The promise of poststructuralist sociology

A postmodern critique of sociology's presuppositions.In this fresh look at the serious challenges posed to sociology by poststructuralist philosophy, Clayton W. Dumont Jr. maintains that disempowered, marginalized peoples have much to gain from a poststructuralist interrogation of sociology's phi...

The obama effect

Timely, multidisciplinary analysis of Obama's presidential campaign, its context, and its impact.November 4, 2008 ushered in a historic moment: Illinois Senator Barack Obama was elected the forty-fourth President of the United States of America. In The Obama Effect, editors Heather E. Harris, Kim...

Acceptable genes?

Perspectives on genetically modified foods from world religions and indigenous traditions.Modern biotechnology has surpassed science fiction with such feats as putting fish genes in tomatoes to create a more cold-resistant crop. While the environmental and health concerns over such genetically mo...

Race and the suburbs in american film

Explores how suburban space and the body are racialized in American film.This book is the first anthology to explore the connection between race and the suburbs in American cinema from the end of World War II to the present. It builds upon the explosion of interest in the suburbs in film, televis...

The archetypal sunnī scholar

Considers the work of nineteenth-century theologian Ibrahim al-Bajuri and contests the notion of intellectual decline in Islamic thought from the thirteenth through nineteenth centuries.This is a rare study of a late premodern Islamic thinker, Ibrahim al- Bājūrī, a nineteenth-century scholar and ...

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Economic aid and american policy toward egypt, 1955-1981

Gamal Abdel Nasser's 1955 decision to barter Egyptian cotton for Soviet bloc weaponry thrust Egypt onto center stage in the Cold War in the Middle East. What Egypt needed most, and what the United States was uniquely equipped to provide, was economic aid. For the Egyptian government—eager to take...

Malleable māra

Analyzes the breadth of representations of the mythic figure of Māra in Buddhism to reveal how closely tied such narratives are to the social and historical concerns of Buddhist communities.2019 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title This is the first book to examine the development of the figure of M...

Indigenous bodies

An interdisciplinary exploration of indigenous bodies.This interdisciplinary collection of essays, by both Natives and non-Natives, explores presentations and representations of indigenous bodies in historical and contemporary contexts. Recent decades have seen a wealth of scholarship on the body...

John f. kennedy, barack obama, and the politics of ethnic incorporation and avoidance

Fascinating look at the challenges faced by John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama in their quests to win the presidency.Political analysts and journalists often draw analogies between John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic Irish president, and Barack Obama, the first African American president. Their ele...

The other new york

Essays exploring rural New York during the American Revolution.The Other New York provides the first comprehensive look at New York State's rural areas during the American Revolution. This county-by-county survey of the regions outside of New York City describes the social and cultural conditions...

The suffragents

The story of how and why a group of prominent and influential men in New York City and beyond came together to help women gain the right to vote.Gold Medalist, 2018 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the U.S. History CategoryFinalist for the 2018 Sally and Morris Lasky Prize presented by the Ce...

From pariah to priority

Incorporates a unique diplomatic, insider perspective to explain the unexpected incorporation of LGBTI rights into American and Swedish foreign policies.From Pariah to Priority gives a unique, insider perspective that explains the unexpected incorporation of LGBTI rights into the United States an...

Sankofa

Explores the complex interplay of race and culture in the doctoral experiences of African American students.Sankofa reexamines doctoral education through the lens of African American and Black experiences. Drawing on the African diasporic legacy of Sankofa and the notion that "it is not wrong to ...

Taking confucian ethics seriously

A consideration of Confucian ethics as a living ethical tradition with contemporary relevance.This thought-provoking work presents Confucianism as a living ethical tradition with contemporary relevance. While acknowledged as one of the world's most influential philosophies, Confucianism's signifi...

Of irony and empire

Examines the transformative power of irony in the creation of Muslim Africa.Of Irony and Empire is a dynamic, thorough examination of Muslim writers from former European colonies in Africa who have increasingly entered into critical conversations with the metropole. Focusing on the period between...

The wilderness of dreams

This interdisciplinary study of the religious dimensions of dreams shows how modern dream research supports and enriches our understanding of religiously meaningful dreams.The Wilderness of Dreams does four things that no other work on dreams has done. First, it surveys the whole range of modern ...

The concept of bharatavarsha and other essays

This exploration of key terms related to social and political order, found in early Indian texts, challenges the idea of a unified ancient India and a unified national identity at that time.This collection explores what may be called the idea of India in ancient times. Its undeclared objective is...

Overhearing film music

Three generations of famous movie soundtrack composers reveal the secrets of their art and success.Beginning with a quick history of film scoring and then taking the reader backstage to interview a dozen major screen composers, Overhearing Film Music represents three generations of movie soundtra...

Burning down the house

A riveting analysis of the struggle to eliminate affirmative action at the University of California.Burning Down the House presents a riveting analysis of one of the most nationally prominent and bitterly contested policy battles in the history of American higher education: the struggle to elimin...

Identity and institutions

Explores the role of international institutions in reducing conflict in multiethnic societies.How can conflicts between various nationalist/ethnic groups be reduced? Combining theory with case studies of Spain and Ireland, Neal G. Jesse and Kristen P. Williams develop an argument favoring a solut...

Bede griffiths

Explores the work of spiritual leader and writer Bede Griffiths, who envisioned a union of Eastern and Western spirituality.Bede Griffiths, O.S.B.Cam. (1906–1993) was a pioneer in the meeting of faiths and of cultures in the second half of the twentieth century. This captivating study of his pion...

Revolutionary time

Examines the relationship between time and sexual difference in the work of French feminists Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray.This book is the first to examine the relationship between time and sexual difference in the work of Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray. Because of their association with re...

Taking back control

An alternative pedagogical perspective toward the education of Black children is explored through the narratives of five African Canadian women teachers.Taking Back Control is a ground-breaking investigation of the world and consciousness of five African Canadian women teachers. Their rich, textu...

Imagining law

Essays consider Drucilla Cornell's contributions to philosophy, political theory, and legal studies.Drucilla Cornell's contribution to legal thought and philosophy is unique in its attention to diverse traditions and the possibilities of dialogue among them. Renée J. Heberle and Benjamin Pryor br...

The animal and the daemon in early china

Explores early Chinese beliefs regarding the animal world and how these informed ideals of sagehood and political authority.Exploring the cultural perception of animals in early Chinese thought, this careful reading of Warring States and Han dynasty writings analyzes how views of animals were lin...

Organizational structure in american police agencies

A new theory accounts for the characteristics of individual police departments.Although most large police organizations perform the same tasks, there is tremendous variation in how individual organizations are structured. To account for this variation, author Edward R. Maguire develops a new theo...

Remaining in light

This is the first sustained, critical examination of the work of Edward Hopper, a major twentieth-century American painter. It is a sequence of meditations on his painting "A Woman in the Sun." Each meditation, informed by Derrida's conception of the supplement, is about both the painting and abo...

A brush with death

Recounts the author's experiences during the Holocaust, from the time of the Nazi invasion of Poland to the liberation of the Theresienstadt concentration camp by the Red Army in 1945.In this memoir Morris Wyszogrod recounts his experiences from the time of the Nazi invasion of Poland to the libe...

Wittgenstein's account of truth

Explores the complex nature of truth in Wittgenstein's philosophy.Wittgenstein's Account of Truth challenges the view that semantic antirealists attribute to Wittgenstein: that we cannot meaningfully call verification-transcendent statements "true." Ellenbogen argues that Wittgenstein would not h...

The future of lenin

Essays that argue in favor of Lenin's continuing relevance for twenty-first century politics and thought.Situated in a particular historical moment marked by the violent crises of capitalism-the rise of the alt-right, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Black Lives Matter movement-The Future of Lenin ...

Women's space

Art historical and literary perspectives on the place of women in the medieval church.This interdisciplinary collection addresses the location of women and their bequests within the single most important public and social space in pre-Reformation Europe: the Roman Catholic Church. This innovative...

Prioritizing urban children, teachers, and schools through professional development schools

Provides insights into university partnerships with urban schools.How can we better educate disadvantaged urban students? Drawing on over five years' experience in a broad partnership involving twelve urban professional development schools in five districts, a teachers' union, a comprehensive pub...

Idealism without absolutes

Extends the boundaries of Romantic culture from its pre-Kantian past to contemporary theory and beyond.Idealism without Absolutes offers an ambitious and broad reconsideration of Idealism in relation to Romanticism and subsequent thought. Linking Idealist and Romantic philosophy to contemporary t...

Body as evidence

Analyzes how race and gender intersect in the rhetoric and imagery of popular culture in the early twenty-first centuryIn Body as Evidence, Janell Hobson challenges postmodernist dismissals of identity politics and the delusional belief that the Millennial era reflects a "postracial" and "postfem...

Scripting the black masculine body

Traces the origins of Black body politics in the United States and its contemporary manifestations in hip-hop music and film.Winner of the 2007 Everett Lee Hunt Award presented by the Eastern Communication Association Scripting the Black Masculine Body traces the origins of Black body politics in...

Envisioning a sustainable society

The evidence is increasingly persuasive. We are changing the way our planet's physical systems work-irrevocably. These changes are global and interconnected and unavoidable. They are upon us already, making it virtually impossible for any modern society to continue its present trajectory of growt...

Enabling the elderly

Here three gerontological professionals have combined their diverse backgrounds in a timely and urgently needed study of how religious institutions interact with their communities to provide care for the elderly. In an easily accessible and well-written text, actual and potential services are des...

The ticking tenure clock

Lydia Martin begins her tenure year one book shy, and when a sensational project presents itself she finds herself romantically entangled and ethically challenged.Lydia Martin begins her fifth year as an assistant professor of political science at Patrick Henry University with every reason to thi...

Polls and politics

A provocative examination of the use and abuse of public opinion polls.This hard-hitting and engaging examination of polls and American politics asks an essential question: do polls contribute to the vitality of our democracy or are they undermining the health of our political system? Leading sch...

Jamaica kincaid

Offers a new perspective on the psychological and affective dynamics of Jamaica Kincaid's fiction and nonfiction.Haunted by the memories of her powerfully destructive mother, Jamaica Kincaid is a writer out of necessity. Born Elaine Potter Richardson, Kincaid grew up in the West Indies in the sha...

The history of al-ṭabarī vol. 18

This volume presents for the first time in English Ṭabarī's complete account of the twenty-year long reign of the fifth caliph, Muʿāwiyah (661-680). The importance of this account lies partly in Ṭabarī's quotation of major portions of the work of earlier authors, such as Abu Mikhnaf and other eig...

The wind and the source

Explores the role of a significant yet elusive feature of the French landscape in literature, philosophy, and art.What does it mean to love a landscape? Why do certain authors have a predilection for specific landscapes? Why might one be fascinated by a landscape in which one would never wish to ...

Mexico unmanned

Demonstrates how transhistorical myths of masculinity are both perpetuated and challenged in recent Mexican cinema.Iconic images of machismo in Mexico's classic cinema affirm the national film industry's historical alignment with the patriarchal ideology intrinsic to the post-revolutionary state'...

Despite all adversities

Provides sophisticated theoretical approaches to Latin American cinema and sexual culture.2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Despite All Adversities examines a representative selection of notable queer films by Spanish America's most important directors since the 1950s. Each chapter focuses o...

Kabbalah in print

Demonstrates the impact of print culture on the spread of Jewish mysticism, focusing on Kabbalistic study guides by R. Yissakhar Baer of seventeenth-century Prague.How did Jewish mysticism go from arcane knowledge to popular spirituality? Kabbalah in Print examines the cultural impact of printing...

Searching for ashoka

Reveals how the persona of India's most famous emperor was constantly reinvented in ancient times to suit a variety of social visions, political agendas, and moral purposes.Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka unravels the various avatars of India's most famous empe...

Merleau-ponty and nishida

Places the phenomenologies of Merleau-Ponty and Nishida in dialogue and uncovers a demand for a motor-perceptual form of faith in both philosophers' meditations on artistic expression.Winner for the 2023 European Network of Japanese Philosophy Award for Excellence in Japanese Philosophy presented...