Border abolitionism

migrants' containment and the genealogies of struggles and rescue

Building on an abolitionist perspective, this book offers an essential critique of migration and border policies, unsettling the distinction between migrants and citizens. This is the only book that brings together carceral abolitionist debates and critical migration literature. It explores the multiplication of modes of ...

The great green grab

climate extractivism and the new resource imperialism

A powerful critique of the Global North's resource-hungry 'green transition', calling for a fundamental overhaul of our profit-driven, exploitative world order. The spiralling climate crisis demands a rapid shift away from fossil fuels. But most current approaches to decarbonisation rely on a dramatic expansion ...

Original sin

power, technology and war in outer space

An eye-opening account of a world order shaped by spacepower and the threat of space warfare. Space technology was developed to enhance the killing power of the state. The Moon landings and the launch of the Space Shuttle were mere sideshows, drawing public attention away ...

Memorias de la intolerancia

Nacionalismo, violencia religiosa y discursos de odio en la Europa del siglo XIX

En el siglo XIX, cuando las sociedades europeas recordaron las violencias religiosas del pasado, no lo hicieron con el propósito de superar sus diferencias y crear un marco de coexistencia, sino para alimentar el odio interreligioso. Durante esta época se movilizaron diversos pasados violentos para ...

Las Medusas

Estética y terror

La Medusa como mito destructivo basado en el mirar, que propicia a su vez, con y para su muerte, el artificio del escudo-espejo que duplica la mirada y la vacía de su potencia petrificadora, constituye la metáfora desde la cual Silvia Schwarzböck despliega un pensamiento ...

Centrists of the world unite!

the lost genius of liberalism

From the acclaimed author of The Aristocracy of Talent: the history, enduring genius and vital importance today of liberalism We live in an age of extremes: populist leaders are setting the agenda, autocracies are on the march, and the liberal establishment is a bewildered blob ...

Sátira y política

Diario de la Argentina de Milei

Crecen la sordera y las burbujas virtuales. Mientras tanto, desde el pensamiento crítico se postulan "disputas" aquí y allá y se simboliza en exceso. Partimos en este libro de una idea lapidaria: ¿qué tal si en una Argentina donde ya nada se disputa realmente, la ...

Capitalismo antidrogas

Una guerra contra el pueblo

A través de una rigurosa investigación y un exhaustivo trabajo de reporteo, Dawn Marie Paley demuestra cómo la violencia y el terror de la guerra antidrogas no sólo fortalecen a los bancos y la industria armamentista, sino también a las empresas extractivas y transnacionales, mientras ...

Street, palace, square

the architecture of democratic spaces

Can architecture ever be democratic? An elegant, timely new theory of politics and urban design from the acclaimed author of What is Populism? and Democracy Rules Building requires power and resources - then, once created, our environment structures how we relate to each other. But what ...

Politics without politicians

the case for citizen rule

Politicians have failed us. But democracy doesn't have to. Bought by special interests, detached from real life, obsessed with re-election. Politicians make big promises, deliver little to nothing, and keep the game rigged in their favour. But what can we do? With disarming clarity ...

What is free speech?

the history of a dangerous idea

'Eye-opening, thought-provoking and deeply enjoyable, What is Free Speech? is a work of great profundity and brilliance' William Dalrymple A fresh and exciting approach to one of the most controversial subjects of our time 'Free Speech!' is a clarion call all over the world, yet ...

The blind spot

how oligarchs dominate our democracies

A gripping new account of oligarchy from 'the most astute social scientist studying the phenomenon today' (Guardian) The wealthy and powerful few have dominated the masses throughout most of human history. This is starkly visible now more than ever - today, the gulf between oligarchs and ...

Stolen revolution

betrayal and hope in modern Iran

THE NEW STORY OF IRAN The moving, riveting and immersive story of six Iranians who, together, lived the entire arc of modern Iranian history: from the promise of the 1979 revolution to its betrayal by the Islamic mafia state and a people's undying spirit ...

Proceso y legado de la descolonización española en África

Tomo II. Sociedad, cultura e identidades

La presente obra, Proceso y legado de la descolonización española en África, recoge las principales aportaciones realizadas por el equipo de investigadores del proyecto homónimo. Este segundo volumen, Sociedad, cultura e identidades, se centra en los aspectos de índole más cultural e identitaria del proceso ...

La relación franco-española durante la convergencia socialista, 1982-1995

La obra analiza la relación bilateral entre España y Francia durante los gobiernos de F. Mitterrand y de F. González (1982-1995) en un contexto importante para la internacionalización de España tras la dictadura, para mejorar la relación con sus vecinos y para gestionar temas delicados ...

Downfall of a king

Juan Carlos of Spain

A riveting and deeply researched account of King Juan Carlos's epic fall from grace. Paul Preston, the preeminent historian of modern Spain, here lays bare the complex web of financial and sexual excess that led to the hero's vertiginous downfall. For decades, King ...

Weimar

life on the edge of catastrophe

Weimar looms large in German history: a crucible of democracy and dictatorship. This ancient town nestled in the heart of the country was home to some of Europe's greatest thinkers, Goethe and Schiller, Liszt and Nietzsche among them. It gave its name to the ...

After nations

the making and unmaking of a world order

What has happened to the nation-state? From a prizewinning writer, After Nations offers a sweeping history of this most unquestioned of modern structures and a bold speculation about its future. Until recently, the system of nation-states appeared settled and eternal. Not anymore. As American hegemony ...

The Achilles trap

Saddam Hussein, the United States and the Middle East, 1979-2003

From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Ghost Wars, the inside story of America's long and ruinous relationship with Saddam Hussein The Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power and geopolitics that led to America's disastrous war with Iraq ...

L'histoire des idées politiques, construction et déconstruction d'une discipline académique

(Revue Française d'Histoire des Idées Politiques, Nº 63, année 2006)

La Revue française d'histoire des idées politiques se penche sur la genèse et l'évolution de nos modes de concevoir la politique.