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How do countries come to view themselves as being 'multicultural'? Us, Them, and Otherspresents a...
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Soldier Box
Verso Books |
June 4, 2013 |
320 pages
A brave, moving account of a soldier who refused to return to Afghanistan
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$22.95
The Revenge of History
Verso Books |
June 4, 2013 |
400 pages
From 9/11 to the Arab Spring: the decade of living dangerously
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Scattered Sand
Verso Books |
June 4, 2013 |
320 pages
Documents the massive annual migration of 200 million unorganized Chinese workers who comprise half of China's GDP, arguing that they represent the country's most marginalized and impoverished group while citing the brutal conditions they endure, from illness and broken families to documented labor... More Info
$34.95
Aisthesis
Verso Books |
June 4, 2013 |
304 pages
Composed in a series of scenes, Aisthesis–Rancière's definitive statement on the aesthetic–takes its reader from Dresden in 1764 to New York in 1941. Along the way, we view the Belvedere Torso with Winckelmann, accompany Hegel to the museum and Mallarmé to the Folies-Bergère, attend a... More Info
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Ryszard Kapuscinski
Verso Books |
May 7, 2013 |
472 pages
An assessment of the influential career of the 20th-century journalist places his achievements against a backdrop of the great revolutions of his age, offering insight into his resolute anti-colonialism, his creation of a new genre of creative reporting and his personal relationships. 10,000 first... More Info
$17.50
From A to X
Verso Books |
April 14, 2009 |
197 pages
Faithfully writing letters to her imprisoned insurgent lover, A'ida describes the approach of a faceless power that is threatening her ramshackle village, a time throughout which she experiences life-affirming appreciation for small details and acts of humanity. By the author of Ways of Seeing.... More Info
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Drone Warfare
Verso Books |
April 9, 2013 |
224 pages
Drone Warfare is the first comprehensive analysis of one of the fastestgrowing—and most secretive—fronts in global war: the rise of robot warfare. In 2000, the Pentagon had fewer than fifty aerial drones; ten years later, it had nearly 7,500. Drones are already a $5 billion business in the US... More Info
$33.50
Changing Venezuela by taking power
Verso Books |
June 18, 2013 |
312 pages
An evaluation of the potential benefits and consequences of the Ch vez government cites the debates among Western administrations used to Venezuela's previous regime, in an in-depth study that evaluates the new government's progressive constitution and vulnerability to past issues. Simultaneous.
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Rebel Cities
Verso Books |
April 9, 2013 |
208 pages
Rousing manifesto on the city and the commons from the acclaimed theorist
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$99.50
Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital
Verso Books |
March 12, 2013 |
256 pages
Postcolonial theory has become enormously influential as a framework for understanding the Global South. It is also a school of thought popular because of its rejection of the supposedly universalizing categories of the Enlightenment. In this devastating critique, mounted on behalf of the radical... More Info
$25.00
Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution
Verso Books |
July 5, 2011 |
368 pages
Looks at the plans and programs of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, as well as the challenges that lie ahead. By the author of Cuba: A New History. Original.
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The Future As Cultural Fact
Verso Books |
February 12, 2013 |
336 pages
Acclaimed author presents a decade's research toward creating an anthropology of the future.
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Why It's Still Kicking Off Everywhere
Verso Books |
March 12, 2013 |
334 pages
The world is facing a wave of uprisings, protests and revolutions: Arab dictators swept away, public spaces occupied, slum-dwellers in revolt, cyberspace buzzing with utopian dreams. Events we were told were consigned to history—democratic revolt and social revolution—are being lived by... More Info
A Singular Modernity
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
250 pages
A major new interpretation of the concepts of modernism and modenirty
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Marxism and Philosophy
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
176 pages
An influential scholarly classic argues for a reexamination of the relationship between Marxist theory and bourgeois philosophy, calling for a centrality of the Hegelian dialect and a commitment to revolutionary praxis. Original.
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Capitalism, Socialism, Ecology
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
160 pages
Against the background of recent technological developments, Gorz's major new book explores the political agendas facing both right and left in the midst of the transformations of the nature of work and the structure of the workforce.
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Rationality and Irrationality in Economics
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
368 pages
An analysis of social and economic systems and why they appear and disappear throughout history.
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Sex-Pol
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
416 pages
Containing the first complete translations of Wilhelm Reich's writings from his Marxist period, this volume, exploring his quest to find ways of relieving human suffering, reveals how he has re-emerged as an influential thinker on politics and psychology. Original.
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Critique of Instrumental Reason
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
180 pages
These essays, written between 1949 and 1967, focus on a single theme: the triumph in the twentieth century of the state-bureaucratic apparatus and 'instrumental reason' and the concomitant liquidation of the individual and the basic social institutions and relationships associated with the... More Info
The Fiery Brook
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
320 pages
Explaining his fundamental criticism of the "old philosophy" of Hegel, and the advances of his own humanistic thought, which was based in life and sensuality, this collection of central essays, advancing his humanist and atheist thought, establishes the philosopher's importance and relevance.... More Info
The Spirit of Terrorism
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
112 pages
Updated to include the essays "Hypotheses on Terrorism" and "Violence of the Global," this chilling volume views the power of the terrorists as lying in the symbolism of slaughter - not merely the reality of death, but in a sacrifice that challenges the whole system. Original.
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Welcome to the Desert of the Real
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
160 pages
Probing beneath the level of TV punditry, Žižek offers a highly original and readable account that serves as a fascinating and insightful comprehension of the events of September 11.
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Ethics
Verso Books |
January 15, 2013 |
224 pages
One of the most powerful voices in contemporary French philosophy explodes the facile assumptions behind the recent ethical turn.
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Infinitely Demanding
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
176 pages
A new political ethics that confronts the injustices of liberal democracy.
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$31.50
Two Girls
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
224 pages
A groundbreaking collection of essays by the esteemed Brazilian literary critic.
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Freudianism
Verso Books |
January 16, 2013 |
176 pages
Early critique of Freud from a Marxist and linguistic perspective.
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Dispatches from the Dark Side
Verso Books |
April 10, 2012 |
154 pages
The Obama administration, under some pressure from its antiwar base, has begun to release carefully selected evidence concerning the widespread use of torture in the “War on Terror.” In a set of devastating essays, Gareth Peirce argues that there needs to be a similar accounting of the British... More Info
Impossible Exchange
Verso Books |
January 2, 2012 |
160 pages
Jean Baudrillard's now familiar investigations into reality and hyper-reality shift here into a more metaphysical frame.
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Politics and Ideology in Marxist Theory
Verso Books |
January 2, 2012 |
208 pages
Analysis of the role of ideology in political movements.
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Immanuel Kant
Verso Books |
January 2, 2012 |
240 pages
The classic introductory text to Kant's legacy and philosophy.
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I'm With the Bears
Verso Books |
October 1, 2011 |
200 pages
A collection of ten stories about global warming and its effects includes contributions by T.C. Boyle, Paolo Bacigulapi, and Margaret Atwood.
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Che
Verso Books |
September 23, 2008 |
106 pages
Since his death in 1967, Ernesto #xE2;#x80;#x9C;Che#xE2;#x80;#x9D; Guevara has become a universally knownrevolutionary icon and political figure whose image is among the mostrecognizable in the world. This dramatic and extensively researchedbook breathes new life into his story, portraying his... More Info
The Passage West
Verso Books |
August 21, 2012 |
272 pages
The meaning of politics and philosophy after the era of the modern state.
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Kashmir
Verso Books |
October 24, 2011 |
140 pages
Kashmir is one of the most protracted and bloody occupations in the world-and one of the most ignored. Under an Indian military rule that, at half a million strong, exceeds the total number of US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, freedom of speech is non-existent, and human- rights abuses and... More Info
Representing Capital
Verso Books |
June 13, 2011 |
158 pages
A prolific cultural theorist and philosopher, and the author of Postmodernism, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, offers a radical rereading of Karl Marx's seminal work.
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$37.50
Karl Marx and World Literature
Verso Books |
July 18, 2011 |
446 pages
An updated edition of an influential treatise on the role of imaginative literature on the writings and critical vision of Karl Marx explores his extensive use of literary texts while considering examples from his unpublished correspondence, pamphlets and majors works. Original.
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Age Shock
Verso Books |
January 2, 2012 |
358 pages
The last few years have shown how badly the financial services industry performs as a custodian of savings and pension funds. The "skimming" of US mutual funds, the see-saw of the stock markets and a string of business scandals from Enron to Parmalat have wiped billions from the savings of... More Info
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The Communist Manifesto
Verso Books |
April 4, 2012 |
96 pages
The second biggest-selling book ever published.
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$45.95
The cultural front
Verso Books |
June 18, 1998 |
556 pages
"The cultural front," James T. Farrell once wrote, was made up of "commercial writers, high-priced Hollywood scenarists, a motley assortment of mystery-plot mechanics, humorists, newspaper columnists, stripteasers, band leaders, glamour girls, actors, press agents, Broadway producers, aging wives... More Info
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Bush in Babylon
Verso Books |
June 18, 2013 |
214 pages
In November 2003, Verso will publish a devastating critique of America's military occupation of Iraq, by one of the leaders of the global antiwar movement, Tariq Ali. Eschewing the liberal option of hand-wringing and the fashionable lurch to the right by some former leftists, Bush in Babylon will... More Info
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A New Generation Draws the Line
Verso Books |
June 18, 2013 |
154 pages
1999 saw two major international crises which, looked at side-by-side by Noam Chomsky, starkly illuminate the strategies of the Western powers in the new century. In this volume Chomsky convincingly argues that humanitarianism was not the moving force behind NATO's intervention in Yugoslavia, and... More Info
None of Us Were Like This Before
Verso Books |
July 4, 2012 |
256 pages
Based on firsthand reporting from Iraq as well as interviews with soldiers and their families, this work illustrates that the damaging legacy of torture is not only borne by the detainees, but also by American soldiers and the country to which they've returned.
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My Grandmother
Verso Books |
July 4, 2012 |
128 pages
A passionate memoir of the author s discovery of her grandmother s true identity.
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The Liberal Defence of Murder
Verso Books |
July 4, 2012 |
384 pages
An updated account of how liberal calls for humanitarian intervention is imperial war by another name.
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Politics and the Other Scene
Verso Books |
January 2, 2012 |
192 pages
Essays on politics by the pupil of Althusser.
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The Intellectual and His People
Verso Books |
June 19, 2012 |
176 pages
Rethinking the role of the radical public intellectual.
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Less Than Nothing
Verso Books |
May 22, 2012 |
1200 pages
For the last two centuries, Western philosophy has developed in the shadow of Hegel, whose influence each new thinker tries in vain to escape: whether in the name of the pre-rational Will, the social process of production, or the contingency of individual existence. Hegel 's absolute idealism has... More Info
The Invention of the Jewish People
Verso Books |
June 14, 2010 |
344 pages
Bestselling new analysis of Jewish history by a leading Israeli historian.
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Envisioning real utopias
Verso Books |
June 14, 2010 |
394 pages
Leading sociologist proposes a new framework for a socialist alternative.
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