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Recent Reviews
While we are primarily an academic publisher, many of our books are also of interest to a general readership. This is reflected in the outstanding reviews our books receive in the general media as a well as in specialist journals.
An accessible and engaging guide to the international system of financial regulation, now with an updated introduction
Also by Howard Davies, from Polity:
The Chancellors' Tales
Bonfire of Illusions
The Twin Crises of the Liberal World
by Alex Callinicos
A leading political thinker traces the origins of the 2007-8 economic crash to a culture of over-accumulation since the late 1960s.
Recent books by Alex Callinicos, from Polity:
Imperialism and Global Political Economy
The Resources of Critique
Art and Multitude
by Antonio Negri
One of the world's most famous political thinkers examines the conception of art in the postmodern world.
Recent books by Antonio Negri, from Polity:
Empire and Beyond
Diary of an Escape
Journalism and Democracy
by Géralide Muhlmann
A philosophical examination of the role that journalism can and should play in a democratic society
Also by Géraldine Muhlmann, from Polity:
A Political History of Journalism
The Globalization of Surveillance
by Armand Mattelart
A leading media scholar analyzes the growth of surveillance throughout the world and assesses its political implications
Foucault
His Thought, His Character
by Paul Veyne
A brilliant interpretation of Foucault and his work by one of the world's leading historians
Also by Paul Veyne, from Polity:
When Our World Became Christian, 312-394
Second Manifesto for Philosophy
by Alain Badiou
A defense of philosophy from one of the most widely read and controversial thinkers writing today
Also by Alain Badiou, from Polity:
Philosophy in the Present
Numbers and Numbers
The Century
by Ulrick Beck
A reflection on the nature and role of religion and religious experience in contemporary societies by one of the world's leading sociologists.
Recent books by Ulrick Beck, from Polity:
World at Risk
Power in the Global Age
An Awareness of What is Missing
Faith and Reason in a Post-secular Age
by Jürgen Habermas
One of the world's most prominent thinkers develops his views on the relation between readon and faith.
Recent books by Jürgen Habermas, from Polity:
Europe: The Faltering Project
Between Naturalism and Religion
by Richard Bernstein
A major new interpretation of pragmatism by one of America's leading philosophers
Also, by Richard Bernstein, from Polity:
The Abuse of Evil
A God of One's Own
The Pragmatic Turn