My book is focused on the power of the American state, not least because the government of the United States governs so much that the case could be made that everybody around the world ought to have a vote in…

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The manufacture of desire isn't at the heart - if it isn't absurd to speak...

The manufacture of desire isn't at the heart - if it isn't absurd to speak...

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is...

I am a realist as well as an idealist, and I think that it is...

Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history.

Mills insisted that a sociologist's proper subject was the intersection of biography and history.

Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of...

Collectively, we are in thrall to media - because they deliver to us many of...

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into...

The genius of the economic machine is in its ability to convert these indulgences into...

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass,...

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass,...

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half...

The fancy term for what America has squandered in the past year and a half...

My business is the analytical framework.

My business is the analytical framework.

All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system...

All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system...

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability...

We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability...

A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.

A century of convulsive change leaves huge demographic gouge marks.

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of...

Some fine day, Democrats may figure out how to get on the right side of...

Today's global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history.

Today's global justice movement may be the biggest, most diverse and energetic in history.

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of...

I don't for the life of me understand how anybody could contemplate the results of...

To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for...

To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for...

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others...

American movies and music deliver themes of freedom, innocence, and power that appeal to others...

Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity...

Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity...

Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.

Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made,...

There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made,...

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to...

The mobilisation which Bush has been able to perform since 11 September 2001 has to...