Publishing serious ideas for curious readers.
Human Inquiry Press is an independent publisher focused on evidence-led nonfiction about history, belief, civilisation, psychology and the human condition.
Our purpose
Human Inquiry Press exists to make serious scholarship readable without reducing difficult subjects to slogans. Our aim is to publish books that respect evidence, acknowledge uncertainty, explain disagreement and remain accessible to readers outside specialist academia.
Editorial principle
History should illuminate, not inflame. That principle shapes how we approach controversial subjects. We distinguish between evidence and interpretation, avoid sensationalism and treat human communities as historical subjects rather than caricatures.
What we publish
- Comparative and global history
- Religion and the history of belief
- Civilisations, empires and political institutions
- Psychology, neuroscience and human behaviour
- Intellectual history and the history of ideas
- Evidence-led public scholarship
The company
Human Inquiry Press Ltd is registered in England and Wales, company number 17444854. The press is based in London, United Kingdom.