Fascism is back. This time no swastikas, Nazi flags, or deadly bureaucracy, but MAGA hats, right-wing extremist memes, and a triumphant fist held high. For the first time in modern history, far right parties in some European countries have won a larger share of the votes than the Conservatives and the Social Democrats.Fascism hollows out democracies from within. It starts with language, not tanks. With democratic elections, not a coup.But how do fascists mobilise citizens? How has fascism become normalised in Europe again? And how do we stop it?

The recent revelations regarding secret payments to star presenter Ryan Tubridy werent the first time Irelands national broadcaster has found itself caught up in scandal.Shane Ross, author of #1 bestsellers The Bankers and Mary Lou McDonald, winds the clock back to examine RTEs history of broadcasting excellence alongside the accusations of corruption, waste and ineptitude it has faced along the way, while also considering what the future might hold for this formerly beloved institution.

Titanic represents a microcosm of the world in 1912. It was a mans world in many respects, across law, land ownership, voting rights, family structures and religious hierarchies. The stories we know about those involved that fateful night are as varied as the people aboard the ship, but many of them revolve around the roles and actions of the men.This new book from Melinda Ratchford delves into the world as it was for women in 1912, and presents a selection of womens stories, including a variety of women who travelled aboard Titanic, from rich to poor, and well-known to largely forgotten, and also stories of some women who didnt travel but whose lives were inextricably linked to the tragedy and changed forever. This collection of stories presents the lives of these women before, during and after the tragedy that irrevocably changed their world, and ours.

In this bold and intimate semi-autobiographical novel, La Maison, Emma Becker transports the reader behind the closed doors of a Berlin brothel, where she worked for two years not only to earn a living, but to immerse herself in a world she wanted to understand and to write about with unflinching honesty. What emerges is a deeply personal, unsentimental, and often surprising account of life inside the brothel, where Becker explores not just the physical aspects of sex work, but the emotional, psychological, and social complexities that shape it.With frankness and literary insight, she recounts her encounters with clients, her growing self-awareness, and, most poignantly, the friendships and solidarity she finds among the other women who work there. Far from reducing sex work to cliche or voyeurism, Becker gives space to the quiet routines, shared laughter, private pain, and hard-won dignity of a profession often misunderstood and rarely written about from the inside.Part memoir, part sociological study, and wholly literary, La Maison challenges preconceptions about sex, agency, and femininity, offering a provocative and compassionate exploration of what it means to inhabit multiple identitiesas worker, writer, woman, and witness.

Marshall McLuhan, a pioneering media theorist, explored how media shape perception, society, and culture. His concepts, like the medium is the message and the global village, emphasize media as extensions of human senses that profoundly influence communication and social structures. He analyzed transitions from oral to print culture and the impact of electronic media on thought and interaction. This volume seeks global contributions applying McLuhans theories to AI, digital media, knowledge, creativity, and body-mind relations in todays networked world.In this volume, edited by Lars C. Grabbe, Andrew McLuhan and Tobias Held, scholars from diverse fieldsmedia theory, philosophy, sociology, art, game studies, and moreare examining McLuhans enduring relevance in analyzing contemporary technological and cultural transformations.

Online und offline sicher und gesundElternsein gleicht heute oft einem Kampf gegen Windmuhlen. Die digitale Ubermacht durchdringt jeden Lebensbereich unserer Kinder und fuhrt zu einer zunehmenden Abhangigkeit von sozialen Medien und wachsenden psychischen Problemen. Nur wie kann ein gesunder und ausgewogener Umgang mit den modernen Technologien gelingen? In diesem pragnanten Handbuch zeigt die renommierte Psycholgin Jean Twenge, wie Eltern die Gefahren der digitalen Welt minimieren und ihren Kindern zugleich wichtige Lebenskompetenzen mit auf den Weg geben, um sie auf ein selbstbestimmtes Erwachsenenleben vorzubereiten.

Freya Indias writing is compassionate, gripping, and deeply psychological Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious GenerationComing of age has always been a time of angst and inner turmoil, especially for girls. But today girls have to contend with those worries in a world of AR filters, TikTok plastic surgeons, dating apps, hook up culture, online porn, modern sex-positivity, profit-driven online therapy apps, direct-to-door medication and even fully customisable AI girlfriends. All personalised by algorithms to play on their innermost fears and insecurities. It is an onslaught of advertising, it is on portable platforms designed to be maximally addictive, and it is far beyond what any previous generation of girls have ever faced.Girls teases out and traces both technological and cultural shifts in the last decadefrom social media to shifting family structures, waning religious attachment and the collapse of communal spaces. And Girls exposes the sinister and rapid intensification and ruthless commercialisation of the inner lives of girls and young women which leads to the loss of their authentic selvesa loss that corporations are all too ready to exploit.Girls is a personal journey and intimate portrait of girls today, in all their mystery and torment: one that captures the soul of the most complex and misunderstood generation so far, and that empowers them to see their lives through a different lens.

Since the 1990s, contemporary art in the Arab world has experienced exponential growth and numerous changes. With the appearance of artists from the region in international exhibitions, the dynamics within the art scenes changed significantly. Museums & art foundations began to collect, biennials were launched, contemporary art galleries, fairs, residencies and schools emerged in many countries, and the governments of the Gulf states launched megaprojects. This reader serves as a guide for anyone interested in the foundations, structures and growth of these art scenes. It also functions as an anthology of what is now considered established in the Arab world, with contributions covering all aspects of the subjectboth from across the region and from a Western perspective.

Since the 1990s, contemporary art in the Arab world has experienced exponential growth and numerous changes. With the appearance of artists from the region in international exhibitions, the dynamics within the art scenes changed significantly. Museums & art foundations began to collect, biennials were launched, contemporary art galleries, fairs, residencies and schools emerged in many countries, and the governments of the Gulf states launched megaprojects. This reader serves as a guide for anyone interested in the foundations, structures and growth of these art scenes. It also functions as an anthology of what is now considered established in the Arab world, with contributions covering all aspects of the subjectboth from across the region and from a Western perspective.

Revisiting a transformative era of Chinese contemporary art through essays, archives, and striking visual documentation. The China Moment explores one of the most dynamic turning points in global art history. Published to accompany the exhibition at the documenta Institut Kassel (JanuaryMarch 2026), the book sheds new light on the radical shifts in Chinese art during the 1990s and 2000s. This richly illustrated volume stands out through:In-depth essays by leading scholars and curators analyzing art, politics, and society Rare archival materials that reveal the cultural transformations of the time Visual documentation capturing the diversity and intensity of artistic practices A critical reader and catalogue in one, the publication rethinks individualism as a key concept shaping the relationship between art, state, and public life in Chinas rapidly changing cultural landscape.

Revisiting a transformative era of Chinese contemporary art through essays, archives, and striking visual documentation. The China Moment explores one of the most dynamic turning points in global art history. Published to accompany the exhibition at the documenta Institut Kassel (JanuaryMarch 2026), the book sheds new light on the radical shifts in Chinese art during the 1990s and 2000s. This richly illustrated volume stands out through:In-depth essays by leading scholars and curators analyzing art, politics, and society Rare archival materials that reveal the cultural transformations of the time Visual documentation capturing the diversity and intensity of artistic practices A critical reader and catalogue in one, the publication rethinks individualism as a key concept shaping the relationship between art, state, and public life in Chinas rapidly changing cultural landscape.

United in Grace, Beyond DebateConversations about abortion often center on the question: Are you pro-life or pro-choice? But what if thats the wrong question? Drawing upon the life and teachings of Jesus, Becoming ProGrace invites Christians to ask new questions, such as: What if conversations about abortion didnt have to feel so tense, divided, or dehumanizing? What does it mean to affirm the image of God in every person involved? How do we navigate tension we may feel when our deepest Christian values seem to conflict? What would it take for Christian communities to become spaces of empathy, listening, and grace? Including insights and personal stories from Christians of diverse denominational backgrounds and political perspectives, Becoming ProGrace articulates a uniquely Christian response to abortion that calls us to take on the character of Christ rather than trying to change others, offering a much-needed message of hope for our divided world.Jesus led with grace. As we reimagine our approach to the abortion conversation, so can we.

El conocimiento es el cimiento de una sociedad críticaEn tiempos donde la desinformación se confunde con comodidad, este libro irrumpe con una propuesta audaz y necesaria. Su mensaje es claro: no podemos seguir educando ni viviendo de espaldas a la realidad. Con una voz lucida y provocadora, invita a replantear el sistema educativo y cultural, impulsando un cambio que responda a las verdaderas demandas de nuestro tiempo. Una lectura que inspira y genera conversacion, perfecta para un publico que busca reflexionar, cuestionar y actuar. Mas que un libro, es un llamado a la madurez colectiva; una obra que conmueve, incomoda y deja huella. Ideal para quienes creen que el conocimiento sigue siendo la herramienta mas poderosa para transformar el mundo.

Una reflexión sobre el viaje como proceso de autodescubrimiento que nos ayuda a ensanchar nuestra visión del mundo.Pessoa se preguntaba si los viajes podían ofrecer a su alma algo que no tuviese ya, mientras que Twain los veia como un balsamo contra la ignorancia. Ralph Waldo Emerson sostenia que buscar respuestas fuera del hogar era huir de uno mismo, y Chesterton animaba a viajar para redescubrir la propia patria. De la experiencia vacia y engañosa del viaje turistico al migrante obligado a adaptarse a un mundo nuevo, viajar es un fenomeno complejo que implica procesos de autoconocimiento y transformacion.Bartra reflexiona acerca de por que el viaje no es solo un desplazamiento fisico, sino tambien un distanciamiento cultural y emocional que confronta nuestra identidad y nuestros origenes con el mundo que nos rodea.

La inteligencia sin elocuencia es impotencia, pero la elocuencia sin inteligencia es peor que el silencio.Neel Burton une filosofía y retórica para que tus ideas convenzan. Porque por más brillante que sea una idea, no vale si no se comunica; y la retorica pese a su mala fama es clave para lograr objetivos y frenar a los nuevos sofistas. Platon lo sabia: la verdad persuade mas cuando va de la mano de la retorica.Pensar como Platon y hablar como Ciceron parece dos libros en uno pensar y hablar, pero es mas que eso: explora la relacion estrecha, y a veces tirante, entre dos actividades profundamente humanas.Platon afino el pensamiento con preguntas que desarman falacias; Ciceron convirtio las buenas ideas en discursos que mueven a la accion. Este libro combina ambos mundos: te enseña a construir argumentos verdaderos y a presentarlos con claridad, emocion y estilo.Si no sabes pensar, te manipulan; si no sabes hablar, te ignoran.

Peloton. Pilates. Biohacking. Colonics. Ashwagandha. How did we get here and how did the idea of wellness become integrated with womens lives?Penetrating and thought-provoking, this will cause readers to think twice before reaching for the latest purported cure-all. Publishers WeeklyA rollicking exploration of our desperation for wellness, our devotion to CBD, (and) self-care...deftly separating the gobbledygook from the truly transformative. Ariel Levy, author of The Rules Do Not ApplyToday, the wellness industry is a $3.7 trillion behemoth that touches us all. Amy Larocca takes readers into the communities that swear by their activated charcoal toothpaste and green juice enemas, explaining what each of these practices really is, and what the science says.Larocca holds a magnifying glass to alternative medicine and nouveau lifestyle prescriptions and tries a lot herself along the way ultimately delivering an assessment of how the wellness industry embodies our (gendered, class-based, racialised) perceptions of care and self-improvement, and how it preys on our unshakable fear of the unknown. She traces the history of how the beauty and fashion industries have peddled snake oil to women for decades, and why we keep coming back for more.

Una puerta de entrada esencial al pensamiento de Simone Weil, con dos de sus ensayos más lúcidos sobre la libertad, la opresión y la violencia, acompañados por una introducción actual y accesible de Juan Evaristo, que invita a leer a Weil como una pensadora imprescindible para nuestro tiempo.Una de las pensadoras mas radicales del siglo XX, como nunca la habias leido.Simone Weil escribio con una lucidez implacable sobre la libertad, la fuerza y la injusticia, sin separar nunca el pensamiento de la experiencia. Esta antologia reune dos de sus textos mas impactantes, perfectos para quienes se acercan por primera vez a su obra: Reflexiones sobre las causas de la libertad y de la opresion social, un ensayo filosofico de sorprendente actualidad sobre las estructuras de poder y la condicion humana, y La Iliada o el poema de la fuerza, una lectura poderosa del poema homerico como simbolo universal de la violencia y su capacidad de deshumanizacion. Ambos textos comparten una idea central: que la fuerza, cuando domina la vida individual o colectiva, destruye no solo a los oprimidos, sino tambien a los vencedores. Weil nos invita a mirar esa fuerza de frente, sin ilusiones, y a preguntarnos que puede significar hoy resistirla, tanto en el plano politico como en el etico. La edicion se completa con una introduccion inedita del filosofo Juan Evaristo, que traza un puente entre el pensamiento de Weil y los dilemas contemporaneos, y nos recuerda por que esta autora incomoda y luminosa sigue siendo una voz insustituible.

Esta investigación pionera revela las sombras del tráfico de personas, un negocio de enorme crecimiento mundial para el que las vidas no importan, pero cada cuerpo cuenta.Para comprender los vínculos entre migracion y trafico de seres humanos, Barbie Latza Nadeau decidio investigar un mercado mundial multimillonario que se beneficia del tragico destino de personas desesperadas mientras los gobiernos invierten mas que nunca en el control de fronteras.Desde el Mediterraneo al canal de La Mancha, del rio Grande a Tailandia, cada persona, cada cuerpo en manos de los traficantes tiene un valor que pone en marcha la cadena de la explotacion humana, una cadena que vale miles de millones de dolares. Una cadena de longitud inconmensurable que se ha infiltrado en el mundo criminal hasta las mas altas esferas de las instituciones respetables, de la mafia italiana a los carteles, de los bancos a los gobiernos.

Produzido pelo VoteLGBT, Cuidado e coragem: a violência política LGBTfóbica no Brasil apresenta dados inéditos, análises interseccionais e testemunhos sobre a violência política de gênero e raça que

Produced by VoteLGBT, Care and Courage: LGBTphobic Political Violence in Brazil presents unprecedented data, intersectional analyses, and testimonies about the political violence of gender and race that affects LGBT+ leaders in Brazil. While exposing the severity of the attacks, silencing, and exclusion that shape these leaders trajectories, the book also proposes ways to recognize care as a political technology and a democratic horizon. Born from innovative methodologies such as the Sentinela project and the Cuida+ initiative, the research combines big data, interviews, and digital monitoring to map the various forms of violence, from institutional environments to social media. The book affirms the power of dissidence to expand the meaning of democracy and calls on political parties, institutions, and civil society to ensure that LGBT+ people can occupy spaces of power with dignity, safety, and permanence. Every purchase has an immediate impact all proceeds go directly to the Cuida+ program, which provides free online therapy sessions for LGBT+ political leaders working on the front lines across Brazil.