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Polity

About Polity Polity is a leading international publisher in the social sciences and humanities and we publish some of the world’s best authors in these fields. Polity’s goal is to combine the publication of original, cutting-edge books of the highest quality with a systematic program of textbooks and course content for students and scholars in higher education. Many of our books in politics, current affairs, history and biography are of interest to a wide general readership. We are committed to publishing outstanding books which stimulate public debate about key issues in social, political and cultural life. Our Publishing Program The Polity list is particularly strong in politics, sociology, philosophy and social and political theory. We also have strong lists in history, media and cultural studies, literary studies and gender studies, as well as growing programs in related fields like health, social policy and anthropology. We are committed to the diffusion of ideas across cultures and language barriers, a commitment expressed through the major translation program that is a core part of the Polity publishing enterprise. Among the many world-renowned authors we translate are Pierre Bourdieu, Jurgen Habermas, T.W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Norbert Elias, Ulrich Beck, Niklas Luhmann, Peter Sloterdijk, Axel Honneth, Hans Fallada, Primo Levi, Giorgio Agamben, Antonio Negri, Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Paul Ricoeur, Jacques Lacan, Bruno Latour, Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, Alain Badiou, Slavoj Žižek, Jacques Ranciere, Catherine Malabou, Helene Cixous, Pascal Bruckner, Bernard Stiegler, Jacques Le Goff, Serge Gruzinski, Paul Veyne and Elisabeth Roudinesco. Polity’s History Established in 1984, Polity has grown rapidly into one of the world’s most prestigious lists, publishing over 150 titles each year. We are an independent company with offices in Cambridge and Oxford in the UK, and Boston and New York in the US. Our books are available throughout the world under the Polity imprint.

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