From Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling author Robert
Shiller, a groundbreaking account of how stories help drive economic events—and why …

This address considers the epidemiology of narratives relevant to economic fluctuations.
The human brain has always been highly tuned toward narratives, whether factual or not, to …

What is fascism in the twenty first century? What does Fascism mean at the beginning of the
twenty-first century? When we pronounce this word, our memory goes back to the years …

A New York Times bestseller, this definitive history of Ukraine is “an exemplary account of
Europe's least-known large country”(Wall Street Journal). As Ukraine is embroiled in an …

In 2014, history returned to Europe with a vengeance. The crisis over Ukraine brought back
not only the spectre but the reality of war, on the one hundredth anniversary of a conflict that …

Com leveza e profundidade, David Runciman analisa as ameaças sofridas pela democracia
ao redor do mundo. É preciso levar a sério a ideia de que a democracia chegará ao fim …

How, despite thirty years of effort, Soviet attempts to build a national computer network were
undone by socialists who seemed to behave like capitalists. Between 1959 and 1989, Soviet …

" An epic, groundbreaking account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of
World War I--conflicts that would shape the course of the twentieth century. For the Western …

States use repression to enforce obedience, but repression—especially if it is violent,
massive, and indiscriminate—often incites opposition. Why does repression have such …

Postcolonial Witnessing argues that the suffering engendered by colonialism needs to be
acknowledged more fully, on its own terms, in its own terms, and in relation to traumatic First …