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Pierre Bourdieu,
Return to Reflexivity

"This slim volume contains four little-known texts by Pierre Bourdieu on the question of reflexivity, which was a key theme in his work. For Bourdieu, reflexivity was not an exercise in introspection…

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Pierre Bourdieu,
The Interest in Disinterestedness

"A key feature of those who work for the state, in the legal system and in public services is that they claim to be putting their own personal interests aside and working in a disinterested fashion, …

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Alfie Bown
Post-Comedy

Not so long ago, comedy and laughter were a shared experience of relief, as Freud famously argued. At their best, ribbing, roasting, piss-taking and insulting were the foundation of a kind of universal cu…

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Ian Boyd
Science and Politics

The recent coronavirus pandemic proved that the time-old notion seems now truer than ever: that science and politics represent a clash of cultures. But why should scientists simply "stick to the fact…

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Ulrich Brand, Markus Wissen
Capitalism at the Limit

Capitalism is hitting the buffers. Unable to handle the various crises that its inherent logic of growth, profit, and competition has produced, it has led the world into a state of emergency ? with the au…

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Pascal Bruckner,
I Suffer Therefore I Am

In the West today, suffering has become a new sacred cow. Once a common feature of the human condition, it is now a special trait you can use to impress your contemporaries. It provides you with a borrowe…

lieferbar ab 18.11.2025.

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Luke Brunning, Natasha McKeever
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships

Intimacy can be joyous, but also confusing and socially constrained. This book reveals how philosophy can deepen our understanding of how we date, fall in love, have sex, and form relationships. Brunning …

lieferbar ab 12.1.2026.

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Alain Corbin,
A History of Rest

Rest occupies a space outside of sleep and alertness: it is a form of recuperation but also of preparation for what is to come, and is a need felt by human and animal alike. Through the centuries, differe…

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Deborah Cameron
The Rise of Dogwhistle Politics

The term dogwhistle, meaning a political message with a hidden or coded meaning, only entered mainstream usage in the mid-1990s, but today it seems to be everywhere. Accusations of dogwhistling fly in eve…

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Andrea Lorenzo Capussela
The Republic of Innovation

We cling to a distorted idea of freedom. To be free, we commonly think, means to be unconstrained. This widespread belief makes our societies less fair, as it fails to confront that freedom to act can mea…

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Andrea Lorenzo Capussela
The Republic of Innovation

We cling to a distorted idea of freedom. To be free, we commonly think, means to be unconstrained. This widespread belief makes our societies less fair, as it fails to confront that freedom to act can mea…

lieferbar ab 27.1.2026.

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Aime Cesaire,
Toussaint Louverture

This book is the long-overdue publication in English of Aimé Césaire's account of Toussaint Louverture, the legendary leader of the revolution in Saint-Domingue - a slave revolt against French colonial ru…

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Aime Cesaire,
Toussaint Louverture

This book is the long-overdue publication in English of Aimé Césaire's account of Toussaint Louverture, the legendary leader of the revolution in Saint-Domingue - a slave revolt against French colonial ru…

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Luca Cesari,
The History of Pizza

Pizza is the Italian food that has conquered the world: from Brussels to LA, from Beijing to Buenos Aires, pizzas and pizzerias can be found everywhere today. But what are the origins of this food and how…

lieferbar ab 24.11.2025.

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Rebecca Charbonneau
Mixed Signals

"In the shadow of the Cold War, whispers from the cosmos fueled an unlikely alliance between the US and USSR. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (or SETI) emerged as a foundational field of…

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Rachel Hope Cleves
Lustful Appetites

"In this enticing new book, historian Rachel Hope Cleves explores the long association between indulging in good food and an appetite for immoral sex. From the Parisian invention of the restaurant (w…

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Ben Cobley
The Progress Trap

The idea of progress, one of the animating ideas of Western civilization, has now gone global. From Marxism and neoliberalism to today's mutant identity politics, it offers a framework of knowledge and co…

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William C Cockerham
The Social Causes of Health and Disease

This masterful guide to the social determinants of health has become a go-to text for understanding the role that social factors play in the experience of health and many diseases. In this updated edition…

lieferbar ab 17.2.2026.

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Mark Coeckelbergh, David J Gunkel
Communicative AI

Large Language Models (LLMs), like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's LaMDA, are not only the most disruptive and controversial technologies of our time, but also offer an unprecedented opportunity to examine …

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Mark Coeckelbergh, David J Gunkel
Communicative AI

Large Language Models (LLMs), like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's LaMDA, are not only the most disruptive and controversial technologies of our time, but also offer an unprecedented opportunity to examine …

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