Homi K. Bhabha's 1994 The Location of Culture is one of the founding texts of the branch of literary theory called postcolonialism. While... Læs mere
C.S. Lewis's 1943 The Abolition of Man is subtitled 'Reflections on Education With Special Reference to the Teaching of English in the Upper Forms of Schools.'
Ernest Gellner — a Jew who escaped from Czechoslovakia in 1939 after Hitler invaded — knew first-hand the catastrophic effects of excessive nationalism, and he was determined to understand the phenomenon that had shaped so much of 20th century history.
After Hegemony has had a huge impact on policy debates over the last three decades. Hegemony means the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence of one dominant group, and Keohane asks if international cooperation can survive in the absence of a single superpower.
Søren Kierkegaard’s The Sickness unto Death is widely recognized as one of the most significant and influential works of Christian philosophy... Læs mere
The essay for which The Sacred Wood is primarily remembered is one of the most famous pieces of criticism in English: “Tradition... Læs mere
An important Marxist work, Prison Notebooks (1948) argues that we must understand societies both in terms of their economic relationships and their cultural beliefs.
Published in 1651, Leviathan examines where kings get their authority to rule and what they must, in turn, do for their people. Hobbes argues that kings do not... Læs mere
How does a state control its citizens? Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish answers this question by investigating the prison system. Foucault... Læs mere
Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom (1944) analyzes the ways in which excessive government planning can erode democracy. The work draws influential... Læs mere
Gordon W. Allport’s 1954 book The Nature of Prejudice not only helped mold the ways in which psychologists investigate prejudice – it also... Læs mere
David Hume’s 1748 Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a modern philosophical classic that helped reshape epistemology – the... Læs mere