New Lefts: The Making of a Radical Tradition (Renaud Terence)(Paperback)

New Lefts: The Making of a Radical Tradition (Renaud Terence)(Paperback)

A groundbreaking history of Europe's new lefts, from the antifascist 1920s to the anti-establishment 1960s In the 1960s, the radical youth of Western Europe's New Left rebelled against the democratic welfare state and their parents' antiquated politics of reform. It was not the first time an

Black Marxism - The Making of the Black Radical Tradition (Robinson Cedric J.)(Paperback / softback)

Radical Social Work in Practice: Making a Difference (Ferguson Iain)(Paperback)

Radical social work is a tradition often identified exclusively with the movement which developed in the UK in the 1970s, yet as this much-needed new textbook demonstrates, the relevance of radical approaches to contemporary social work practice have never been stronger. Challenges to a neoliberal

The Making of the Indebted Man: An Essay on the Neoliberal Condition (Lazzarato Maurizio)(Paperback)

A new and radical reexamination of today's neoliberalist 'new economy' through the political lens of the debtor/creditor relation.'The debtor-creditor relation, which is at the heart of this book, sharpens mechanisms of exploitation and domination indiscriminately, since, in it, there is no

Cedric Robinson: The Time of the Black Radical Tradition (Myers Joshua)(Paperback)

Cedric Robinson - political theorist, historian and activist - was one of the greatest black radical thinkers of the twentieth century, whose work resonates deeply with contemporary movements such as Black Lives Matter. In this powerful work, the first major book to tell the story of Cedric

Rewilding: The Radical New Science of Ecological Recovery (Jepson Paul)(Paperback)

Nature conservation in the 21st century has taken a radical new turn. Instead of conserving particular species in nature reserves as 'museum pieces', frozen in time, the thinking now is that we should allow landscape-sized areas to 'rewild' according to their own self-determined processes. By

Bodhisattva of Compassion: The Mystical Tradition of Kuan Yin (Blofeld John)(Paperback)

She is the embodiment of selfless love, the supreme symbol of radical compassion, and, for more than a millennium throughout Asia, she has been revered as 'The One Who Hearkens to the Cries of the World.' Kuan Yin is both a Buddhist symbol and a beloved deity of Chinese folk religion. John

Radical Uncertainty - Decision-making for an unknowable future (King Mervyn)(Paperback / softback)

This ambitious and thought-provoking new work offers an overarching analysis of decision-making in all walks of

The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life (Quammen David)(Paperback)

Radical Atheism: Derrida and the Time of Life (Hgglund Martin)(Paperback)

Radical Atheism presents a profound new reading of the influential French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Against the prevalent notion that there was an ethical or religious 'turn' in Derrida's thinking, H gglund argues that a radical atheism informs Derrida's work from beginning to end. Proceeding

1946: The Making of the Modern World (Sebestyen Victor)(Paperback / softback)

A compelling account of a crucial year in post-war history, in the tradition of Margaret MacMillan's award-winning and bestselling The

Prophetic Encounters: Religion and the American Radical Tradition (McKanan Dan)(Paperback)

A broad, definitive history of the profound relationship between religion and movements for social change in AmericaThe United States has always had an active, vibrant, and influential religious Left. In every period of our history, people of faith have envisioned a society of peace and justice,

Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age (Hiltzik Michael A.)(Paperback)

In the bestselling tradition of The Soul of a New Machine, Dealers of Lightning is a fascinating journey of intellectual creation. In the 1970s and '80s, Xerox Corporation brought together a brain-trust of engineering geniuses, a group of computer eccentrics dubbed PARC. This brilliant group

A Radical History of the World (Faulkner Neil)(Paperback)

'Staggeringly ambitious.'―New Internationalist 'One of the finest historians on the left.'--John Newsinger, author, The Blood Never Dried Rejecting the top-down approach of conventional history, Neil Faulkner contends that it is the mass action of ordinary people that drives the transformative

The Making of Modern South Africa: Conquest, Apartheid, Democracy (Worden Nigel)(Paperback)

The new edition of The Making of Modern South Africa provides a comprehensive, current introduction to the key themes and debates concerning the history of this controversial country. Engagingly written, the author provides a sharp, analytical overview of the new South Africa. Examines the major

Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics (Thaler Richard H.)(Paperback)

Nobel laureate Richard H. Thaler has spent his career studying the radical notion that the central agents in the economy are humans--predictable, error-prone individuals. Misbehaving is his arresting, frequently hilarious account of the struggle to bring an academic discipline back down to

The Radical Orthodoxy Reader (Milbank John)(Paperback)

The Radical Orthodoxy Reader presents a selection of key readings in the field of Radical Orthodoxy, the most influential theological movement in contemporary academic theology. Radical Orthodoxy draws on pre-Enlightenment theology and philosophy to engage critically with the assumption and

Contours of Pauline Theology: A Radical New Survey of the Influences on Paul's Biblical Writings (Holland Tom)(Paperback)

New Paperback edition. The Apostle Paul is a controversial church figure. Many theologians accuse Paul of starting a new religion: of hijacking early Christianity in a different direction. Is this a fair charge?Tom Holland points us to a neglected fact, that the Jews in the first century AD would

In the New England Fashion (Kelly Catherine E.)(Paperback)

In the first half of the nineteenth century, rural New England society underwent a radical transformation as the traditional household economy gave way to an encroaching market culture. Drawing on a wide array of diaries, letters, and published writings by women in this society, Catherine E. Kelly

Making Workers: Radical Geographies of Education (Mitchell Katharyne)(Paperback)

As neoliberalist logic sinks deeper into our society with each passing year, its impact on the education system increases. In Making Workers, Katharyne Mitchell argues that education, in a context of shifting spaces, narratives, actors, and values, plays a critical role in the social and political

Divine Variations: How Christian Thought Became Racial Science (Keel Terence)(Paperback)

Divine Variations offers a new account of the development of scientific ideas about race. Focusing on the production of scientific knowledge over the last three centuries, Terence Keel uncovers the persistent links between pre-modern Christian thought and contemporary scientific perceptions of

The Halfpenny Girls (Mason Maggie)(Paperback)

THE BRAND NEW SAGA SERIES BY MAGGIE MASON - MEET THE HALFPENNY GIRLS. . . 'In the grand tradition of sagas set down by the late and great Catherine Cookson' Jean Fullerton on Blackpool Lass Down on their luck, all the have left is friendship . . . It is 1937 and Alice, Edith and Marg continue to

The Best and the Brightest (Halberstam David)(Paperback)

David Halberstam's masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain. 'A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.'--The New York Times Using portraits of America's flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that

History of Violence (Louis Edouard)(Paperback / softback)

** Shortlisted for the 2020 International Dublin Literary Award **The radical, urgent new novel from the author of The End of Eddy - a personal and powerful story of violence. I met Reda on Christmas Eve 2012, at around four in the