Established in 1984, Polity is an international publisher in the social sciences and humanities and our list features some of the world’s leading thinkers. We combine the publication of original, cutting-edge work of the highest quality with a systematic programme of course books for students. We also publish topical books with a critical edge that stimulate public debate about key issues in social, political and cultural life.

We have always been committed to the diffusion of ideas across language barriers and have a major translation programme. Among the many authors we translate are Pierre Bourdieu, Jürgen Habermas, T W Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Peter Sloterdijk, Ulrich Beck, Hans Fallada, Primo Levi, Antonio Negri, Jacques Derrida, Hélène Cixous, Roland Barthes, Jacques Lacan, Alain Badiou, Slavoj Žižek, Jacques Rancière, Paul Ricoeur, François Laruelle, Catherine Malabou and Bruno Latour.

We are an independent company with offices in the UK and US.

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