Higher Education“An unlikely environmental history of Enlightenment political and economic thought.”London Review of BooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword Introduction Chapter One. The critique of ecological reason The fabric of liberty The other history. Ecology and the labour question Subsisting, dwelling, knowing Autonomy and abundance Chapter Two. Sovereignty and property. Political philosophy and the land The political affordances of the land Grotius: Empire and possession Locke: the improving citizen Chapter Three. Grain and the market. The order of commerce and the organic economy in the eighteenth century The good use of the land The agrarian kingdom of the Physiocrats The liberal pact: Adam Smith Two types of growth Fichte: the ubiquity of the moderns Chapter Four. The new ecological regime From one liberalism to another The paradoxes of autonomy: Guizot The paradoxes of abundance: Jevons Colonial extractions Extraction-autonomy: Tocqueville Chapter Five. Industrial democracy. From Proudhon to Durkheim Revolutions and industry Property and labour Proudhon as critic of the liberal pact The fraternal idiom Durkheim: ‘carbon sociology’ The political affordances of coal Chapter Six. The technocratic hypothesis. Saint-Simon and Veblen Material flows and market arrangements The technological normativity of the moderns Laying bare the productive schema Veblen and the cult of efficiency The engineer and property Chapter Seven. Nature in a market society Marx as a thinker of autonomy Putting the forest to good use Technology and agronomy Conquering the globe Karl Polanyi: protecting society, protecting nature Disembedding Socialism, liberalism, conservatism Chapter Eight. The great acceleration and the eclipse of nature Freedom from want Emancipation and acceleration: Herbert Marcuse Oil and atomic power: invisible energies Chapter Nine. Risks and limits: the end of certainties Alarms and controversies The critique of development and political naturalism Risk and the reinvention of autonomy The impasse: between collapse and resilience Chapter Ten. The end of the modern exception and political ecology Symmetrizations Authority and composition Under naturalism lies production Unequal ecological exchange Provincializing critique A new conceptual cartography Changing expectations of justice Autonomy without abundance Towards a new critical subject Chapter Eleven. The self-protection of the Earth. Changing expectations of justice Autonomy without abundance Towards a new critical subject Conclusion. Reinventing liberty Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis first volume in a new trilogy of books by Antonio Negri examines and develops the Italian tradition of radical Marxist thought known as operaismo or ‘autonomist Marxism’ – the tradition to which Negri himself adheres and in which he is a leading figure. The tradition of operaismo emphasizes the role of the worker in capitalism and the primacy of class struggle. Within this framework, Negri’s key contribution has been to theorize the transition from the ‘mass worker’ to the ‘social worker’ – that is, to broaden the concept of living labour and liberate it from the theoretical cages that locked it into the factory. It was only by moving beyond the ideology and political practice of the mass worker that the revolutionary character of the Marxist concept of class could be updated for our times and developed in relation to the exploitation and socialization of living labour, including networks of cognitive work, reproductive work and care work, networks which also have the potential to become the bases for new forms of resistance to capitalist exploitation. By bringing together Negri’s key contributions to the reconceptualization of the worker and class struggle, this volume demonstrates the vitality of the Marxist tradition of operaismo and its continued relevance for understanding the key social and political struggles of our time.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: From the mass worker to the social worker Chapter 1. Archaeology and project. The mass worker and the social worker Chapter 2. On recent trends in the communist theory of the state: a critical review Chapter 3. Labour-value: crisis and problems of reconstruction in postmodernity Part 2: Workers and capital today Chapter 4. Marx and labour: the path to disutopia Chapter 5. The capital-labour relationship in cognitive capitalism Chapter 6. The organic composition of capital today Chapter 7. General intellect and the social individual in Marx’s Grundrisse Part 3: Polemical considerations Chapter 8. Operai e capitale 50 years on: what has happened in the working class since Marx? Chapter 9. On Tronti’s autonomy of the political Chapter 10. Post-operaismo? No, just operaismo! Notes

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Book SynopsisThis first volume in a new trilogy of books by Antonio Negri examines and develops the Italian tradition of radical Marxist thought known as operaismo or ‘autonomist Marxism’ – the tradition to which Negri himself adheres and in which he is a leading figure. The tradition of operaismo emphasizes the role of the worker in capitalism and the primacy of class struggle. Within this framework, Negri’s key contribution has been to theorize the transition from the ‘mass worker’ to the ‘social worker’ – that is, to broaden the concept of living labour and liberate it from the theoretical cages that locked it into the factory. It was only by moving beyond the ideology and political practice of the mass worker that the revolutionary character of the Marxist concept of class could be updated for our times and developed in relation to the exploitation and socialization of living labour, including networks of cognitive work, reproductive work and care work, networks which also have the potential to become the bases for new forms of resistance to capitalist exploitation. By bringing together Negri’s key contributions to the reconceptualization of the worker and class struggle, this volume demonstrates the vitality of the Marxist tradition of operaismo and its continued relevance for understanding the key social and political struggles of our time.Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: From the mass worker to the social workerChapter 1. Archaeology and project. The mass worker and the social worker Chapter 2. On recent trends in the communist theory of the state: a critical review Chapter 3. Labour-value: crisis and problems of reconstruction in postmodernity Part 2: Workers and capital todayChapter 4. Marx and labour: the path to disutopiaChapter 5. The capital-labour relationship in cognitive capitalismChapter 6. The organic composition of capital today Chapter 7. General intellect and the social individual in Marx’s GrundrissePart 3: Polemical considerations Chapter 8. Operai e capitale 50 years on: what has happened in the working class since Marx? Chapter 9. On Tronti’s autonomy of the politicalChapter 10. Post-operaismo? No, just operaismo!Notes

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Book SynopsisThis final volume in Antonio Negri’s new trilogy aims to clarify and develop the ‘common’ as a key concept of radical thought. Here the term is understood in a double sense: on the one hand, as a collective of production and consumption in which the domination of capital has been completely realized; on the other hand, as the cooperation of workers and citizens and their assertion of political power. The maturation of this duality was the sign of the limits of capitalism in our age; the common showed itself as the active force that recomposed production, society and life in a new experience of freedom. Today the promise of freedom seems undermined by the very institutions founded to uphold it, as the charters of western democracy seek to prioritize individualism. Negri advocates instead a free society founded on the premise that the good life is to be collectively ordered – in other words, a society that elevates the common. In his vision, giving political expression to those who work and produce is the only way of overturning totalitarian exploitation and of enabling every citizen to participate in the development of the city. Like its companion volumes, this new collection of essays by Negri will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in radical politics and in the key social and political struggles of our time.Table of ContentsPreface: From the public to the common I. Advances 1. State, public spending and the decrepitude of the Historic Compromise 2. Inside the crisis: symptoms of the common II. The fundamentals 3. In search of Commonwealth 4. The common as a mode of production 5. The law of the common 6. Federalism and movements of the common 7. Disrupt ownership? Common goods and the possibility of law III. Discussions 8. What are we willing to share? 9. The metaphysics of the common 10. Politics of the common, an interview 11. The common before power. An example IV. In conclusion 12. From the Commune to the common

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together Antonio Negri’s critical writings on the nature and form of the modern state. The central theme that runs through these writings is our need to be done with the sovereign state – that is, with the particular form of political power that the capitalist organization of bourgeois society has imposed upon us. Negri seeks to show how the sovereign bourgeois state built in the course of modernity has now become a weapon in the hands of a declining ruling class, a class sometimes exhausted in its institutional expressions and sometimes frenetic, zombie-like and parafascist. In arguing that the despotic power of the state should be abolished, Negri distances himself from some other left-wing thinkers who, erroneously in his view, have come to see the state as an unavoidable institution rather than as a place of power that, once conquered, should be transformed and ultimately dissolved, since it represents the central moment in the organization of force against living labour and free citizenship. In Negri’s view, the call for the abolition of the state remains vital and active today, as a concrete utopia that is expressed in every thought and act of liberation. The articles brought together in this volume range from Negri’s analysis of the first great transformation of the capitalist state in the twentieth century, a phenomenon precipitated by the triumph of Keynesianism, to his more recent work on how the form of sovereignty changed from being a figure of transcendent and local command to being a dispositif of immanent and global control. Like its companion volumes, this new collection of essays by Negri will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in radical politics and in the key social and political struggles of our time.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I - Once upon a time… 1. John Maynard Keynes and the capitalist theory of the state 2. Is there a Marxist doctrine of the state? Part II – Having done with sovereignty 3. The end of sovereignty 4. Text by Esposito 5. Negri's reply to Esposito 6. The state of the state 7. On the concept of nation-state 8. Hegemony: Gramsci, Togliatti, Laclau Part III. The extinction of the state 9. On revolution 10. Lenin: from theory to practice 11. Who are the communists? 12. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf Notes

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together Antonio Negri’s critical writings on the nature and form of the modern state. The central theme that runs through these writings is our need to be done with the sovereign state – that is, with the particular form of political power that the capitalist organization of bourgeois society has imposed upon us. Negri seeks to show how the sovereign bourgeois state built in the course of modernity has now become a weapon in the hands of a declining ruling class, a class sometimes exhausted in its institutional expressions and sometimes frenetic, zombie-like and parafascist. In arguing that the despotic power of the state should be abolished, Negri distances himself from some other left-wing thinkers who, erroneously in his view, have come to see the state as an unavoidable institution rather than as a place of power that, once conquered, should be transformed and ultimately dissolved, since it represents the central moment in the organization of force against living labour and free citizenship. In Negri’s view, the call for the abolition of the state remains vital and active today, as a concrete utopia that is expressed in every thought and act of liberation. The articles brought together in this volume range from Negri’s analysis of the first great transformation of the capitalist state in the twentieth century, a phenomenon precipitated by the triumph of Keynesianism, to his more recent work on how the form of sovereignty changed from being a figure of transcendent and local command to being a dispositif of immanent and global control. Like its companion volumes, this new collection of essays by Negri will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in radical politics and in the key social and political struggles of our time.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I - Once upon a time…1. John Maynard Keynes and the capitalist theory of the state2. Is there a Marxist doctrine of the state? Part II – Having done with sovereignty3. The end of sovereignty 4. Text by Esposito 5. Negri's reply to Esposito6. The state of the state 7. On the concept of nation-state 8. Hegemony: Gramsci, Togliatti, LaclauPart III. The extinction of the state9. On revolution 10. Lenin: from theory to practice 11. Who are the communists? 12. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf Notes

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