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The COVID-19 Catastrophe

What’s Gone Wrong and How To Stop It Happening Again

2nd Edition

Richard Horton

“This is the book to read if you want to understand the response to COVID-19. Powerful, beautifully written and reflective. Richard Horton at his best.”

Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Edinburgh

January 2021

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Pandemic! 2

Chronicles of a Time Lost

Slavoj Žižek

What do sex doll sales, locust swarms and a wired-brain pig have to do with the coronavirus pandemic? Everything—according to that “Giant of Lubliana,” the inimitable Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek.In this exhilarating sequel to his acclaimed Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes the World, Žižek delves into some of the more surprising dimensions of lockdowns, quarantines, and social distancing—and the increasingly unruly opposition to them by “response fatigued” publics around the world.

January 2021

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The Age of Fitness

How the Body Came to Symbolize Success and Achievement

Jürgen Martschukat

“fascinating”

The Guardian

“In this meticulous analysis of contemporary society, Martschukat lays bare the cultural and historical roots of the modern fitness boom.”

WOZ–Die Wochenzeitung

January 2021

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The Wealth Hoarders

How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions

Chuck Collins

“It is no great surprise anymore that we are facing the greatest crisis in income and wealth inequality that we have seen since the 1920s. What is shocking is the sprawling system of corruption that the ultra-rich have designed in order to hoard their unimaginable wealth at the expense of everyone else. Chuck’s book reveals not only the inner workings of this elaborate scheme to hide more than $20 trillion in wealth, it offers us a blueprint for reversing this obscene inequality so we can take back our democracy and ensure that our government works for everybody—not just the billionaire class and wealthy campaign contributors.”

Senator Bernie Sanders

February 2021

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Just Deserts

Debating Free Will

Daniel C. Dennett and Gregg D. Caruso

“It reminds you just how important and difficult and vitally alive philosophical debate can be.” 

Jenann T. Ismael, Columbia University, author of How Physics Makes Us Free

“Just Deserts is a delight: a sharp and interesting discussion of punishment, morality, choice, and much else … perfect for a newcomer to the free will debates.” 

Paul Bloom, Yale University, author of Against Empathy

January 2021

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New Books
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  • The Sociology of Health and Illness
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  • Gender
    Raewyn Connell
  • Anarchism
    Carissa Honeywell
  • Problem Spaces
    Celia Lury
  • Migration Beyond Capitalism
    Hannah Cross
  • Decolonizing Sociology
    Ali Meghji
  • Communicating the Future
    W. Lance Bennett
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    Lorenzo Marsili
  • Race After Technology
    Ruha Benjamin
  • Another End of the World is Possible
    Pablo Servigne, 
    Raphaël Stevens, 
    Gauthier Chapelle
  • The Case for Degrowth
    Giorgos Kallis, 
    Susan Paulson, 
    Giacomo D\'Alisa, 
    Federico Demaria
  • The Case for a Four Day Week
    Anna Coote, 
    Aidan Harper, 
    Alfie Stirling
  • The Meaning of Thought
    Markus Gabriel
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