Books published by Verso Books

Looks at the question of human agency in a postmodern world. This book explores the ideological fantasies of wholeness and exclusion which make up human society.

Property will cost us the earth.

Women - Reclaim the city!

From three of the organisers of the International Women's Strike US: a manifesto for when 'leaning in' is not enough.

"First published in the UK by Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications 1972."

How to design the world: looking for the connections between things

We are in the midst of a global crisis of care. How do we get out of it?

An exploration of gender and desire from our most exciting new public intellectual

The future of politics after the pandemic

A major new work of feminism from the MacArthur Award-winning economist

Exploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psycheByung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault's biopower, has discovered the productive force of the psyche. In the course of discussing all the facets of neoliberal psychopolitics fueling our contemporary crisis of freedom, Han elaborates an analytical framework that provides an original theory of Big Data and a lucid phenomenology of emotion. But this provocative essay proposes counter models too, presenting a wealth of ideas and surprising alternatives at every turn.

Classic radical feminist statement from the woman who shot Andy Warhol ';Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of society being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex.'Outrageous and violent, SCUM Manifesto was widely lambasted when it first appeared in 1968. Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol, self-published the book just before she became a notorious household name and was confined to a mental institution. But for all its vitriol, it is impossible to dismiss as the mere rantings of a lesbian lunatic. In fact, the work has proved prescient, not only as a radical feminist analysis light years ahead of its timepredicting artificial insemination, ATMs, a feminist uprising against underrepresentation in the artsbut also as a stunning testament to the rage of an abused and destitute woman.In this edition, philosopher Avital Ronell's introduction reconsiders the evocative exuberance of this infamous text.

The defining, best-selling book on the history, origins and development of nationalism

A graphic novel version of the dramatic life and untimely death of German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg

A stickily hot New York summer is cooly observed in this dazzling debut novel.

A reflection on everyday existence in the ‘sphere of consumption of late Capitalism’, this work is Adorno’s literary and philosophical masterpiece. Built from aphorisms and reflections, he shifts in register from personal experience to the most general theoretical problems.

How the law harms sex workers - and what they want instead

A passionately urgent call for all of us to unlearn imperialism and repair the violent world we share.

A different kind of politics for a new kind of society - beyond work, scarcity and capitalism

In order to become ethically acceptable, surrogacy must change beyond recognition - but we need more surrogacy, not less!

Why Does America Go to War?

Rising temperatures and the rise of the far right. What disasters happen when they meet?