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One of the earliest works of feminist philosophy, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman advocates for the education of women in a time where the opposite belief was predominately held. Written during the French Revolution, Wollstonecraft's work had a significant impact on those advocating for women's rights during the nineteenth century. 

Rights are a sacred part of American identity. Yet they were an afterthought for the Framers. Only as a result of the racial strife that exploded during the Civil War—and a series of resulting missteps by the Supreme Court—did rights gain such outsized power. Over and again, courts have treated rights conflicts as zero-sum games in which awarding rights to one side means denying rights to others. As eminent legal scholar Jamal Greene shows in How Rights Went Wrong, we need to recouple rights with justice—before they tear society apart. 

From assaults on merit-based hiring to the policing of language and replacing well-established, disciplinary scholarship by ideological mantras, current science and scholarship is under threat throughout western institutions. Many who have spoken up against this threat have lost their positions, and a climate of fear has arisen that strikes at the heart of modern education and research.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history … Eye-opening, engrossing’ Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanishing Half In her groundbreaking debut, Anna Malaika Tubbs tells the incredible storIES of three women who raised...

‘Astonishing … A work of moral courage’ BRIAN ENO ‘Revelatory’ WILLIAM DALRYMPLE ‘An important work’ AFUA HIRSCH ‘Remarkable’ YANIS VAROUFAKIS ‘A book of extraordinary moral clarity’ NATHAN THRALL A sweeping and revelatory history of the hidden tradition of Jewish thinkers...

“I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.” In this vivid and powerful collection of essays, Emilie Pine boldly confronts the past to better understand herself, her relationships and her role in society. She speaks...

The rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act, from the triumph of its passage in 1965 to its evisceration by the Supreme Court in their 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally made good on the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment, which nearly a century before...

Das Softwareunternehmen Palantir vertreibt eine der weltweit leistungsstärksten Technologien zum Sammeln von großen Datenmengen. Damit handelt Palantir mit Informationen, die westliche Demokratien schützen sollen, aber auch ihren Zusammenbruch herbeiführen könnten. An der Spitze des Unternehmens steht der unkonventionelle CEO und Mitbegründer Alex Karp, der in Sozialtheorie promovierte und überraschende politische und philosophische Ansichten vertritt.

*Shortlisted for the 2024 Wolfson History Prize* ‘Gripping and profoundly moving’ DAMON GALGUT ‘Deft and operatic’ OBSERVER Drawing on never-before-seen material, Steinberg reveals the fractures and stubborn bonds at the heart of a volatile and groundbreaking union, a very modern...

Dr. King’s best-selling account of the civil rights movement in Birmingham during the spring and summer of 1963 On April 16, 1963, as the violent events of the Birmingham campaign unfolded in the city’s streets, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., composed a letter from his prison cell in response...

In this international history of Reconstruction, Don Doyle chronicles the world events inspired by the Civil War. Between 1865 and 1870, France withdrew from Mexico, Russia sold Alaska to the US, and Britain proclaimed the new state of Canada. British workers demanded more voting rights, Spain toppled Queen Isabella II and ended slavery in its Caribbean colonies, Cubans rose against Spanish rule, France overthrew Napoleon III, and the kingdom of Pope Pius IX fell before the Italian Risorgimento. 

当街头抗议与选举争议占据新闻头条，唯有读懂深藏于种族隔离与民权运动背后的制度根源，才能真正看透当今美国社会撕裂的真相。这不仅是一场跨越数百年的时空之旅，更是一份为你量身定制的认知破局指南。它将零散的...

Begrijp de harde realiteit achter de krantenkoppen in deze historische gids over de strijd voor zwarte burgerrechten. Van de paradox van koloniale vrijheid tot actuele debatten over politiegeweld en stemrecht; het heden krijgt eindelijk een heldere context. Dit meeslepende non-fictie verhaal...

跨越国界与世纪的性别平权运动，不仅是一场反抗系统性压迫的宏大社会变革，更深深镌刻在每一次争取教育、薪酬与身体自主的日常抗争中。无论你正处于寻找自我价值的迷茫期，还是渴望在纷繁复杂的社会思潮中获得理性...

从南非部落少年到反种族隔离的政治领袖，这部沉浸式历史传记带你直击一个普通人如何以血肉之躯撼动残酷体制的核心现场。跳出被神话的伟人光环，我们将跟随紧凑的叙事，重返那个充满压迫、暴力冲突与艰难抉择的动荡...

تتبع جذور الحركة النسوية في رحلة تاريخية تكشف كيف تحولت المطالبة الفردية بالحقوق إلى نضال عالمي من أجل المساواة. عبر سرد ملهم، يضعك هذا العمل الصوتي في قلب...

Conheça a biografia histórica que detalha a tensa luta contra o apartheid e o custo humano da liderança democrática. Ideal para transformar seu tempo no trânsito em uma jornada reflexiva, esta narrativa sóbria descarta os mitos para focar no homem real. Vivencie os bastidores de um país...

فكك تعقيدات السياسة الأمريكية وافهم الصراعات الدستورية التي تصنع العناوين الإخبارية اليومية بوضوح وموضوعية. سواء كنت تستمع أثناء تنقلاتك الصباحية لفهم مجريات...

女性の権利と男女平等を求める闘いは、社会の理不尽な常識という壁に挑み、前進と後退を繰り返してきた熱を帯びた歴史の連続です。通勤電車の中や日々の家事の合間に耳を傾ければ、遠い昔の出来事だと思っていた社...

アパルトヘイトという過酷な分断社会の闇に抗い、非暴力から武装闘争、そして奇跡的な和解へと歩みを残した一人の人間の深い葛藤を描き出す、心を揺さぶる歴史伝記です。通勤の電車内や静かな夜の思索のひとときに...