In recent decades social cohesion has emerged as a major concern of states, policymakers and researchers. Social cohesion is represented as a desirable policy goal and as the basis for everything from economic growth to individual well-being. At the same time, it is increasingly presented as a single substance, which can be measured, tracked, and compared across diverse societies. But why should we think of the complex ways in which we can live well together in terms of a single substance?...

Depuis soixante-cinq ans, Don McCullin photographie les effrois de notre monde. Il en capture l’actualité, les mutations, les violences mais aussi les paysages et les bouleversements sociétaux. En imposant un style très personnel, entre « obscurité et terreur », livrant des images noires, tragiques mais éloignées des effets faciles, il est considéré comme un des plus importants photographes de notre temps. McCullin établit sa réputation en photographiant au plus près les grands conflits de...

Considering solidarity and mutual aid at the intersection of political philosophy and biology, made more urgent by the COVID-19 crisis, this book is grounded in the work of Catherine Malabou and takes her theories in creative new directions.

We live in a world in which human capacity to transform and control our lives has never been greater. Yet for most people the world is radically outside of their control. Their lives are dictated by the demands of employers and politicians. This is the phenomenon of alienation that the young radical Karl Marx began to diagnose in the early 1840s and remained pre-occupied with throughout his life.This accessible guide to the central aspect of Marx's philosophy takes the reader through the d...