Society Must Be DefendedSociety Must Be Defended is Michel Foucault's devastating critique of the systems of power and control inherent in civilization. Taken from a series of lectures given by Foucault at the Collge de France in 1975 76, it reveals how war is the foundation of all power relations, and politics ultimately a continuation of battlefield violence. He offers a politically charged re reading of history, with examples ranging from the Trojan myth to Germany, to

Badkhen looks to the ancient Greeks for help pondering our need for certainty at a time of racist violence

twice the babies in one place

the surreal

This spiritual and cultural heritage instilled in him a reverence for reading

and travels deep into landmined Khmer Rouge territory to find the rumoured Wild West of Cambodia (Pailin)

the Old Norse kenningar

Three exhilarating and inspiring essays in which the great twentieth-century political philosopher argues that there can be no freedom without politics

tenderness and violence

a young teacher

In a classroom in Seoul

two young Malaysians who met as overseas students in Australia

but by choice