The politics of multiracialism

A provocative analysis of current thought and discourse on multiracialism.This is the first book to critically look at the political issues and interests surrounding the broadly defined Multiracial Movement and at what is being said about multiracialism. Many of the multiracial family organizatio...

Returning to irigaray

Leading scholars examine the relation between Irigaray's early writings and her later, more political work.Luce Irigaray is one of the most influential philosophers and theorists in the field of feminist thought, and her work is considered both revolutionary and controversial. This volume offers ...

Chuang-tzu for spiritual transformation

This book offers a fundamentally new interpretation of the philosophy of the Chuang-Tzu. It is the first full-length work of its kind which argues that a deep level cognitive structure exists beneath an otherwise random collection of literary anecdotes, cryptic sayings, and dark allusions. The au...

Tales from the sausage factory

A former state legislator and a political scientist team up to show how New York's legislature was once the nation's model professional legislature, and how it might recover from its present dysfunction."Laws are like sausages," Otto von Bismarck is said to have remarked. "It is better not to see...

Community self-determination

Examines the educational programs American Indians developed to preserve their cultural and ethnic identity, improve their livelihood, and serve the needs of their youth in Chicago.After World War II, American Indians began relocating to urban areas in large numbers, in search of employment. Part...

Truth and interpretation

A resolute defense of philosophy and hermeneutics against the threats of dogmatism and relativism.Luigi Pareyson (1918–1991) was one of the most important Italian philosophers to emerge after World War II and stands shoulder to shoulder with fellow hermeneutic thinkers Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul...

Rock on record

Shows students how to listen to and enjoy the rich repertory of rock records made between the 1950s and 1980s.An introductory textbook for Rock Music Appreciation and History courses, Rock on Record traces the story of rock from the late 1940s through the pre-rock styles of the 1950s to rock in i...

Ethical theory in global perspective

A straightforward, accessible introduction to core theories in normative ethics from Western and non-Western philosophy suitable for the classroom.Ethical Theory in Global Perspective provides an easy-to-teach introduction to ethical theory from a uniquely global perspective. In addition to key W...

Managed professionals

Focuses on the ongoing negotiations of professional autonomy and managerial discretion and provides insight into the broad restructuring of faculty, with conclusions that extend beyond unionized faculty to all of academe.Managed Professionals is a source book on the negotiated terms of faculty wo...

We have not stopped trembling yet

A father's personal and intimate account of his Filipino and Alaska Native family's experiences, and his search for how to help his children overcome the effects of historical and contemporary oppression.In a series of letters to his mixed-race Koyukon Athabascan family, E. J. R. David shares his...

Poverty and charity in middle eastern contexts

Addresses the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies have confronted poverty and the poor.Offering insights and analysis in a field that has only recently come into existence, this book explores the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies-from the ri...

This dagger, my heart

Historical fiction centered around the life and tragic death of the German Romantic poet and philosopher Karoline von Günderrode.In 1806, when she was only twenty-six, Karoline von Günderrode plunged a dagger through her heart. She was a gifted poet and philosopher, a member of the circle of Roma...

Political theory and partisan politics

Renowned theorists address the interconnections between those who engage in political struggle and those who study it.Political theorists typically define political action in terms of rational potential rather than conflict, and for this reason neglect the partisan nature of political experience....

The street addict role

This book provides a new answer to the question, "Why do people use heroin and other street drugs?" Drawing upon a growing body of studies of drug users conducted by sociologists and anthropologists, it attempts to integrate their findings into a theoretically unified sociocultural explanation of...

Revaluing ethics

Challenges influential interpretations of Aristotelian ethical and political philosophy.Revaluing Ethics criticizes the notion that the Nicomachean Ethics is a moral textbook written for an indeterminate audience. Rather, Smith argues that the Ethics is a pedagogy and so must be read in light of ...

Sacred play

Explores the significance of levity and humor in South Asian religious traditions.Frivolity isn't always frivolous-sometimes it can be sacred. Sacred Play uncovers levity and playfulness in a variety of South Asian traditions where one might least expect to find it: in the heart of ritual. While ...

Religion and women in india

Examines the intersections of gender, religion, and politics among various Indian religious communities, from early British rule to the late twentieth century.In Religion and Women in India, Tanika Sarkar provides an account of gender prescriptions and proscriptions and their operation among vari...

The war that wasn't

An ambitious and timely look at the role of religion in New York State's early public schools.Finalist for the 2006 History of Education Society's Outstanding Book Award Winner of the 2005 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives presented...

Bringing zion home

Demonstrates how American Jews used culture—art, dance, music, fashion, literature—to win the hearts and minds of postwar Americans to the cause of Israel.Bringing Zion Home examines the role of culture in the establishment of the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel in the...

Masculine pregnancies

Examines literary depictions of "mannish" pregnant women and metaphors of male pregnancy to reframe the relationship between creativity and gender in modernism.Who is taken seriously as an artist? What does gender have to do with it? Is there a relationship between artistic creation and physical ...

Learning to think environmentally

The survival of planet Earth's nourishing life systems ultimately depends on how we humans think about them. Unfortunately, our culture's assumptions about the way the world works ignore recent scientific understanding of life systems. This book explains the interdependency and delicate balance o...

The limits of knowledge

Argues for a transactionally situated approach to science and medicine in order to meet the needs of marginalized groups.The Limits of Knowledge provides an understanding of what pragmatist feminist theories look like in practice, combining insights from the work of American pragmatist John Dewey...

Haight-ashbury, psychedelics, and the birth of acid rock

Illuminates the beginnings, downfall, and legacy of the acid-inspired, spontaneous, and playful approach to life and music in Haight-Ashbury from 1964–1967.Combining literature, social history, and personal experience, author Robert J. Campbell traces the birth, downfall, and legacy of the innova...

Teaching selves

Through the experiences of six students who wish to become high school teachers, this book explores the process of what it means to be a teacher and proposes ten principles for identity development.2001 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title This is a book about how identities arise, in particular, ab...

Yogi heroes and poets

An exploration of the history, religion, and folklore of the Nāths, a Hindu lineage known for Hatha yoga practice.This book provides a remarkable range of information on the history, religion, and folklore of the Nāth Yogis. A Hindu lineage prominent in North India since the eleventh century, Nāt...

Gambling, game, and psyche

The fate of the hero-gambler, as described by Dostoevsky, Balzac, Poe, and others, is the focus of this unprecedented exploration of gambling and the human psyche.Bettina Knapp adds a new spin on the study of gambling as she explores both sides of the coin-the rush and thrill of risk taking versu...

Public health in pharmacy practice

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...

Clinical studies in transpersonal psychotherapy

Demonstrates the dramatic results of blending the traditional with the transpersonal approach to psychoanalysis.In this book, Seymour Boorstein builds upon his classical training as a psychiatrist to show the dramatic results of blending the traditional with the transpersonal approach to psychoth...

Public spaces, marketplaces, and the constitution

Examines how the Supreme Court has banished free expression from shopping malls and other public spaces.In spite of their public attractions and millions of visitors, most shopping malls are now off-limits to free speech and expressive activity. The same may be said about many other public spaces...

Modern culture from a comparative perspective

A distinguished historian of religion explores the contemporary culture of the Western world.As an historian of religion, Wilfred Cantwell Smith has investigated the way religious traditions define themselves, the nature of faith over the centuries, and the scriptures that have offered anticipati...

Latin american women on/in stages

Compares plays by Latin American women dramatists born after 1945.While a feminine perspective has become more common on Latin American stages since the late 1960s, few of the women dramatists who have contributed to this new viewpoint have received scholarly attention. Latin American Women On/In...

Bodies of water

Explores how watery spaces provoke radical modes of screening queer corporeality in a diverse range of contemporary Latin American films.Honorable Mention, for the 2025 British Association of Film Television and Screen Studies Best Publication PrizeRivers, swimming pools, lakes, and oceans: these...

Kindness and the good society

A comprehensive account of human kindness.Winner of the 2004 Edward Goodwin Ballard Book Prize in Phenomenology presented by the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology with interest from a fund raised from Professor Ballard's family, students, and friends Kindness and the Good Society util...

Louise blanchard bethune

The trailblazing story of the life and career of Louise Blanchard Bethune, America's first professional woman architect.Winner of the 2023 Arline Custer Memorial Award presented by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference As America's first professional female architect, Louise Blanchard Bet...

Environmental policymaking

Case studies that assess the value of new approaches to environmental policymaking in the United States and abroad.The methods employed in the pursuit of environmental protection are often highly contested, leading to alternative policy approaches. This book details the frequently neglected topic...

Women writing women

This first anthology in English dedicated exclusively to Spanish-American women playwrights includes eight plays by award-winning authors who have received national and international acclaim.While these playwrights articulate concerns similar to those of their male counterparts-social injustice, ...

Kant's dog

Situates Borges at the limit of philosophy and literature.Kant's Dog provides fresh insight into Borges's preoccupation with the contradiction of the time that passes and the identity that endures. By developing the implicit logic of the Borgesian archive, which is most often figured as the unive...

In search of dreams

A scientifically sound and thoroughly comprehensible account of what laboratory study has revealed about dreams and dreaming.This book presents an overview of the methods and results of laboratory dream research: the collection of dreams under various conditions; different methods of dream evalua...

Reconstructing the confucian dao

Discusses how Zhou Dunyi's thought became a cornerstone of neo-Confucianism.Zhu Xi, the twelfth-century architect of the neo-Confucian canon, declared Zhou Dunyi to be the first true sage since Mencius. This was controversial, as many of Zhu Xi's contemporaries were critical of Zhou Dunyi's Daois...

The work of friendship

Develops a theory of friendship as a space that is neither public nor private.This book provides an incisive reading of the problems with Rorty's public/private distinction, his valorization of the figure of the strong poet, and his conception of solidarity. Rothleder argues that Rorty lacks a co...

Suffrage and its limits

Reflects on the legacy and limits of suffrage in New York State as a way to understand present-day issues with women's social and political rights, as well proposes ideas for future progress.Suffrage and Its Limits offers a unique interdisciplinary overview of the legacy and limits of suffrage fo...

Nelida

A scandalous bestseller of mid-nineteenth-century France, translated here for the first time into English.Winner of the 2004 Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation presented by the Texas Institute of Letters First published in 1846 under the pen name Daniel Stern, Nelida tells the stor...

Inner experience

Outlines a mystical theology and experience of the sacred founded on the absence of god.Originally published in 1943, Inner Experience is the single most significant work by one of the twentieth century's most influential writers. It outlines a mystical theology and experience of the sacred found...

Sojourns

Heidegger's philosophical journal, written during his first visit to Greece in 1962, and appearing here in English for the first time.The story of Martin Heidegger's enigmatic search for truth in the land that inspired his philosophy, Aufenthalte (Sojourns) is the philosophical journal that he ke...

Plunging through the clouds

Constructive Living brings together two psychotherapies-Morita and Naikan- and their associated lifeways. Both therapies were developed in this century, but their roots extend back hundreds of years in East Asian history. Morita was a professor of psychiatry at Jikei University School of Medicine...