"Freedom has long been a foundational concept at the heart of our civilization. Free markets, free media, free speech-even in these politically divided times, freedom is one thing we can all agree on. But we also live in a time of unprecedented economic inequality, eroding democ…
"Spring 2018 sees an ambitious BBC re-make of Kenneth Clark's 1969 BBC series Civilisation, presented by Britain's foremost historians, embracing global civilisations and exploring different themes in the universal histories of art and culture. Focusing on the arrival of the hum…
Explores how people - from prehistory to the present day - have depicted themselves and others, both human and divine, and how art has shaped, and been shaped by, the people who created it. How have we looked at these images? Why have they sometimes been so contentious?
"Spring 2018 sees an ambitious BBC re-make of Kenneth Clark's 1969 BBC series Civilisation, presented by Britain's foremost historians, embracing global civilisations and exploring different themes in the universal histories of art and culture. Focusing on the arrival of the hum…
An essential introduction to the history of Algeria, spanning a period of five hundred years
"This manifesto is the definitive work of Abdullah Öcalan, crucial for understanding the Kurdish revolution. Here Öcalan outlines a democratic alternative for the Middle East. A criticism that limits itself to capitalism is too superficial, Öcalan argues, and turns his eyes to t…
Toynbee's analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations has been acknowledged as an achievement without parallel in modern scholarship. This abridgement, while reducing the work to one-sixth of its original size, preserves its method, atmosphere, texture, and for the most part,…
