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After Law LAURENT DE SUTTER Vrije Universiteit Brussel Translated by Barnaby Norman Law is the most sacred fetish of our time. From radicals to conservatives, there is no militant, activist or thinker who would consider doing without it. But the history of our fascination with law is long and complex, and reaches deeper into our culture than we might think. In After Law, Laurent de Sutter takes us on a journey to uncover the sources of our fascination with law. 216 x 138mm • 270 pages • UK October 2020, US December 2020 HB • 978-1-5095-4236-9 • £50.00 / $64.95 / €61.90 PB • 978-1-5095-4237-6 • £15.99 / $22.95 / €19.90 ebook available See also Narcocapitalism, p. 34.

The End A Conversation ALAIN BADIOU & GIOVANBATTISTA TUSA Translated by Robin Mackay ‘Part interview, part dialogue, part reflection and part essay, The End is at once an engaging and provocative read.’ Claire Colebrook, Penn State University 190 x 124mm • 160 pages • 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-3626-9 • £35.00 / $45.00 / €42.90 PB • 978-1-5095-3627-6 • £9.99 / $12.95 / €12.90 ebook available

Trump ALAIN BADIOU Translated by Joseph Litvak ‘What is our task today? Reading Trump as the symptom of global capitalism’s political crisis, Badiou compellingly argues that our task is to bring into existence a strategic choice between capitalism and communism.’ Jodi Dean, author of Crowds and Party 203 x 127mm • 80 pages • 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-3607-8 • £40.00 / $64.95 / €48.90 PB • 978-1-5095-3608-5 • £9.99 / $12.95 / €12.90 ebook available

Reading Marx SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK, FRANK RUDA & AGON HAMZA Institute of Sociology, Ljubljana; University of Dundee; ISSH, Tirana ‘Reading Marx ... presents revelations on every page that point toward how we might think a philosophical Marxism.’ Todd McGowan, University of Vermont 216 x 138mm • 176 pages • 2018 HB • 978-1-5095-2140-1 • £45.00 / $59.95 / €55.90 PB • 978-1-5095-2141-8 • £14.99 / $19.95 / €18.90 ebook available

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Migrants and Militants ALAIN BADIOU Translated by Joseph Litvak ‘New names change the world. Badiou’s powerful meditation on the nomadic proletarian exposes the limits of the ethos of hospitality toward those migrate from their world to our world. Inspired by workers’ poetry, the universality Badiou offers is the necessity of together organizing a communist politics for one world. An indispensable guide for politics on a warming planet.’ Jodi Dean, author of Comrade The question of migration has come to dominate the news agenda in many countries, but what does the word ‘migrant’ really mean today and how should we respond to those who are labelled ‘migrants’? 190 x 124mm • 64 pages • UK March 2020, US May 2020 HB • 978-1-5095-4245-1 • £35.00 / $45.00 / €42.90 PB • 978-1-5095-4246-8 • £9.99 / $12.95 / €12.90 ebook available

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For a Politics of the Common Good ALAIN BADIOU & PETER ENGELMANN ENS and the European Graduate School; Passagen Verlag Translated by Wieland Hoban ‘Badiou’s powerful exposition of the unfinished project of revolutionary Marxism makes a compelling case for the universality of communist politics. Elaborated with respect to pressing contemporary problems, his vision for a communist politics for us is inspiring, necessary, and – best of all – possible.’ Jodi Dean, Hobart and William Smith Colleges 190 x 124mm • 144 pages • UK September 2019, US November 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-3504-0 • £35.00 / $45.00 / €42.90 PB • 978-1-5095-3505-7 • £9.99 / $12.95 / €12.90 ebook available

The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK Institute of Sociology, Ljubljana No other Marxist text has come close to achieving the fame of The Communist Manifesto. But is it still relevant? Slavoj Žižek argues that even if Marx’s analysis cannot be applied to global capitalism without revision, the fundamental problem he identified, that of the commons in all its dimensions, remains as relevant as ever. 203 x 127mm • 64 pages • 2019 HB • 978-1-5095-3610-8 • £40.00 / $64.95 / €48.90 PB • 978-1-5095-3611-5 • £9.99 / $12.95 / €12.90 ebook available

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