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The Intangibilities of Form
A rich and groundbreaking study of conceptual art, from Duchamp to Warhol, and its relationship to capitalism In this intellectually wide-ranging... Les mer
Aestethics and Politics
No other country and no other period has produced a tradition of major aesthetic debate to compare with that which unfolded in German culture from... Les mer
Infancy and History
How and why did experience and knowledge become separated? Is it possible to talk of an infancy of experience, a “dumb” experience? For Walter... Les mer
Politics and History
The groundbreaking Marxist philosopher provides unique appraisals of major writers. “One reads him with excitement. There is no mystery about his... Les mer
Fragments
This third book in the Cool Memories series is culled from Baudrillard's notebooks in the period when he was composing The Illusion of the End and... Les mer
Logics of Disintegration
A dramatic attack on the thought of Derrida, Foucault and Lacan that critically analyzes one of the most influential intellectual currents of our... Les mer
Late Marxism
In the name of an assault on “totalization” and “identity,” a number of contemporary theorists have been busily washing Marxism's dialectical... Les mer
Emancipation(s)
In Emancipation(s), Ernesto Laclau addresses a central question: how have the changes of the last decade, together with the transformation in... Les mer
On the Shores of Politics
This major French thinker gives politics back its original and necessary meaning: the organization of dissent. “Rancière’s writings offer one... Les mer
Strategy of Deception
Written with his characteristic flair, Virillo’s latest book is a trenchant denunciation of the Kosovo war in which he successfully unites theory... Les mer
Terry Eagleton Presents Jesus Christ
In this new presentation of the Gospels, Terry Eagleton makes a powerful and provocative argument for Jesus Christ as a social, political and moral... Les mer
Thomas Jeffersen Introduced by Michael Hardt
In 1776 Thomas Jefferson, a future president, authored the most explosive document in the history of America: The Declaration of Independence,... Les mer
Geoffrey Robinson Presents the Levellers
Evolving from Oliver Cromwell’s New Model army in Parliament’s struggle against King Charles I, the Levellers pushed for the removal of... Les mer
Slavoj Zizek Presents Robspierre
Robespierre’s defense of the French Revolution remains one of the most powerful and unnerving justifications for political violence ever written,... Les mer
Slavoj Zizek Presents Trotsky
Soon after the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Revolution, Leon Trotsky led the Red Army against the counter-revolutionary White armies. Written in... Les mer
Slavoj Zizek Presents Mao
These early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions and their clarion calls to insurrection remain some of the most stirring of... Les mer
The Modernist Papers
Fredric Jameson, one of America's finest cultural critics, offers his dynamic insight into modernist literature and art. A companion to the... Les mer
Praised be our Lords, the autobiography
This is the fascinating autobiography of one of France's leading political activists and intellectuals. Regis Debray is one of France's... Les mer
Youth, Identity, Power
This is the new and fully updated edition of this classic work on the development of Chicano radicalism in America. "Youth, Identity,... Les mer
Trotsky
In this volume, in the new "Revolutions" series, Slavoj Zizek argues that Trotsky's attack on the illusions of democracy has a vital... Les mer
The Indivisible Remainder
The maverick philosopher combines Schelling with popular film for a fascinating study of modern life. The feature which distinguishes the great... Les mer
Graphs, Maps, Trees
Professor Franco Moretti argues heretically that literature scholars should stop reading books and start counting, graphing, and mapping them... Les mer
On Populist Reason
What are the political logics explaining the spread of populist experiences in the contemporary world? What is involved in constructing the idea of... Les mer
Writing in an Age of Silence
This is a brilliant exploration of the writer's art, by the bestselling author of the V. I. Warshawski novels. In this powerful new book, Sara... Les mer