A Bitter Revolution. China´s Struggle with the Modern World
In this powerful new look at modern China, Rana Mitter goes back to a pivotal moment in Chinese history to uncover the origins of the...
The Beginning of All Things: Science and Religion
In an age when faith and science seem constantly to clash, can theologians and scientists come to a meeting of minds? Yes, maintains the...
The Fear of Barbarians: Beyond the Clash of Civilizations
The relationship between Western democracies and Islam, rarely entirely comfortable, has in recent years become increasingly tense. A...
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year. The author of The New York Times bestseller The Stuff of...
From Animals into Gods: A Brief History of Humankind
In the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality. Now it is largely a...
Notes on the Death of Culture: Essays on Spectacle and Society
In the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality. Now it is largely a...
The EU's Human Rights Dialogue with China: Quiet Diplomacy and its Limits
The European Union uses a confidential, institutionalized dialogue to raise Human Rights concerns with China, but little is publicly...
The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a revelatory portrait of religion in China today—its history, the spiritual traditions of its...
Democracy and Populism: Fear and Hatred
Democracy has changed substantially since the second World War, evolving into a dangerous and possibly irreversible populism, says John...
Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945: Life in the Japanese Civilian Camp at Stanley
Hong Kong Internment, 1942–1945: Life in the Japanese Civilian Camp at Stanley tells the story of the more than three thousand...
