Social Theory

The early Marx called for the realization of philosophy through revolution. Revolution thus becomes a critical philosophical concept for Marxism, a...

A powerful new history of the idea of race, forcing us to rethink todays culture wars. Is white privilege real? How racist is the working class? Wh...

Latinx (pronounced 'La-teen-ex) is the gender-neutral term that covers the largest racial minority in the United States, 17 percent of the country....

Craig Martin addresses the transgressive or deviant aspects of design: design that straddles the divide between the licit and illicit, the legal an...

Craig Martin addresses the transgressive or deviant aspects of design: design that straddles the divide between the licit and illicit, the legal an...

A lively, thoughtful history of America's Jews, exploring their complex relationships with national culture, identity, and politics-and each other....

A powerful case for the persistent questioning and existential interruption that accompanies that pursuit of [happiness and revolution], and fuels ...

The tech elite have a plan to survive the apocalypse: they want to leave us all behind. Five mysterious billionaires summoned Douglas Rushkoff to a...

In one hundred lean and incisive statements, Douglas Rushkoff argues that we are essentially social creatures and that we achieve our greatest aspi...

In the Mind, But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art considers how the Marxian concept of Real Abstraction--originally developed...

The essays collected in this volume develop the theoretical perspective initiated in Laclau and Chantal Mouffe's classic Hegemony and Socialist Str...

Civil Society has become a major power in the world. The stunning defeat of the controversial and secretive Multilateral Agreement on Investments, ...

An exploration of cuteness and its immense hold on us, from emojis and fluffy puppies to its more uncanny, subversive expressionsCuteness has taken...

Jigsaw puzzles' notorious complexity and mega-multiple, amorphously-shaped pieces provide an appropriate metaphor for the navigating and maneuverin...

The essays collected in this volume develop the theoretical perspective initiated in Laclau and Mouffe's classic Hegemony and Socialist Strategy, t...

The reality of runaway climate change is inextricably linked with the mass consumerist, capitalist society in which we live. And the cult of endles...