New Releases by Perry Anderson

Café Racers: The Spirit of Speed and Style The café racer is more than a motorcycle—it’s a culture, a lifestyle, and a statement of rebellion. Born in 1960s Britain, these stripped-down, customized machines were built for one purpose: speed. Riders would tear from one café to another, racing the clock and aiming to “do the ton”—hit 100 mph—before a jukebox record finished playing at London’s legendary Ace Café. Working-class riders, unable to afford factory-built racers, modified their own bikes with ingenuity and passion. Over time, this gave rise to the unmistakable café racer style, with features such as: Swept-back exhaust pipes Clip-on or “Ace” handlebars Reverse cone megaphones or Dunstall silencers Dunlop TT100 tires Rearset foot controls Larger carburetors for more speed As the movement spread, aftermarket companies offered fiberglass tanks with knee cutouts, racing seats, and lightweight aluminum components—further refining the look of raw performance paired with minimalist design. Today, the café racer remains one of the most recognized and admired motorcycle styles in the world. This book takes you on a ride through its history, design, and enduring legacy. Relive the golden age of motorcycling—and discover why the café racer is more than a bike. It’s an attitude.

What is Kratom? A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding the Plant, Its Uses, and Risks Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) is a tropical evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia, traditionally used for energy, stamina, and pain relief. For centuries, workers in Thailand and Malaysia chewed its leaves to fight fatigue, while others brewed it into tea for relaxation. Today, kratom is consumed worldwide in the form of capsules, powders, and extracts. At low doses, kratom acts as a stimulant; at higher doses, it produces opioid-like calming effects. Many people use it for pain relief, mood enhancement, or to ease withdrawal from narcotics. But while some see it as a natural alternative, concerns remain. The FDA warns of serious safety risks, toxicity, and the potential for dependency. This guide explores: The history and traditional uses of kratom in Southeast Asia How kratom is consumed today (capsules, teas, powders, extracts) Its effects at different dosages—stimulation vs. sedation Potential benefits, including pain management and easing withdrawal Risks, side effects, and warnings from health authorities Safer, FDA-approved alternatives for pain and addiction treatment If you’re curious about kratom—whether as a natural remedy, a cultural tradition, or a controversial substance—this book provides a clear and balanced introduction. Discover the truth about kratom before you decide if it’s right for you.

Concealed Weapons: Laws, Definitions, and Rights What exactly is a concealed weapon? How do state and federal laws regulate carrying them? And what does every citizen need to know about permits, rights, and restrictions? This book offers a straightforward guide to understanding concealed weapons and the laws that govern them. From the basic definition to the complex legal framework across different states, it provides clear explanations for students, professionals, and everyday citizens. Inside, you’ll discover: The legal definition of a concealed weapon Differences between open carry and concealed carry Permit requirements and restrictions across U.S. states Who is eligible (and ineligible) to carry concealed weapons The role of safety courses and training in permit approval Restrictions in public spaces, private property, and federal buildings The balance between Second Amendment rights and public safety Whether you are researching for academic purposes, preparing to apply for a permit, or simply curious about gun laws, this book will give you an accessible, well-rounded introduction to the topic. Learn the essentials of concealed weapons law—and what it means for you.

Café Racer: Build Your Own Classic Motorcycle on a Budget Do you dream of taking an old motorcycle and transforming it into a sleek café racer that turns heads wherever you ride? With the right guidance, tools, and passion, anyone can build their own Britbike-inspired machine—and this book shows you how. Inside, you’ll discover: Step-by-step tips for converting an older bike into a stylish café racer How to upgrade performance without spending a fortune Essential parts and modifications that create the iconic café racer look Tricks for boosting speed and handling, even on smaller engines Budget-friendly strategies to complete your build for under $3,000 How to avoid common mistakes that beginners make Building a café racer isn’t as intimidating as it seems. With patience and a little daily effort, you can finish your project in just weeks—and ride away on a custom bike that feels powerful, stylish, and uniquely yours. Whether you’re new to motorcycle customization or a seasoned rider looking for inspiration, this guide will give you the confidence and know-how to create a café racer you’ll be proud to ride. Start your journey today—and turn your old bike into a café racer masterpiece without breaking the bank.

Cannabis: How to Start a Successful Medical Cannabis Business The medical cannabis industry is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world—offering opportunities for innovation, entrepreneurship, and meaningful impact. But success requires more than passion; it demands knowledge, planning, and a clear understanding of this highly regulated field. This beginner-friendly guide walks you through the essentials of building a thriving medical cannabis business, from navigating complex laws to creating a sustainable business model. Inside, you’ll discover: How to understand and comply with medical cannabis regulations Licensing requirements and legal considerations for startups Business planning, funding options, and operational strategies How to cultivate, process, and distribute medical cannabis responsibly Marketing strategies to build trust with patients and professionals Insights into future trends and opportunities in the cannabis industry Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, an investor, or simply curious about the business side of cannabis, this book provides practical tools and step-by-step guidance to help you succeed. Turn your vision into reality—learn how to launch, grow, and sustain a profitable medical cannabis business in today’s evolving market.

How to Flush Marijuana from Your System: The Complete Guide to Detox and Cleansing Marijuana can offer many benefits, but when it comes to passing a drug test, it can be a real challenge. If you’ve ever wondered how to flush marijuana out of your system safely and effectively, this guide will give you the answers. Drug tests often screen for THC metabolites—the byproducts left in your body after cannabis use. Because these compounds are stored in fat cells, their presence in your system depends on several key factors: Frequency of use – occasional vs. daily consumers Body fat percentage – higher fat levels can store more THC Metabolism & health – how quickly your body processes toxins Diet & cannabis quality – what you consume affects detection times Inside this book, you’ll learn: How long marijuana typically stays in your system Natural detox strategies to speed up the cleansing process The role of hydration, diet, and exercise in flushing THC Common myths about marijuana detox—what works and what doesn’t Practical steps to prepare for a drug screening with confidence Whether you’re facing a workplace test or simply want to reset your body, this guide gives you clear, practical information on cleansing your system the smart way. Take control of your detox journey today.

A group portrait of six of the finest historians of the First World War In Disputing Disaster, Perry Anderson picks out from the highly charged historiography on the First World War one leading historian from each of the major powers that survived the conflagration: Fritz Fischer, famous historian of German war guilt; Pierre Renouvin, a disabled serviceman and preeminent authority on the conflict in France; Luigi Albertini, the Italian newspaper tycoon who, unique among scholars of the Great War, played a part in pitching his country into it; Paul W. Schroeder, the American expert on the system of Europe - an interstate relations and its breakdown in 1914; Keith Wilson, the one radical deviant from a patriotic consensus about Britain’s role in the outbreak of the fighting; and, from Australia (summoned into the war as a dominion), Christopher Clark, acclaimed author of The Sleepwalkers. Disputing Disaster offers a compelling analysis of the major competing versions of the genesis of the Great War; fresh light on the political background of its leading historians; and a novel synthesis of the determining pressures that brought the conflict to pass. Perry Anderson is emeritus in History at UCLA, and an editor at New Left Review. Recent work: Different Speeds, Same Furies, a comparative study of Anthony Powell and Marcel Proust.

A comprehensive, critical assessment of the EU after Brexit The European Union is a political order of peculiar stamp and continental scope, its polity of 446 million the third largest on the planet, though with famously little purchase on the conduct of its representatives. Sixty years after the founding treaty, what sort of structure has crystallised, and does the promise of ever closer union still obtain? Against the self-image of the bloc, Perry Anderson poses the historical record of its assembly. He traces the wider arc of European history, from First World War to Eurozone crisis, the hegemony of Versailles to that of Maastricht, and casts the work of the EU’s leading contemporary analysts – both independent critics and court philosophers – in older traditions of political thought. Are there likenesses to the age of Metternich, lessons in statecraft from that of Machiavelli? An excursus on the UK’s jarring departure from the Union considers the responses it has met with inside the country’s intelligentsia, from the contrite to the incandescent. How do Brussels and Westminster compare as constitutional forms? Differently put, which could be said to be worse?

What does Brazil''s lurch to the hard right under Jair Bolsonaro portend for Latin America''s most populous society, and how has it come about? Perry Anderson, foremost observer of the Brazilian scene in the English-speaking world, offers a matchless account of the country''s recent political upheavals: after the dashed hopes of the Cardoso years, the soaring popularity of Luiz Incio Lula da Silva; the parliamentary coup d''tat against his successor, Dilma; and the sweeping election victory of Bolsonaro, backed by the Armed Forces and a youthful new right. Always something of a world unto itself, under the Workers'' Party, Brazil had bucked the global trend towards a tighter neoliberalism. With its lodestar, Lula, now behind bars, a weighing up of the PT''s legacy, and of the contrasting Bolsonaro regime, is urgently needed.

Everywhere you look, businesses are closing their doors - both recent startups and long-standing establishments. No matter which statistics you read, it seems that the odds are against success for small-to-medium- sized businesses. Is closing the doors inevitable once the balance sheet reads red so many months in a row? Perry M. Anderson replies with a resounding No! This book offers hope and help to distressed business owners and managers in need of an immediate turn-around solution. Perry understands that it is not "just a business." Instead, it is the livelihoods that real families depend on. Appreciative of the urgency with which complex and high-impact decisions must be made, he delineates those tasks that must be done now in order to stave off the creditors, and the steps to undertake next in bringing the company back from the brink. In compassionate yet no-nonsense terms, Mr. Anderson shines a light through the shadow of bankruptcy onto the landscape of business turnaround.

Watch out! Rambunctious Joe is helping Mom run errands around town and Dad do chores around the house. But sometimes that leads to more mishaps and mischief than anyone in this loving frog family expects.. . and sometimes it can lead to a very bright idea. Simple words and dialogue create a perfect reading experience for Level 1 Green Light Readers.

Magisterial account of the ideas and the figures who have forged the American Empire Since the birth of the nation, impulses of empire have been close to the heart of the United States. How these urges interact with the way the country understands itself, and the nature of the divergent interests at work in the unfolding of American foreign policy, is a subject much debated and still obscure. In a fresh look at the topic, Anderson charts the intertwined historical development of America’s imperial reach and its role as the general guarantor of capital. The internal tensions that have arisen are traced from the closing stages of the Second World War through the Cold War to the War on Terror. Despite the defeat and elimination of the USSR, the planetary structures for warfare and surveillance have not been retracted but extended. Anderson ends with a survey of the repertoire of US grand strategy, as its leading thinkers—Brzezinski, Mead, Kagan, Fukuyama, Mandelbaum, Ikenberry, Art and others—grapple with the tasks and predicaments of the American imperium today.

An explosive analysis of the central strategic concepts in Gramsci''s thought, as revelatory today as on first publication in New Left Review in 1976. This landmark essay has been the subject of keen debate across four decades for its disentangling of the hesitations and contradictions in Gramsci''s highly original usage of such key dichotomies as East and West, domination and direction, hegemony and dictatorship, state and civil society, war of position and war of movement. In a critical tribute to the international richness of Gramsci''s work, Anderson shows how deeply embedded these notions were in the revolutionary debates in Tsarist Russia and Wilhemine Germany, in which arguments criss-crossed between Plekhanov, Lenin, Kautsky, Luxemburg, Lukcs and Trotsky, with contemporary echoes in Brecht and Benjamin. A preface considers the objections this account of Gramsci provoked, as well as a memorable intervention by the late Eric Hobsbawm.

Few terms are so widely used in the literature of international relations and political science, with so little agreement about their exact meaning, as hegemony. In the first full historical study of its fortunes as a concept, Perry Anderson traces its emergence in Ancient Greece and its rediscovery during the upheavals of 1848-1849 in Germany. He then follows its checkered career in revolutionary Russia, fascist Italy, Cold War America, Gaullist France, Thatcher''s Britain, post-colonial India, feudal Japan, Maoist China, eventually arriving at twenty-first-century US geopolitics and Germany''s place within an expanded European Union. The result is a surprising and fascinating expedition into global intellectual history.

This synoptic essay considers the nature and evolution of the Marxist theory that developed in Western Europe, after the defeat of the proletarian rebellions in the West and the isolation of the Russian Revolution in the East in the early 1920s. It focuses particularly on the work of Lukcs, Korsch and Gramsci; Adorno, Marcuse and Benjamin; Sartre and Althusser; and Della Volpe and Colletti, together with other figures within Western Marxism from 1920 to 1975. The theoretical production of each of these thinkers is related simultaneously to the practical fate of working-class struggles and to the cultural mutations of bourgeois thought in their time. The philosophical antecedents of the various school within this tradition - Lukcsian, Gramscian, Frankfurt, Sartrean, Althusserian and Della Volpean - are compared, and the specific innovations of their respective systems surveyed. The structural unity of ''Western Marxism'', beyond the diversity of its individual thinkers, is then assessed, in a balance-sheet that contrasts its heritage with the tradition of ''classical'' Marxism that preceded it, and with the commanding problems which will confront any historical materialism to succeed it.

What have been the major changes in the intellectual landscape of the left since the mid seventies? Have they on balance represented an emancipation or a retreat for socialist culture as a whole? In the Tracks of Historical Materialism looks at some of the paradoxes in the evolution of Marxist thought in this period. It starts by considering the remarkable and variegated growth of historical materialism in the Anglo-American world, spreading across a broad field from history to economics, politics to literature, sociology to philosophy. By contrast, the same years have seen a drastic recession of Marxist influences in the Latin cultures where it was traditionally strong-France or Italy. Its main theoretical challengers there proved to be successive forms of structuralism and post-structuralism. The common coordinates of these-tracing the outer bounds of the work of Levi-Strauss or Lacan, Foucault or Derrida-are surveyed and criticized, in the light of the inherent limitations of the language model from which they derived. In Germany, on the other hand, the theoretical scene has been largely dominated by the accumulating work of Habermas, with its roots in the Frankfurt School. Yet Habermas''s philosophy also reveals unexpected affinities with the trend of prevalent Parisian concerns, in its unifying emphasis on communication-while at the same time diverging from them in the constancy of its political commitments. The historical background of international class struggles against which these variant fates of Marxism in the West were played out is then explored, with special attention to the interconnection between the destinies of Maoism and Eurocommunism. What, finally, is the nature of the relationship between Marxism as a theory and socialism as a goal? A conclusion reviews the wider issues posed for the labour movement by the rise of the peace movement and the women''s movement, and suggests a range of priorities for the further development of Marxist thought in the eighties.

The characteristic form taken by English Marxism since the war has been the study of history. No writer exemplifies its achievements better than Edward Thompson, whose Making of the English Working Class is probably the most influential single work of historical scholarship by a socialist today. An editor of The New Reasoner in 1957-59, a founder of the New Left in 1960, now an eloquent champion of civil rights, Thompson has most recently aroused widespread interest with the appearance of his Poverty of Theory, which combines philosophical and political polemic with Louis Althusser, and powerful advocacy of the historian''s craft. Arguments Within English Marxism is an assessment of its central theses that relates them to Thompson''s major historical writings themselves. Thus the role of human agency-the part of the conscious choice and active will-in history is discussed through consideration of its treatment in The Making of the English Working Class. The problems of base and superstructure in historical materialism, and of affiliation to values in the past, are reviewed in the light of Whigs and Hunters. The claims of utopian imagination are illustrated from the findings of William Morris. Questions of socialist strategy are broached in part through the articles now collected in Writing by Candlelight. Exploring at once differences and convergences between New Left Review and one of its founders, the essay concludes by suggesting the virtues of diversity within a common socialist culture.

Scritto da uno degli studiosi più attenti alla storia dell’Italia moderna, questo libro è un resoconto meticoloso e documentato degli ultimi venticinque anni di politica nazionale, inseriti nel più ampio contesto degli eventi europei. Attraverso l’analisi dei maggiori protagonisti e dei partiti sorti dalle ceneri della Prima Repubblica, e dei tatticismi e compromessi che hanno caratterizzato la Seconda, Perry Anderson individua i punti nevralgici che hanno gradualmente determinato la crisi economica, politica e sociale che ancora affligge il nostro Paese. L’indagine dell’autore si spinge fino agli ultimi fatti di cronaca politica, in cui tutti i nodi del recente passato stanno venendo drammaticamente al pettine. Conflittualità tra i poteri dello Stato, degradazione del ruolo del Parlamento, personalismo autoritario del premier, inadeguatezza dei piani economici sono solo alcuni dei sintomi più evidenti di una crisi profonda e in apparenza irreversibile. In questa difficile situazione, Matteo Renzi ha buon gioco a presentare il suo governo come l’ultima possibilità di ripresa ma, sostiene Anderson, gli spazi di manovra vanno sempre più riducendosi, mentre il futuro dell’Italia continua a restare pericolosamente incerto.

The historiography of modern India is largely a pageant of presumed virtues: harmonious territorial unity, religious impartiality, the miraculous survival of electoral norms in the world''s most populous democracy. Even critics of injustices within Indian society still underwrite such claims. But how well does the ''Idea of India'' correspond to the realities of the Union? In an iconoclastic intervention, Marxist historian Perry Anderson provides an unforgettable reading of the Subcontinent''s passage through Independence and the catastrophe of Partition, the idiosyncratic and corrosive vanities of Gandhi and Nehru, and the close interrelationship of Indian democracy and caste inequality. The Indian Ideology caused uproar on first publication in 2012, not least for breaking with euphemisms for Delhi''s occupation of Kashmir. This new, expanded edition includes the author''s reply to his critics, an interview with the late Praful Bidwai of the Indian weekly Outlook, and a postscript on India under the rule of Narendra Modi. Anderson considers whether his regime is as much of a break with the practices and thought processes of Congress rule as is generally supposed.

Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism is a sustained exercise in historical sociology that shows how the slave-based societies of Ancient Greece and Rome eventually became the feudal societies of the Middle Ages. In the course of this study, Anderson vindicates and refines the explanatory power of historical materialism, while casting a fascinating light on the Ancient world, the Germanic invasions, nomadic society, and the different routes taken to feudalism in Northern, Mediterranean, Eastern and Western Europe. Through this work and its companion volume, Lineages of the Absolutist State, Anderson presents a Marxist history of Western political development that takes readers from the first stirrings of political consciousness in the classical world to the rise of absolutist monarchies in Europe and the birth of the modern epoch.

The New Old World looks at the history of the European Union, the core continental countries within it, and the issue of its further expansion into Asia. It opens with a consideration of the origins and outcomes of European integration since the Second World War, and how today''s EU has been theorized across a range of contemporary disciplines. It then moves to more detailed accounts of political and cultural developments in the three principal states of the original Common Market-France, Germany and Italy. A third section explores the interrelated histories of Cyprus and Turkey that pose a leading geopolitical challenge to the Community. The book ends by tracing ideas of European unity from the Enlightenment to the present, and their bearing on the future of the Union. The New Old World offers a critical portrait of a continent now increasingly hailed as a moral and political example to the world at large.

La notion de postmodernisme n''a jamais véritablement fait irruption dans le débat théorique français. Après l''acte fondateur lyotardien, et en grande partie à cause de lui, elle n''a plus guère servi que de simple marqueur culturel : une oeuvre, un édifice, un motif théorique se sont ainsi vu qualifiés de " postmodernes ", pour vanter, ou au contraire stigmatiser, leurs attributs formels ou leur propension au " relativisme ". Et la fin des grands récits " est devenue la formule magique censée exprimer la vérité de notre temps. Pour mettre enfin un terme à ces usages stériles, Les Origines de la postmodernité retrace l''histoire de cette notion, depuis les milieux de l''avant-garde littéraire de l''Amérique hispanique dans les années 1920, jusqu''aux courants post-marxistes européens, avec Lyotard à Montréal en 1979, puis Habermas à Francfort en 1980. En 1982, à New York, Fredric Jameson lui fait subir une mutation fondamentale : désormais, le postmodernisme désignera l''hypothèse d''une rupture épochale. Selon Perry Anderson, Jameson est ainsi celui qui a su montrer la cohérence globale de notre époque globalisée, dont la caractéristique majeure tient, selon lui, à la subordination tendancielle de la culture à la logique d''accumulation du capital. La sphère esthétique, par laquelle s''appréhende le monde, est ainsi, selon Jameson, massivement colonisée et aujourd''hui incapable de trouver l''espace dans lequel continuer d''exprimer une transgression ou de tendre vers une alternative. Le postmodernisme, tel que le présente dans ce livre Perry Anderson, confine au système parfait, un système en mesure d''intégrer à la logique de sa perpétuation ses propres " dysfonctionnements ".

In three interviews, the Marxist historian and scholar Perry Anderson takes Sartre on a wide-ranging tour of his philosophy and politics