"In his new book, Christian Moraru argues that post-Cold War culture in general and, in particular, the literature, philosophy, and theory produced since 9/11 foreground an emergent "planetary" imaginary--a "planetarism"--Binding in unprecedented ways the world's peoples, tradit…
"In his new book, Christian Moraru argues that post-Cold War culture in general and, in particular, the literature, philosophy, and theory produced since 9/11 foreground an emergent "planetary" imaginary--a "planetarism"--Binding in unprecedented ways the world's peoples, tradit…
Since the 1990s, there has been a growing concern about the resurgence of extremist and radical movements in the Western world. Although a variety of challenges to the liberal democratic order have emerged, the main focus of concern among academics, policy-makers and practitione…
"In 1987, Allan Bloom?s The Closing of the American Mind was published; a wildly popular book that drew attention to the shift in American culture away from the tenets that made America?and Americans?unique. Bloom focused on a breakdown in the American curriculum, but many sense…
On the April-May 2010 Thai military crack down on the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) protests in Bangkok, Thailand.
New Yorkers Grant and his girlfriend Mariah decided on a whim to buy an old plantation house in the Mississippi Delta. This is their journey of discovery to a remote, isolated strip of land, three miles beyond the tiny community of Pluto. They learn to hunt, grow their own food,…
"Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and…
"Our Promised Land takes readers inside radical Israeli settlements to explore how these settlements were formed, what the people in them believe, and their role in Israel and the Middle East today. Drawing on three years of research in these settlements, Our Promised Land offer…
A compilation of fifteen of Wallace's seminal essays, all published in book form for the first time
This book follows Pope Francis through a year in his life, from daily prayers to international pastoral visits, offering a rare look at life behind the scenes with His Holiness Pope Francis. It includes more than 250 previously unpublished photographs, capturing both significant…
A collection of articles written by the critic of the Mubarak regime for the newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm over three years confronts the crucial issues of corruption, brutality, police negligence, and the judicial and religious interference in a divided society's search for agreem…
A collection of articles written by the critic of the Mubarak regime for the newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm over three years confronts the crucial issues of corruption, brutality, police negligence, and the judicial and religious interference in a divided society's search for agreem…
"In 2001, Christopher de Bellaigue, then the Economist's correspondent in Istanbul, wrote a piece about the history of Turkey for The New York Review of Books. In it, he briefly discussed the killing and deportation of half a million Armenians in 1915. These massacres, he sugges…
A dazzling new anthology of 180 contemporary poems, selected and introduced by America's Poet Laureate, Billy Collins. Inspired by Billy Collins's poem-a-day program with the Library of Congress, Poetry 180 is the perfect anthology for readers who appreciate engaging, thoughtful…
Norms in the contemporary world system are no longer established exclusively through inter-state agreement but increasingly, are becoming truly global. This is made possible by the rapid privatisation of law and the self-regulation of the transnational private sector. Other forc…
