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Enlightenment and its discontents

Tracing the history of human civilisation as a dialectical struggle between rational and irrational thought, this book makes a compelling case for the

All I have is a voice

This collection of essays that Arundhati Roy published over the past two decades showcases her solemn immersion in dissident writing.

For a just world

The book provides a realistic picture of the road map that international law must adopt to form robust institutions to tackle crimes of aggression.

The scourge of violence

A timely, eloquent series of interviews that interrogate the correlation of violence with gender discrimination, white intolerance, unilateral state p

A case for uncivil disobedience

Jason Brennan posits a radical, if problematic, thesis that responsible citizens should question authority and fight back when the government encroach

For common good

The book is at its core an optimistic injunction against outmoded and failing economic models.

Bin Laden, the inside story

The book, backed by relentless research, brings out the actions that led to the killing of the Al Qaeda leader.

Manufacturing consent

A hard-hitting book coming at a time when the dismal reality of our times casts a shadow on democratic institutions.

The crisis in humanities

The author makes a forceful argument for freeing academia from the clutches of corporate interests and correcting the bias against the liberal arts, w

Demystifying democracy

For a democracy to work, you need an electorate that has the basic knowledge of civic and social systems, but the author says democracies lack a knowl

Liberalism and its malcontents

A book that will have a long-term bearing on contemporary political thought and the history of the “empire”.

Reimagining socialism in U.S.

The author examines the Left’s critical role in American history and underscores the need to rejuvenate it in the current context.