Focuses on the logic of institutions and the models of governance adequate to our understanding of a global commonwealth. This book argues for the idea of the 'common' to replace the opposition of private and public and the politics predicated on that opposition.

Theorizing the Social. Linking cultural studies and sociology, this collection explores the role of affect in the theorization of the social.

Argues that the changes in financial markets and the transformation of labor into immaterial labor are just two sides of the same coin. This book focuses on the causes behind the international economic and financial depression of 2001, and on the primary instrument that the US government has since been using to face them: war.

This text presents essays and excerpts from the broad spectrum of cultural critic Fredric Jameson's writings, and offers an introduction to the intricacies of his thought. An opening essay presents and contextualizes his project as a whole and the editors provide a clear preface for each selection.

This text identifies a radical shift in concepts that form the philosophical basis of modern politics, concepts such as sovereignty, nation and people - and links this philosophical transformation to cultural and economic changes in postmodern society.

In 1776 Thomas Jefferson, a future president authored the most explosive document in the history of America: The Declaration of Independence , formally severing the link between America and the British state. This book examines this and other texts by Jefferson.

In the Old Testament book of Job, the pious Job is made to suffer for no apparent reason. The heart of the story is Job's quest to understand why he must bear, and why God would allow, such misery. This book presents a Marxist interpretation of Job's story.

In the Old Testament book of Job, the pious Job is made to suffer for no apparent reason. The heart of the story is Job's quest to understand why he must bear, and why God would allow, such misery. This book presents a Marxist interpretation of Job's story.