Historie og samfunn

The driving force behind The Costs of Connection is the idea that something big is happening with data, a new phase of colonial extraction that is annexing human life to capitalism and in the process building a new social economic order - one that must be resisted if human autonomy is to be protected.

In September 2014 the French government entrusted Tobie Nathan with the task of counselling radicalized young people who had been drawn to jihadism. In this book he recounts his experiences, and shows that the history of radicalizations is not the history of 'natures' but of metamorphoses.

This book argues that the work of Theodor W. Adorno is best understood through the lens of his highly suggestive-yet often overlooked-concept of the "uncoercive gaze," an innovative way of relating to the object of one's analysis that interweaves critical intimacy and analytic vigilance.

Mary Roach meets Michael Pollan in this ambitious, dynamic and thought-provoking foray into the future of food

An exploration of the dark side of football, of Italy and of far right politics and organised crime: the hard core fans known as the ultras.

The most urgent story of our times, brilliantly reframed, beautifully told: how we had the chance to stop climate change, and failed.

Award-winning journalist Gillard took up where they left off to expose the tangled web of chief executives, big banks, politicians and dirty money where innocent lives are destroyed and the guilty flourish. Gillard's efforts culminated in a landmark court case, which finally put the Long Fella and his friends on trial exposing London's real Olympic legacy.

This book presents a model for understanding distress and change in counselling and psychotherapy by demonstrating the key similarities between different therapeutic approaches.

This book offers a novel account of how the Chinese Communist Party has achieved rapid economic growth while preserving political stability. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and challenging existing paradigms of political economy, it sheds light on the financial foundations of China's evolving authoritarian capitalism. -- .

A taboo-busting critique of the transfer of wealth from the global South to the global North.

The Baltic Story recounts the shared history of the countries around the Baltic, from the events of a thousand years ago to the present day.

The first book to consider British history from a magical perspective, and how these arcane magical themes developed over time.

Exploring both historical cases of civil resistance and more contemporary examples such as the Arab Awakenings and various ongoing movements in the United States, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) provides a comprehensive and engaging review of the current field of knowledge.

Now fully updated in 2019! This Village to Village Guide to the Camino de Santiago is a comprehensive guidebook towalking the Way of Saint James, from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de Compostela (the Camino Frances), and also the Camino Finisterre to Muxia and Finisterre.