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What is knowledge? Why is it valuable? How much of it do we have (if any at all), and what ways of thinking are good ways to use to get more of it? These are just a few questions that are asked i…

Los brasileros tienen más poesía que todos nosotros juntos. Y no es cosa de Pelé o Neymar sino es algo de su propia lengua. Tampoco es el cantito o la musicalización que llevan consigo, aunque en…

As people throughout the world react to globalization and revert to nationalism, they are proclaiming distinct cultural identities for themselves. Cultural identity seems to offer a defensive wal…

Der Geist Gottes in den Gläubigen wirkt nach der ihm eigenen Gesetzmäßigkeit und Kraft. Es ist das Gesetz des Geistes des Lebens, das uns frei machen kann von dem Gesetz der Sünde und des Todes (…

Amb lúcida metàfora i amb una llengua clara i expressiva, Miquel-Lluís Muntané convida el lector a compartir a Frontisses. Mirades a una primavera les seves experiències i peripècies, viscudes e…

"Ocupo la cel·la 16 d'un bloc en què hi ha divuit presos polítics més. Aquí jo no tinc nom. Només soc un número en un expedient: K6,77" Així comença Lluitar amb el diable, de Ngũgĩ wa T…

The virtue of obedience is seen as outdated today, if not downright toxic – and yet, are we any freer than our forebears? In this provocative work, Jacob Phillips argues not. Many feel unable to …

First and Last Things by H. G. Wells <br/> libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular t…

Power rarely works by force alone: it also rules by winning hearts and minds. States, classes, and social groups all seek political dominance by exerting political, ideological, or cultural leade…

We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing in common. They don’t share the same world: on…

Конечно, этот сборник - не попытка дотянуться до мировой славы Омара Хайяма или популярности Игоря Губермана у наших соотечественников. Просто сознание автора устроено так, что всякую мысль, пока…

The world faces a climate crisis and an ascendant far right. Are these trends related? How does the far right think about the environment, and what openings does the coming crisis present for the…

Reality exists independently of human observers, but does the same apply to its structure? Realist ontologies usually assume so: according to them, the world consists of objects, these have prope…

This is a book about what we consider normal. It details how the very concept of normality emerged in the modern era, and how it has changed over the centuries. By the mid-twentieth century, the …

Michael Walzer is one of the pre-eminent political theorists in the world today and also a prominent public intellectual. His conception of social justice and his work on just and unjust wars hav…

As capitalism triumphs on the ruins of utopias and faith in progress fades, revolts are breaking out everywhere. From London to Hong Kong and from Buenos Aires to Beirut, protests flare up, in so…

The global crisis of our time involves a complex of ecological, economic, technological and migratory challenges that no state is able to control. The result is a provincialisation of our democra…

This important intervention interrogates keystone features of the dominant European theoretical landscape in the field of populism studies, advancing existing debates and introducing new avenues …

In this short book, Jacques Rancière takes stock of the state of contemporary politics and examines current developments in the light of his writings. Rancière takes issue with what he sees as th…

In the wake of globalization, cultural forms of expression have become increasingly detached from their places of origin, circulating in a hyper-domain of culture where there is no real differenc…