One of the most influential contemporary thinkers, Foucault produced a complex body of work across a wide range of disciplines.
Globalised Minds, Roots in the City utilises empirical evidence from four European cities to explore the role of urban upper middle classes in the transformations experienced by contemporary European societies.
The first volume in a new textbook series from Polity: key themes in family communication. The volumes are designed to introduce key topics in more depth than the standard overview textbook treatment.
With around 645 million people expected to be displaced D by wars and other catastrophes D by 2050, Virilio begins The Futurism of the Instant by looking at the future of human settlement and migration through the evolution of the city.
Michel Foucault and Paul Veyne: the philosopher and the historian. Two major figures in the world of ideas, resisting all attempts atcategorization. Two timeless... Læs mere
In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new.
Intelligence is, by definition, a shadowy business.
Global Asian City develops a novel approach to exploring the relationship between migration and cities centered on the idea of desire as a social force that drives migration.
This illuminating manifesto presents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and likely future of English studies around the world. By... Læs mere
Most of us who live in the North and the West consume far too much - too much meat, too much fat, too much sugar, too much salt. We are more likely to put on too much weight than to... Læs mere
The catastrophic economic, social and political crisis of our time calls for a new and original critique of political economy - a rethinking of Marx's project in the very different conditions of twenty-first century capitalism.