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Counterpress Fair access academic publisher. www.counterpress.org.uk "Fair Access" publisher of critical and social theory, critical legal theory and related humanities.

08/04/2024

Once Upon a Time in Australia explores the intersections between gender, colonisation, and climate change and how they are necessarily interconnected

New COUNTERPRESS publication: The Proletariat Reloaded: Badiou Beyond Marxism and Anarchism, by Jon Mazzalini. This book...
29/11/2021

New COUNTERPRESS publication: The Proletariat Reloaded: Badiou Beyond Marxism and Anarchism, by Jon Mazzalini. This book is available in paperback from online bookstores and as a “fair access” ebook on COUNTERPRESS. Fair access means access according to ability to pay on a sliding scale down to zero.

B & W 229 x 152 mm | Perfect Bound on White w/Matte Laminate | 226 pages | Paperback ISBN 978-1-910761-13-7 | E-book (ePDF) ISBN 978-1-910761-14-4 | 2 November 2021

Announcing the latest COUNTERPRESS publication: The Critical Legal Pocketbook. For sale in paperback (RRP 15.00 GBP) or ...
15/11/2021

Announcing the latest COUNTERPRESS publication: The Critical Legal Pocketbook. For sale in paperback (RRP 15.00 GBP) or "fair access" ebook (RRP 7.50 GBP). This means that if you can"t afford to pay the full ebook price, you can access it on a pay-what-you-can basis on sliding scale down to zero.

We are delighted to announce the publication of The Critical Legal Pocketbook. Law creates an ethical and rational facade for itself, but beneath the

30/09/2020

Towards Decolonising the University: A Kaleidoscope for Empowered Action launches online at 2pm on Thursday 1 October Register Here A book by

We are pleased to announce the publication of Art, Law, Power: Perspectives on Legality and Resistance in Contemporary A...
04/03/2020

We are pleased to announce the publication of Art, Law, Power: Perspectives on Legality and Resistance in Contemporary Aesthetics, edited by Lucy Finchett-Maddock and Eleftheria Lekakis. Read about it here: https://counterpress.org.uk/publications/art-law-power/

And of course don't forget to watch the 2 min promo video for Ethics of Tragedy. A little inside information: The interv...
10/02/2020

And of course don't forget to watch the 2 min promo video for Ethics of Tragedy. A little inside information: The interview with Ari was filmed at the Critical Legal Conference at the University of Sussex in September 2014. So actually this book has been more than five years in the planning ...

Title: Ethics of Tragedy: Dwelling, Thinking, Measuring Author: Ari Hirvonen Publisher: COUNTERPRESS Website: https://counterpress.org.uk Available in paperb...

Finally, after just 5 years of writing following a life time of thinking, Ari Hirvonen's magnus opus is now out: Ethics ...
10/02/2020

Finally, after just 5 years of writing following a life time of thinking, Ari Hirvonen's magnus opus is now out: Ethics of Tragedy: Dwelling, Thinking, Measuring. Available from online bookshops and as a fair access E-book from Counterpress.

Who is Ari Hirvonen? Simon Critchley calls him the the Jari Litmanen of philosophy. Find out more: https://counterpress.org.uk/publications/ethics-of-tragedy/

Books due out by summer 2019!
22/02/2019

Books due out by summer 2019!

21/11/2018

The Westminster Law and Theory Lab invites you to the book launch and drinks reception for Riccardo Baldissone's new book, 'Farewell to freedom: A Western

13/09/2018

Those who take on the global industry that traps research behind paywalls are heroes, not thieves, says George Monbiot

Soo Tian Lee answers a few questions about our recently published "Rethinking the University: Structure, Critique, Vocat...
23/06/2018

Soo Tian Lee answers a few questions about our recently published "Rethinking the University: Structure, Critique, Vocation".

Counterpress are pleased to announce the publication of Rethinking the University: Structure, Critique, Vocation by Soo Tian Lee. Dr Lee answers questions

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COUNTERPRESS publishes academic titles that contribute critical theoretical engagements with the world, with an emphasis on treating legal/juridical, political, social, aesthetic, etc, concerns in a trans- or para-disciplinary manner.

In addition to printed books set at low price points, COUNTERPRESS offers downloadable e-versions on a pay-what-you-can basis. Importantly, we allow those unable to pay to still access the work. All e-books carry a creative commons licence to promote more open access. We are committed to publishing books accessible to all regardless of personal wealth.