Polity
@politybooks.bsky.social
The home of independent thinking
Find us elsewhere http://linktr.ee/politybooks
Polity is an independent publisher in the social science & humanities.
Find us elsewhere http://linktr.ee/politybooks
Polity is an independent publisher in the social science & humanities.
In a humane world, cruelty should not exist, and yet it has been a feature of our societies since time immemorial. From individual acts of cruelty to systematic torture and mass murder, cruelty has been humanity’s constant companion, attesting to a darker side of human nature.
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In a humane world, cruelty should not exist, and yet it has been a feature of our societies since time immemorial. From individual acts of cruelty to systematic torture and mass murder, cruelty has been humanity’s constant companion, attesting to a darker side of human nature.
Reposted by Polity
Want a new textbook on the Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships, for less?
Order from @politybooks.bsky.social with code: BRM30 and you’ll get a 30% discount (until end of November). www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Order from @politybooks.bsky.social with code: BRM30 and you’ll get a 30% discount (until end of November). www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships, Engagingly written, and rich with real-world examples, The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships is a crucial resource for students, researchers, a...
www.politybooks.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Want a new textbook on the Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships, for less?
Order from @politybooks.bsky.social with code: BRM30 and you’ll get a 30% discount (until end of November). www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Order from @politybooks.bsky.social with code: BRM30 and you’ll get a 30% discount (until end of November). www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
"Pizza is a remarkably adaptable food, it integrates into local cuisines and creates a living dialogue with them."
Read an interview with Luca Cesari, author of The History of Pizza, in @redsauceamerica.bsky.social
www.redsauceamerica.com/blog/pizzas-...
Read an interview with Luca Cesari, author of The History of Pizza, in @redsauceamerica.bsky.social
www.redsauceamerica.com/blog/pizzas-...
Pizza's Global Journey from Naples and Back Again: A Conversation with Luca Cesari, author of The History of Pizza - Red Sauce America
Photo by Thomas Prior Historian Luca Cesari is an expert on Italian food. In his new book, The History of Pizza, he explores the origins of this iconic Neapolitan dish, looks at the migration of piz...
www.redsauceamerica.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"Pizza is a remarkably adaptable food, it integrates into local cuisines and creates a living dialogue with them."
Read an interview with Luca Cesari, author of The History of Pizza, in @redsauceamerica.bsky.social
www.redsauceamerica.com/blog/pizzas-...
Read an interview with Luca Cesari, author of The History of Pizza, in @redsauceamerica.bsky.social
www.redsauceamerica.com/blog/pizzas-...
Intimacy can be joyous, but also confusing and socially constrained.
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships by Luke Brunning & Natasha McKeever reveals how philosophy can deepen our understanding of how we date, love, have sex, and form relationships.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships by Luke Brunning & Natasha McKeever reveals how philosophy can deepen our understanding of how we date, love, have sex, and form relationships.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Intimacy can be joyous, but also confusing and socially constrained.
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships by Luke Brunning & Natasha McKeever reveals how philosophy can deepen our understanding of how we date, love, have sex, and form relationships.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships by Luke Brunning & Natasha McKeever reveals how philosophy can deepen our understanding of how we date, love, have sex, and form relationships.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Reposted by Polity
Happy publication day to my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
November 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happy publication day to my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
This has been a long time in the making and @politybooks.bsky.social have been fantastic throughout the whole process. 🥂
Reposted by Polity
📚🎊✨ yay - joint book launch for @nsrnicek.bsky.social's Silicon Empires, @mayameme.bsky.social's Auto-Correct and my Public Data Cultures, in discussion with @joannazylinska.bsky.social & @noortjem.bsky.social on 3rd Dec, 7-9pm 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/kings... @politybooks.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
📚🎊✨ yay - joint book launch for @nsrnicek.bsky.social's Silicon Empires, @mayameme.bsky.social's Auto-Correct and my Public Data Cultures, in discussion with @joannazylinska.bsky.social & @noortjem.bsky.social on 3rd Dec, 7-9pm 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/kings... @politybooks.bsky.social
Reposted by Polity
I am pleased to announce the book Capitalism at the Limit. A Political Ecology of a World in Crisis by Markus Wissen and myself has been published with @politybooks.bsky.social.
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I am pleased to announce the book Capitalism at the Limit. A Political Ecology of a World in Crisis by Markus Wissen and myself has been published with @politybooks.bsky.social.
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Reposted by Polity
Last chance to register for the 'Reimagining Digital ID' event @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Join the www.redid.net team and other researchers, designers, digital human rights and migrant rights groups to discuss implications of digital ID systems. All welcome, details below ⬇️
Reimagining Digital ID: Learning from the South | REDID Project
A one-day symposium on Digital ID in Global South, refugee and UK contexts, including exhibition launch of drawings by Karen refugees at the Thai-Myanmar border
www.redid.net
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Last chance to register for the 'Reimagining Digital ID' event @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Join the www.redid.net team and other researchers, designers, digital human rights and migrant rights groups to discuss implications of digital ID systems. All welcome, details below ⬇️
They say everybody uses porn. They’re wrong. People don’t use pornography: it uses us. And you don’t have to watch it to be one of its victims.
Jo Bartosch and Robert Jessel expose how the multi-billion-dollar porn industry has humanity gripped in a chokehold.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Jo Bartosch and Robert Jessel expose how the multi-billion-dollar porn industry has humanity gripped in a chokehold.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
They say everybody uses porn. They’re wrong. People don’t use pornography: it uses us. And you don’t have to watch it to be one of its victims.
Jo Bartosch and Robert Jessel expose how the multi-billion-dollar porn industry has humanity gripped in a chokehold.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Jo Bartosch and Robert Jessel expose how the multi-billion-dollar porn industry has humanity gripped in a chokehold.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Since the emergence of ChatGPT, generative AI has been heralded as a technology poised to revolutionize our world. But who truly wields power over this transformative technology?
In 'Silicon Empires', Nick Srnicek explores the geopolitical economy of AI.
Out now www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
In 'Silicon Empires', Nick Srnicek explores the geopolitical economy of AI.
Out now www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Since the emergence of ChatGPT, generative AI has been heralded as a technology poised to revolutionize our world. But who truly wields power over this transformative technology?
In 'Silicon Empires', Nick Srnicek explores the geopolitical economy of AI.
Out now www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
In 'Silicon Empires', Nick Srnicek explores the geopolitical economy of AI.
Out now www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
“A marvel of narrative art … it’s the very best book I’ve read in quite a while.”
Sara Dowse (@saradowse.bsky.social) reviews 'Marseille 1940' by Uwe Wittstock (@uwewittstock.bsky.social) for @insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/perilous-ref...
Sara Dowse (@saradowse.bsky.social) reviews 'Marseille 1940' by Uwe Wittstock (@uwewittstock.bsky.social) for @insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/perilous-ref...
Perilous refuge • Sara Dowse
Uwe Wittstock’s Marseille 1940 is a marvel of narrative art
insidestory.org.au
October 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
“A marvel of narrative art … it’s the very best book I’ve read in quite a while.”
Sara Dowse (@saradowse.bsky.social) reviews 'Marseille 1940' by Uwe Wittstock (@uwewittstock.bsky.social) for @insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/perilous-ref...
Sara Dowse (@saradowse.bsky.social) reviews 'Marseille 1940' by Uwe Wittstock (@uwewittstock.bsky.social) for @insidestory.bsky.social
insidestory.org.au/perilous-ref...
Reposted by Polity
LLM 101: Critical Introduction to Large Language Models
This Friday (31 October 2025), I will be presenting material from the book "Communicative AI" @politybooks.bsky.social during a #NorthernExposureNIU workshop. 71 North Partnership Studio, Founders Memorial Library, Northern Illinois University.
This Friday (31 October 2025), I will be presenting material from the book "Communicative AI" @politybooks.bsky.social during a #NorthernExposureNIU workshop. 71 North Partnership Studio, Founders Memorial Library, Northern Illinois University.
October 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
LLM 101: Critical Introduction to Large Language Models
This Friday (31 October 2025), I will be presenting material from the book "Communicative AI" @politybooks.bsky.social during a #NorthernExposureNIU workshop. 71 North Partnership Studio, Founders Memorial Library, Northern Illinois University.
This Friday (31 October 2025), I will be presenting material from the book "Communicative AI" @politybooks.bsky.social during a #NorthernExposureNIU workshop. 71 North Partnership Studio, Founders Memorial Library, Northern Illinois University.
Reposted by Polity
Post-liberalism has distinctive British and US sources but increasingly the US elements are driving changes in British politics - see my new book Against Post Liberalism to find out why and to see why that might be a problem… @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social #Postliberalism
October 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Post-liberalism has distinctive British and US sources but increasingly the US elements are driving changes in British politics - see my new book Against Post Liberalism to find out why and to see why that might be a problem… @lsegovernment.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social #Postliberalism
Habermas is the voice of a generation.
One of the world’s most influential philosophers, he has shaped debates, both academic and public, for more than half a century.
One of the world’s most influential philosophers, he has shaped debates, both academic and public, for more than half a century.
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Habermas is the voice of a generation.
One of the world’s most influential philosophers, he has shaped debates, both academic and public, for more than half a century.
One of the world’s most influential philosophers, he has shaped debates, both academic and public, for more than half a century.
‘When #data seems so often a tool of oppression and control, this book provides a marvellous exploration of its deployment for social change. This is a core optimistic message for our times; Gray is the ideal guide.’ Geoffrey C. Bowker
Public Data Cultures is out now! @jwyg.bsky.social
Link below 👇
Public Data Cultures is out now! @jwyg.bsky.social
Link below 👇
October 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
‘When #data seems so often a tool of oppression and control, this book provides a marvellous exploration of its deployment for social change. This is a core optimistic message for our times; Gray is the ideal guide.’ Geoffrey C. Bowker
Public Data Cultures is out now! @jwyg.bsky.social
Link below 👇
Public Data Cultures is out now! @jwyg.bsky.social
Link below 👇
‘Postliberalism offers no account of change nor of the future and that is why it with its populist politics of faith, family and flag is ultimately a dead end.’
Against Post-Liberalism by @pjthinker.bsky.social is out today in the UK!
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Against Post-Liberalism by @pjthinker.bsky.social is out today in the UK!
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
October 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
‘Postliberalism offers no account of change nor of the future and that is why it with its populist politics of faith, family and flag is ultimately a dead end.’
Against Post-Liberalism by @pjthinker.bsky.social is out today in the UK!
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Against Post-Liberalism by @pjthinker.bsky.social is out today in the UK!
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Reposted by Polity
#VendrediLecture 📚
What is Politics?
edited by Colin Hay
@politybooks.bsky.social
Exploring what it means to 'think politically' in these troubled times, this cutting-edge textbook reveals the many dimensions of politics.
👉 www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
cc @scpo-research.bsky.social
What is Politics?
edited by Colin Hay
@politybooks.bsky.social
Exploring what it means to 'think politically' in these troubled times, this cutting-edge textbook reveals the many dimensions of politics.
👉 www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
cc @scpo-research.bsky.social
![[Book cover] What is Politics? The definitive guide to politics in our polarized times. Edited by Colin Hay.
[Accompanying text]
What is Politics?
Colin Hay
Written with the new student in mind, this probing introduction will be essential reading for all those who strive to make sense of politics in today's world.
Paperback 978-1-5095-5906-0
£ 18.99 / € 22.99
Also available in hardback and as an eBook](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:76hrkrslmzh2qwrxhcxwzx7p/bafkreieio7aj7n2ytt2f6v4hv5xo4lcyzb26dpda634edskfvzudrnb6le@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#VendrediLecture 📚
What is Politics?
edited by Colin Hay
@politybooks.bsky.social
Exploring what it means to 'think politically' in these troubled times, this cutting-edge textbook reveals the many dimensions of politics.
👉 www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
cc @scpo-research.bsky.social
What is Politics?
edited by Colin Hay
@politybooks.bsky.social
Exploring what it means to 'think politically' in these troubled times, this cutting-edge textbook reveals the many dimensions of politics.
👉 www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
cc @scpo-research.bsky.social
Reposted by Polity
Public Data Cultures is out today on @politybooks.bsky.social! 📗🎊 jonathangray.org/2025/10/23/p...
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Public Data Cultures is out today on @politybooks.bsky.social! 📗🎊 jonathangray.org/2025/10/23/p...
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
It aims to nurture critical and creative engagements with public data as cultural material, medium of participation and as site of transnational politics. Happy to see it out in the world! 🦔🌌💜
Reposted by Polity
Two rather different titles from same family! My work will be done when both are in Waterstones in Tunbridge Wells @waterstones.bsky.social - to be fair Anne’s book is already in Waterstones Covent Garden @politybooks.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Two rather different titles from same family! My work will be done when both are in Waterstones in Tunbridge Wells @waterstones.bsky.social - to be fair Anne’s book is already in Waterstones Covent Garden @politybooks.bsky.social
Reposted by Polity
October 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Reposted by Polity
Two more days until publication @politybooks.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social - picture of new book with an older one - a radical liberal egalitarian theory that is far from the caricature of the post-liberal target…
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Two more days until publication @politybooks.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social - picture of new book with an older one - a radical liberal egalitarian theory that is far from the caricature of the post-liberal target…
Reposted by Polity
Three days until publication on 24th October - might be of interest to @iandunt.bsky.social and to @sohrabahmari.bsky.social for different reasons. @politybooks.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Three days until publication on 24th October - might be of interest to @iandunt.bsky.social and to @sohrabahmari.bsky.social for different reasons. @politybooks.bsky.social
“In his new study (admirably translated by Robert Savage) Tonio Hölscher…uses his rhetorical skills to patiently and persuasively build his; argument…in an eloquent dialectic with previous scholars.”@historytoday.com review Tonio Hoelscher's The Diver of Paestum
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
‘The Diver of Paestum’ by Tonio Hölscher review
www.historytoday.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“In his new study (admirably translated by Robert Savage) Tonio Hölscher…uses his rhetorical skills to patiently and persuasively build his; argument…in an eloquent dialectic with previous scholars.”@historytoday.com review Tonio Hoelscher's The Diver of Paestum
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
Reposted by Polity
Only four days to go - Oct 24th publication day @politybooks.bsky.social @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Only four days to go - Oct 24th publication day @politybooks.bsky.social @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
Reposted by Polity
Great to see ✨3 ✨ @mediacomgold.bsky.social books at the @politybooks.bsky.social stand at #aoir2025 ‘Democratic Delusions’ by Natalie Fenton, @kat-hig.bsky.social’ ‘Believability’ and my own ‘Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful’
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Great to see ✨3 ✨ @mediacomgold.bsky.social books at the @politybooks.bsky.social stand at #aoir2025 ‘Democratic Delusions’ by Natalie Fenton, @kat-hig.bsky.social’ ‘Believability’ and my own ‘Technocolonialism: when technology for good is harmful’