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Kent G. Deng
The Rise and Fall of China's Economic Miracle

After several decades of unprecedented growth that turned China into the world's second largest economy, today China is facing major economic challenges, exacerbated by rising tariffs imposed by its most …

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Jerome Denis, David Pontille,
The Care of Things

"What does a coffee machine, a car, road signs, a smartphone, a cathedral, a work of art, a satellite, a bicycle, a washing machine, a bridge, a watch, a computer, the body of a prominent politician …

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Philippe Descola,
Forms of the Visible

Imagery and figuration are not just figments of an artist's imagination. Perception and imagination are always shaped by what habit has taught us to discern. The visual path we spontaneously trace through…

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Souleymane Bachir Diagne,
Ubuntu

Ubuntu, a Bantu word that became the first term from an Indigenous language to enter a political constitution, is host to many meanings: 'humanity', 'fraternity', 'compassion', and even ''orming a communi…

lieferbar ab 14.4.2026.

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Souleymane Bachir Diagne,
Ubuntu

Ubuntu, a Bantu word that became the first term from an Indigenous language to enter a political constitution, is host to many meanings: 'humanity', 'fraternity', 'compassion', and even ''orming a communi…

lieferbar ab 14.4.2026.

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Ap Dijksterhuis,
Inspiration

Inspiration propels us. It's the basis of every accomplishment. But the idea that it simply falls into your lap is a myth. Inspiration doesn't come to us in a gust of wind, only to disappear into the mist…

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Stefanie Duguay
Tinder

Since Tinder's launch in 2012, the app and its iconic swipe have sparked controversy, shaped the matchmaking industry, and changed how people date.In the first book-length exploration of Tinder, Stefanie …

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Stefanie Duguay
Tinder

Since Tinder's launch in 2012, the app and its iconic swipe have sparked controversy, shaped the matchmaking industry, and changed how people date.In the first book-length exploration of Tinder, Stefanie …

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Devika Dutt, Carolina Alves, Surbhi Kesar, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven
Decolonizing Economics

Is economics a neutral scientific field, or is it riddled with eurocentric biases that stem from its origins in the development of capitalism, colonialism, and slavery?This book makes the case that econom…

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Devika Dutt, Carolina Alves, Surbhi Kesar, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven
Decolonizing Economics

Decolonization has long been debated across the social sciences, but the economics discipline has so far avoided such critical engagement. This book provides a much-needed intervention. Dutt, Alves, Kesar…

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Christopher J Einolf
Why Torture Persists

Since antiquity, governments have used torture to gather information and determine guilt. But its track record is shaky, to say the least: thinkers from Aristotle to the present have observed that torture…

lieferbar ab 6.4.2026.

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Roberto Esposito,
The Faces of the Adversary

Roberto Esposito's poetic and historically layered new book draws on a famous, and famously opaque, passage from the Old Testament to shed light on the vision of self and domination that has profoundly sh…

lieferbar ab 27.4.2026.

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Roberto Esposito,
The Faces of the Adversary

Roberto Esposito's poetic and historically layered new book draws on a famous, and famously opaque, passage from the Old Testament to shed light on the vision of self and domination that has profoundly sh…

lieferbar ab 27.4.2026.

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Roberto Esposito,
Vitam Instituere

In this book Roberto Esposito continues his philosophical exploration of the relation between institutions and human life. Starting from the enigmatic Latin term vitam instituere, he charts its early emer…

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Roberto Esposito,
Vitam Instituere

In this book Roberto Esposito continues his philosophical exploration of the relation between institutions and human life. Starting from the enigmatic Latin term vitam instituere, he charts its early emer…

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Olivier Esteves, Alice Picard, Julien Talpin
France, You Love It But Leave It

Their names are Mohamed, Samira, sometimes Matthieu or Sophie. They were born and bred in France and are highly qualified, but they have decided to go and live in London or New York, Montreal or Brussels,…

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Olivier Esteves, Alice Picard, Julien Talpin
France, You Love It But Leave It

Their names are Mohamed, Samira, sometimes Matthieu or Sophie. They were born and bred in France and are highly qualified, but they have decided to go and live in London or New York, Montreal or Brussels,…

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Charles Euchner
Rules of Activism

Since its founding, activists have demanded that the United States lives up to its democratic promise. Now, with Rules of Activism , Charles Euchner offers a concise "field guide" to the critica…

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Charles Euchner
Rules of Activism

Since its founding, activists have demanded that the United States lives up to its democratic promise. Now, with Rules of Activism , Charles Euchner offers a concise "field guide" to the critica…

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Didier Fassin, Anne-Claire Defossez
Exile

In recent decades, the forced displacement of populations has fueled nationalism and xenophobia across the world, arousing fear and hostility. Policies have been implemented to deter migrants, crack down …

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