Reaktion Books

This witty yet thoughtful book examines stupidity and idiocy, and their most dangerous incarnation: stupid idiocy - the unthinking embrace of flawed thinking. While philosophers chase wisdom, this book takes a humbler route, asking instead how we might th...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to watch a double sunset on Tatooine, stand among the sand dunes of Arrakis, or gaze at a gas-giant planet from the moon of Pandora? In Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Science Fact, Keith Cooper explores...

This book offers a fresh perspective on the reign of Alexander the Great. It re-examines Alexander's military victories and personality, while also exploring the impact of his campaigns on the people he conquered. Alexander's story, Stephen Harrison argue...

Why do Jews continue to serve as targets of hatred - and how coherent is the idea of antisemitism itself? In Antisemitisms, Sander L. Gilman argues that such hatreds are less stable and more opportunistic than is often assumed. Tracing fantasies of Jewish...