Zbigniew Brzezinski's impact on America's role in the world extends far beyond his years in the Carter White House. Justin Vaisse offers the first biography of the Polish immigrant and grand strategist whose geopolitical vision, scholarly writings, and policy advice to many presidents brought lasting changes to America's conduct of foreign policy.

In a new approach to philosophical anthropology, Bruno Latour offers answers to questions raised in We Have Never Been Modern: If not modern, what have we been, and what values should we inherit? An Inquiry into Modes of Existence offers a new basis for diplomatic encounters with other societies at a time of ecological crisis.

"First published in French as Enrichissement, (c) Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2017"--Verso.

The Narrator questions the dominance of the communicational paradigm in the theory and analysis of fictional narratives.