Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse.

Books about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us about our earliest ancestors. We are obsessed with prehistory-and, in this respect, our current era is no different from any other in the last three hundred years. In this coruscating work, acclaimed historian Stefanos Geroulanos demonstrates how claims about the earliest humans not only shaped Weste...

In the heart of Santiago, the infamous 38 Londres Street becomes the haunting backdrop for a riveting tale that intertwines the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London, the post-war life of senior SS officer Walther Rauff in Chilean Patagonia and the sinister connections between the two men. Walther Rauff, a key figure responsible for the wartime horrors of mobile gas vans, fled justice and found an unlikely refuge in Chile. Settling in Punta Arenas, he managed a king crab cannery, seemingly far...

Niet eerder lijkt er zoveel verwarring te zijn geweest over het begrip antisemitisme. Waar ligt de grens tussen kritiek op de staat Israël en discriminatie van Joden? Beschuldigingen van antisemitisme en van het misbruiken van deze beladen term gaan over en weer. Hoe zijn we in dit conceptuele moeras terechtgekomen, en hoe komen we er weer uit?

Door te reconstrueren waar het begrip antisemitisme vandaan komt, hoe het door de jaren heen is gebruikt, en hoe interpretaties veranderden in het li...