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This, the most interesting and helpful edition of Charles Darwin's major work, is now available in an inexpensive paperback edition. It is... Læs mere
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Does globalization help everyone or just the rich? Is it the enemy of sustainability or the only hope against climate change? Rival camps... Læs mere
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Craig Calhoun, Dilip Gaonkar, and Charles Taylor argue that democracies have embraced individual freedom at the expense of equality and solidarity, economic growth at the... Læs mere
Acclaimed critic Sianne Ngai theorizes the gimmick as an aesthetic category reflecting the fundamental laws of capitalism. Gimmicks make... Læs mere