PLUTO PRESS
(P/B) DREAM LOVERS
THE GAMIFICATION OF RELATIONSHIPS
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0237
We are in the middle of a 'desirevolution' - a fundamental and political transformation of the way we desire as human beings. Perhaps as always, new technologies - with their associated and inherited political biases - are organising and mapping the future. What we don't seem to notice is that the primary way in which our lives are being transformed is through the manipulation and control of desire itself. Our very impulses, drives and urges are 'gamified' to suit particular economic and political agendas, changing the way we relate to eve... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) SURPLUS CITIZENS
STRUGGLE AND NATIONALISM IN THE GREEK CRISIS
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0202
The crisis in Greece has elicited the full spectrum of responses - from optimism for a left parliamentary politics inspired by Syriza's electoral victory, to pessimism about the intransigence of the EU and calls for the reinstatement of full national sovereignty in Europe. In Surplus Citizens, Dimitra Kotouza questions the terms of the debate by demonstrating how the national framing of social contestation posed obstacles to transformative collective action, but also how this framing has been challenged. Analysing the increasing superfluou... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) ST. PAULI
ANOTHER FOOTBALL IS POSSIBLE
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0222
This book goes behind the skull and crossbones emblem to tell the story of a football club rewriting the rulebook. Since the club's beginnings in Hamburg's red-light district, the chants, banners and atmosphere of the stadium have been dictated by the politics of the streets. Promotions are celebrated and relegations commiserated alongside social struggles, workers' protests and resistance to Nazism. In recent years, people have flocked from all over the world to join the Black Bloc in the stands of the Millerntor Stadium and while in the ... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) NEW BORDERS
HOTSPOTS AND THE EUROPEAN MIGRATION REGIME
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0191
To many, a border is a geographical fact. But what happens when a border is subject to an emergency? Today, as millions are forced to migrate due to war, famine and political unrest, it is important to analyse how states use new bordering techniques to control populations. New Borders focuses on the Greek island of Lesbos. Since 2015, the island has come under intense scrutiny as more than one million people have disembarked on its shores. During this time, the authors spent two years studying the changing meanings and functions of the EU'... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE EUROPEAN RADICAL LEFT
MOVEMENTS AND PARTIES SINCE 1960S
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0236
Is today's left really new? How has the European radical left evolved? Giorgos Charalambous answers these questions by looking at three moments of rapid political change - the late 1960s to late 1970s; the turn of the millennium; and post-2008. He challenges the conventional understanding of a 'new left', drawing out continuities with earlier movements and parties. Charalambous examines the 'Long '68', symbolised by the May uprisings in France, which saw the rise of new left forces and the widespread criticism by younger radical activists ... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) A FEMINIST THEORY OF VIOLENCE
A DECOLONIAL PERSPECTIVE
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0235
The mainstream conversation surrounding gender equality is a repertoire of violence: harassment, rape, abuse, femicide. These words suggest a cruel reality. But they also hide another reality: that of gendered violence committed with the complicity of the State. In this book, Francoise Verges denounces the carceral turn in the fight against sexism. By focusing on 'violent men', we fail to question the sources of their violence. There is no doubt as to the underlying causes: racial capitalism, ultra-conservative populism, the crushing of th... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) HOPE IN HOPELESS TIMES
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0241
Hope lies in our richness, in the joy of our collective creativity. But that richness exists in the peculiar form of money. The fact that we relate to on another through money causes tremendous social pain and destruction and is dragging us through pandemics and war towards extinction. Richness against money: this battle will decide the future of humanity. If we cannot emancipate richness from money-capital-profit, there is probably no hope. Money seems invincible but the constant expansion of debt shows that its rule is fragile. The ficti... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE PORTUGUESE REVOLUTION
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0185
On the 25th April 1974, a coup destroyed the ranks of Portugal's fascist Estado Novo government as the Portuguese people flooded the streets of Lisbon, placing red carnations in the barrels of guns and demanding a 'land for those who work in it'. This became the Carnation Revolution - an international coalition of working class and social movements, which also incited struggles for independence in Portugal's African colonies, the rebellion of the young military captains in the national armed forces and the uprising of Portugal's long-oppre... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) SOCIALIST FEMINISM
A NEW APPROACH
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0243
What is socialist feminism and why is it needed to fight the global rise of authoritarianism and fascism? Frieda Afary brings the insights gained through her study of feminist philosophy, her international activism and her work in community education as a public librarian in Los Angeles, offering a bold new vision of an alternative to capitalism, racism, sexism, heterosexism and alienation. Socialist Feminism: A New Approach reclaims theories of women's oppression through a return to humanism, enriched by social reproduction theories, Blac... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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P/B) SOCIALISM OR BARBARISM
SELECTED WRITINGS
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0100
Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) was one of the most brilliant and passionate minds drawn to the revolutionary socialist movement. An outstanding social and economic theorist of the twentieth century, and a dedicated political activist, she proved willing to go to prison and even give her life for her beliefs. Providing an extensive overview of her writings, this volume contains a number of items never before anthologised. Her work was broad in scope tackling capitalism and socialism; globalisation and imperialism; history; war and peace; social... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE GLOBAL POLICE STATE
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0227
As the world becomes ever more unequal, people become ever more 'disposable'. Today, governments systematically exclude sections of their populations from society through heavy-handed policing. But it doesn't always go to plan. William I. Robinson exposes the nature and dynamics of this out-of-control system, arguing for the urgency of creating a movement capable of overthrowing it. The global police state uses a variety of ingenious methods of control, including mass incarceration, police violence, US-led wars, the persecution of immigran... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) ETHNICITY AND NATIONALISM - ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0047
Is ethnicity a result of cultural differences? Is ethnicity dependent on the practical use and belief in cultural differences? Drawing on a wide-range of classic and recent studies in anthropology and sociology, Thomas Hylland Eriksen examines the relationship between ethnicity, class, gender and nationhood. Using the question 'What is ethnicity?' as his starting point, Eriksen examines the interplay between ideology and ethnicity, how the Internet impacts understanding of ethnicity, identity politics, and the commercialisation of identit... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) ART AND POSTCAPITALISM
AESTHETIC LABOUR, AUTOMATION AND VALUE PRODUCTION
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0210
Artistic labour was exemplary for Utopian Socialist theories of 'attractive labour', and Marxist theories of 'nonalienated labour', but the rise of the anti-work movement and current theories of 'fully automated luxury communism' have seen art topple from its privileged place within the left's political imaginary as the artist has been reconceived as a prototype of the precarious 24/7 worker. Art and Postcapitalism argues that art remains essential for thinking about the intersection of labour, capitalism and postcapitalism not insofar as ... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE FATEFUL TRIANGLE
UNITED STATES, ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0005
One of Noam Chomsky's most important and renowned works, Fateful Triangle is a devastating indictment of American and Israeli foreign policy which covers a sustained period of Middle East history from the formation of the State of Israeli to the Oslo Peace Accords. With a foreword by the late Edward Said, this powerful book belongs in the hands of anyone who wants a deep understanding of Israel and its relationship to Western power. (From the publisher)... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) GRASSROOTS ECONOMIES
LIVING WITH AUSTERITY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0240
The austerity crisis has radically altered the economic landscape of Southern Europe. But alongside the decimation of public services and infrastructure lies the wreckage of a generation's visions for the future. In Greece, Italy, Spain and Portugal, there is a new, difficult reality of downward mobility. Grassroots Economies interrogates the effects of the economic crisis on the livelihood of working people, providing insight into their anxieties. Drawing on a wide range of ethnographic material, it is a distinctive comparative analysis t... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) DEEPENING DIVIDES
HOW PHYSICAL BORDERS AND SOCIAL BOUNDARIES DELINEATE OUR WORLD
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0239
At a glance, 'borders' and 'boundaries' may seem synonymous. But in the real (geopolitical) world, they coexist as distinct, albeit overlapping entities: the former a state's delimitation of territory; the latter the social delineation of differences. The refugee crisis in Europe showed how racial and ethnic boundaries are often instrumentalised to justify the strengthening of state borders - regardless of the cost in human life. But there are other, less tragic, examples that illustrate this overlapping as well, and ultimately demonstrat... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) IDEOLOGIES IN THE AGE OF EXTREMES
LIBERALISM, CONSERVATISM, COMMUNISM, FASCISM 1914-1991
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0103
This is a history of political ideologies during the period famously described by Eric Hobsbawn as 'The Age of Extremes' - from the First World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Ideologies in the Age of Extremes introduces the key ideologies of the age; liberalism, conservatism, communism and fascism. Willie Thompson identifies the political influence of mass movements as a key feature. He uses a powerful approach that considers the different ideologies in relation to each other. This allows him to shows that they often emerged fro... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) DO IT YOURSELF
A HANDBOOK FOR CHANGING OUR WORLD
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0086
Climate change, resource wars, privatisation, the growing gap between rich and poor, politicians that don't listen... Massive issues, but how can we make any difference? 'Do It Yourself: A Handbook for Changing Our World' shows how. It's not a book about what's wrong with the world, but a collection of dynamic ideas which explore how we can build radical and meaningful social change, ourselves, here and now. The book weaves together analysis, stories and experiences. It combines in-depth analytical chapters followed by easy to follow 'Ho... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) RACE TO THE BOTTOM
RECLAIMING ANTIRACISM
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0238
Antiracist movements are more mainstream than ever before. Liberal democracies boast of their policies designed to stamp out racism in all walks of life. Why then is racism still ever-present in our society? This is not an accident, but by design. Capitalism is structured by racism and has relentlessly attacked powerful movements. Race to the Bottom traces our current crisis back decades, to the fragmentation of Britain's Black Power movements and their absorption into NGOs and the Labour Party. The authors call for recovering radical hist... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE EXPERIENCE SOCIETY
CONSUMER CAPITALISM REBOOTED
Εκδότης: PLUTO PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3476-0221
Airbnb, gaming, escape rooms, major sporting events: contemporary capitalism no longer demands we merely consume things, but that we buy experiences. This book is concerned with the social, cultural and personal implications of this shift. The technologically-driven world we live in is no closer to securing the utopian ideal of a leisure society. Instead, the pursuit of leisure is often an attempt to escape our everyday existence. Exploring examples including sport, architecture, travel and social media, Steven Miles investigates how consu... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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