History of Ideas

A critical and multidisciplinary analysis of role of violence and death under Turkish democracy This book makes a strong case that Turkey''s regime...

If democracy liberates individuals from their inherited bonds, what can reunite them into a sovereign people? In The Virtues of Violence, Kevin Duo...

A colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative account of Machiavelli's life and thoughtThis is a colorful, comprehensive, and authoritative introduc...

If you wish to retain your image of an ''''Angel'''' as depicted on our Christmas cards, then to read this work may be ill-advised. However, if you...

Beyond its housing estates and identikit high streets there is another Britain. This is the Britain of mist-drenched forests and unpredictable sea-...

Revolutionary Keywords for a New Left comprises short essays on fifty revolutionary keywords, each word being put to work on a contemporary politic...

In the last few years, populism -- of the right, left, and center varieties -- has spread like wildfire throughout the world. The impulse reached i...

The Arthastra is the foundational text of Indic political thought and ancient India's most important treatise on statecraft and governance. It is t...

The historical relationship between Scotland and India is a relatively unexplored part of colonial history. This project seeks to re-examine the ...

100 Speeches that Roused the World tells the stories behind the most inspiring, rousing and memorable speeches, from ancient Greece to the present ...

Probably the most famous living philosopher, Slavoj iek explores the concept of 'event', in the second in this new series of easily digestible phil...

Was humanity created, or do humans create themselves? In this eagerly awaited English translation of Le Règne de lhomme, the last volume of Rémi Br...

A chronological survey of the world's most influential books. Many books have become classics, must-reads or overnight publishing sensations, but h...

The Cold War ended long ago, but the language of science and freedom continues to shape public debates over the relationship between science and po...

Christmas has been all things to all people: a religious festival, a family celebration, a time of eating and drinking. Yet the origins of the cust...

A groundbreaking biography of Miltons formative years that provides a new account of the poets political radicalizationJohn Milton (16081674) has a...

A global history of free speech, from the ancient world to today.Hailed as the first freedom, free speech is the bedrock of democracy. But it is a ...

The Cambridge History of Modern European Thought is an authoritative and comprehensive exploration of the themes, thinkers and movements that shape...

This first anthology of women's international thought explores how women transformed the practice of international relations, from the early to mid...

Monty was just like any other dog. A scruffy and irascible Maltese terrier, he enjoyed barking at pugs and sniffing at trees. But after yet another...

The resonant ruins of Pompeii are perhaps the most direct route back to the living, breathing world of the ancient Romans. Two million visitors ann...

Que serait aujourd''hui une philosophie vivante, quel rapport entretiendrait-elle avec son heritage ? Ce ne peut etre qu''un rapport complexe, puis...

La situation desastreuse que vit le continent africain sur plusieurs plans est, en grande partie, la consequence de l''instabilite et de l''incoher...

In this compelling account of the origins and evolution of our secular worldview, Theo Hobson shows how Christian values continue to underpin our p...