Books published by Verso Books

The first book to explore the Occupy movement in depth, with reportage and analysis.

A classic examination of the role of black working class struggles throughout the twentieth century

The first account of the momentous student demonstrations that shook Britain and Europe in 2010 - in the voices of the students themselves.

The existentialist philosopher chronicles his time in the Resistance in the Second World War.

Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America - volume 1.

The classic history of the Paris Commune.

Dej vu, which doubles and confuses our experience of time, is a psychological phenomenon with peculiar relevance to our contemporary historical circumstances. From this starting point, the acclaimed Italian philosopher Paolo Virno examines the construct of memory, the passage of time, and the ';end of history.' Through thinkers such as Bergson, Kojeve and Nietzsche, Virno shows how our perception of history can become suspended or paralysed, making the distinction between ';before' and ';after,' cause and effect, seem derisory. In examining the way the experience of time becomes historical, Virno forms a radical new theory of historical temporality.