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Tonio Holscher,
The Diver of Paestum

Since its discovery in 1968, the painting of a diver on a tomb in Paestum, originally the Greek colony of Poseidonia in southern Italy, has left viewers spellbound. It depicts a beautiful and enigmatic sc…

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Michel Houellebecq
Interventions 2020

Originally published in French as: Interventions 2020. [Paris]: Flammarion, 2020.

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Florian Illies,
The Magic of Silence

No German painter evokes such strong emotions as Caspar David Friedrich: his evening skies remain icons of longing, his mountain vistas testaments to the grandeur of nature. He inspired Samuel Beckett to …

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Egidio Ivetic
History of the Adriatic

The Adriatic is 'the small Mediterranean' - a sea within a sea, part of the Mediterranean and at the same time detached from it, a largely enclosed sea with stunning coastlines and a long history of comme…

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Tim Jackson
The Care Economy

Care is the foundation of organic life. But its fate in the economy is precarious and uncertain. The labour of care is arduous and underpaid. Yet without it health and vitality are impossible. Care itself…

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Tim Jackson
The Care Economy

Care is the foundation of organic life. But its fate in the economy is precarious and uncertain. The labour of care is arduous and underpaid. Yet without it health and vitality are impossible. Care itself…

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Lynn Jamieson
Intimacy

Where do we find intimacy today? Are our interactions with acquaintances and strangers, particularly online, a sign of deepening, widespread intimacy? Or are our personal relationships becoming increasing…

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Stuart Jeffries
A Short History of Stupidity

We are living, it is often said, in a golden age of stupidity, in which boneheaded, mendacious politicians get elected by voters who've become too mindless to realise their interests are ill-served by nar…

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Carey Jewitt, Sara Price
Digital Touch

Touch matters. It is fundamental to how we know ourselves and each other, and it is central to how we communicate. Digital touch is embedded in many technologies, from wearable devices and gaming hardware…

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Carey Jewitt, Sara Price
Digital Touch

Touch matters. It is fundamental to how we know ourselves and each other, and it is central to how we communicate. Digital touch is embedded in many technologies, from wearable devices and gaming hardware…

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Loch K Johnson
National Security Intelligence

"National security intelligence is a vast, complex, and intriguing topic, made doubly hard for citizens to understand because of the thick veils of secrecy that surround it. In this third edition of …

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Loch K Johnson
National Security Intelligence

"National security intelligence is a vast, complex, and intriguing topic, made doubly hard for citizens to understand because of the thick veils of secrecy that surround it. In this third edition of …

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Mark R Johnson
Twitch

Twitch is the leading live streaming platform in most of the world and an integral part of contemporary digital gaming culture. Millions of people broadcast their game play (as well as other activities) t…

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Adam Kadlac
The Magic Kingdom and the Meaning of Life

What truths and life lessons can we take away from a seemingly trivial theme park in Orlando, Florida?Father and philosopher Adam Kadlac reflects on his own visits to Walt Disney World, arguing that Disne…

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Frederic Keck
Solidarity Between Species

This book examines how the Covid-19 pandemic can be described as a biopolitical crisis, taking into account a fact often overlooked by commentators: Covid-19 is a zoonosis, a disease transmissible between…

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Farhad Khosrokhavar
Revolt Against Theocracy

This book is the first in-depth account of the uprising in Iran that began on 16 September 2022, when a young woman, Mahsa Amini, was killed by the morality police. In the months that followed, protests a…

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Farhad Khosrokhavar
Revolt Against Theocracy

This book is the first in-depth account of the uprising in Iran that began on 16 September 2022, when a young woman, Mahsa Amini, was killed by the morality police. In the months that followed, protests a…

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Anthony King
Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century

War is urbanising. From Mosul to Mumbai, Aleppo to Marawi, the largest and most intense battles of the twenty-first century have taken place in densely populated urban areas. In the Ukraine War, Russian a…

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Anthony King
Urban Warfare in the Twenty-First Century

War is urbanising. From Mosul to Mumbai, Aleppo to Marawi, the largest and most intense battles of the twenty-first century have taken place in densely populated urban areas. In the Ukraine War, Russian a…

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Rob Kitchin
Critical Data Studies

Critical Data Studies has come of age as a vibrant, interdisciplinary field of study. Taking data as its primary analytical focus, the field theorises the nature of data; examines how data are produced, m…

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