POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENTA portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leadersAung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and crusader for democracyin Myanmar, is once again behind bars.
Palestinians in Israel considers a key issue ignored by the official 'peace process' and most mainstream commentators: that of the growing Palestinian minority within Israel itself.
From East Timor to the Middle East, from the nature of democracy to our place in the natural world, from intellectual politics to the politics of language, Powers and Prospects is a vital compilation of Chomsky's writings on a broad array of subject material.
'A provocative look at the racial context for Americans' right to bear arms' New York Times Book Review, Editor's ChoiceThe Second Amendment:The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
This new edition of the classic biography of Tony Benn captures the essence of Benn's formidable impact on the British Labour Party and British politics.
'A provocative look at the racial context for Americans' right to bear arms' New York Times Book Review, Editor's ChoiceThe Second Amendment:The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
«La vida intensa» ofrece un análisis crítico al ideal moderno de vivir todas nuestras experiencias al límite, el cual puede resultar agotador y llevar a la sociedad a la frustración.
Este libro propone un análisis de las experiencias de gobernanza en Venezuela, Nicaragua, México y Brasil para hallar respuesta a diversos aspectos como el resultado del encuentro entre nuevas iniciativas de participación y viejos mecanismos políticos jerárquicos; qué tan genuinamente novedosas son estas experiencias; qué significados adquieren estas experiencias desde la perspectiva de los actores; cuáles son los circuitos de representación que allí se construyen; y, por qué el mejor desempeño de algunos espacios de interfaces en comparación con otros que no ofrecen el mismo resultado.
¿Es posible proyectar un nuevo pacto humanista en los términos de una república feminista y plebeyaEl avance de las extremas derechas globales, la emergencia climática y la destrucción de los pactos democráticos del siglo XX conforman un escenario político que exige un profundo ejercicio de agudeza intelectual para quienes desean construir sociedades más justas, libres e igualitarias.
Islam has become a potent political force around the world since it reemerged in the late 1960's and 1970's as a religio-political alternative to failed nationalist ideologies.
Historian and political thinker Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that theories of "e;postmodern"e; fragmentation, "e;difference"e;, and contingency can barely accommodate the idea of capitalism, let alone subject it to critique.
In this highly prescient work - which has had a big impact on figures such as Pablo Oglesias of Podemos in Spain - Ernesto Laclau continues the philosophical and political exploration initiated in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy.
The purpose of the book is to revive the spirit of real Christianity in the United States, stand against our Adversary and turn from our collective moral drift.
Under the incurious gaze of the major media, the political establishment and the financial sector have become increasingly deceitful and dangerous in recent years.
In this vehement defence of democracy, Jacques Ranci,re explodes the complacency of Western politicians who pride themselves as the defenders of political freedom.
The purpose of the book is to revive the spirit of real Christianity in the United States, stand against our Adversary and turn from our collective moral drift.
In An Appeal to the World, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet illuminates the way to peace in our time, arguing for a form of universal ethics that goes beyond religion - values we all share as humans that can help us create unity and peace to heal our world.
An icon of the Left, and champion of democracy and social justice, Tony Benn entered the Commons in 1950 and with Ted Heath held the record for post-war service as an MP.