Math worlds

An international group of distinguished scholars brings a variety of resources to bear on the major issues in the study and teaching of mathematics, and on the problem of understanding mathematics as a cultural and social phenomenon. All are guided by the notion that our understanding of mathemat...

Research and composition

New york art deco

The first guidebook devoted exclusively to New York City's Art Deco treasures.Winner of a 2017–2018 New York City Book Award presented by the New York Society Library Of all the world's great cities, perhaps none is so defined by its Art Deco architecture as New York. Lively and informative, New ...

Earnings from learning

Documents the rise of for-profit education as a dynamic and powerful force in higher education.Earnings from Learning examines the historical and contemporary factors that have fueled the rise of postsecondary for-profit, degree-granting institutions as a dynamic and powerful force in education. ...

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...

Philosophy-screens

Draws from twentieth-century French thought on film and aesthetics to address the philosophical significance of the pervasiveness of screens in contemporary technological life as well as the mutation of philosophy that such a pervasiveness seems to require.In The Flesh of Images, Mauro Carbone an...

Racial competition and class solidarity

Looks at union organizing and strikes that were either strengthened by interracial cooperation or defeated by racial competition during the period between the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement.It sometimes seems that racial conflict is an intractable impediment to class solidarity in the Un...

Life after the revolution

Shares the unique story of a Christmas tree farm in Poughkeepsie, New York, where, for over four decades, women artists boldly built a space where they could create community and art together.In 1970, with the advance from her book Sexual Politics, writer and visual artist Kate Millett (1934–2017...

Demon hordes and burning boats

Provides a lively description of how the cult of a popular plague-fighting deity named Marshal Wen arose and spread in late imperial China.One of the few full-length regional studies of popular religion in late imperial China, this book presents the history of the cult of Marshal Wen, a plague-fi...

An approach to aristotle's physics

Argues that Aristotle's writings about the natural world contain a rhetorical surface as well as a philosophic core and shows that Aristotle's genuine views have not been refuted by modern science and still deserve serious attention.Maintaining that Aristotle's writings about the natural world co...

Unscripting the present

Interrogates contemporary sex panics in the United States, looking especially at popular culture texts to conceptualize queer youth survival strategies.Sex panics saturate contemporary discourse and politics in the United States. While such panics have a long history, they are now infused with rh...

Contesting justice

Argues that the rights of women in Muslim society are based on the preserved cultural standards of elites, not the ethical philosophy of the Quran.Contesting Justice examines the development of the laws and practices governing the status of women in Muslim society, particularly in terms of marria...

Tragedy and comedy

The first evaluation and critique of Hegel's theory of tragedy and comedy, this book also develops an original theory of both genres.In the first evaluation and critique of Hegel's theory of tragedy and comedy in any language, Mark William Roche points out the strengths and weaknesses of Hegel's ...

Servant-leadership and forgiveness

A compelling gathering of perspectives on the intersection of servant-leadership and forgiveness.In a world where leaders and organizations face conflicts and complexity at an alarming rate, where human cruelty sometimes dominates kindness in individuals and families, and where nations hover in t...

The possibilities of society

Approaches English Romanticism through sociological theory, arguing that Wordsworth and Coleridge tested hypotheses about social organization and action in their poetry. Offers a timely reevaluation of the Romantic poets as socially engaged thinkers.This innovative book revises many standard assu...

The abyss above

Uses the figure of the mad poet to explore the connections between madness and creativity.In The Abyss Above, Silke-Maria Weineck offers the first sustained discussion of the relationship between poetic madness and philosophy. Focusing on the mad poet as a key figure in what Plato called "the anc...

The history of al-ṭabarī vol. 24

In this volume, which covers the caliphates of Sulaymān, ʿUmar II, and Yazīd II, al-Ṭabarī provides vivid and detailed accounts of the events spanning the period from 97-105/715-724. We listen to the stirring speeches of Qutaybah ibn Muslim, in which he urges his followers to renounce their alleg...

Visionary worlds

Considers the role and significance of imagination and the myth-making processes that engage human beings in constructing a viable, living world of meaningful relations, beliefs and social interactions.Visionary Worlds examines the role and significance of imagination and the myth-making processe...

Moral strangers, moral acquaintance, and moral friends

Elaborates an ethic in which beneficence on a personal and communal level has moral force; proposes the idea of an interplay between compassion and reason to help address moral problems; and sketches the conditions necessary for a democratic approach to such problems.The author deals with the pro...

Religion without belief

Shows there is a strong religious impulse in postmodern literature and film.In our present cultural moment, when God is supposed to be dead and metaphysical speculation unfashionable, why does postmodern fiction-in a variety of genres-make such frequent use of the ancient rhetorical form of alleg...

Revealing reveiling

Explores the history of Muslim women and debates over gender, which have developed since the golden age of Islam.In modern Egypt, the pace of Islamic resurgence has increased as in other Muslim societies. Throughout the twentieth century, Egyptian women have fought fiercely for political particip...

The orders of nature

A systematic theory of naturalism, bridging metaphysics and the science of complexity and emergence.Winner of the 2015 John N. Findlay Award in Metaphysics presented by the Metaphysical Society of America Reviving and modernizing the tradition of post Darwinian naturalism, The Orders of Nature dr...

Presidential government in gaullist france

In Presidential Government in Gaullist France, William G. Andrews describes and explains the basic character of executive-legislative relations in Gaullist France from 1958 to 1974. He demonstrates that the Fifth Republic became presidential despite its parliamentary constitution because of chang...

Time to write

Analyzes interviews with students, teachers, and administrators to develop a new set of literacies essential for student success in the digital age."To read John's work is to take on the role of a patient listener … A book, like a piece of music, is scored for time, and I feel Time to Write is sc...

Tribal worlds

Explores how indigenous nationhood has emerged and been maintained in the face of aggressive efforts to assimilate Native peoples.Tribal Worlds considers the emergence and general project of indigenous nationhood in several geographical and historical settings in Native North America. Ethnographe...

Age becomes us

Deconstructs fiction and nonfiction to further understandings of how aging and old age are created.In lively, accessible prose, this book expands the reach and depth of age studies. A review of age studies methods in theory, literature, and practice leads readers to see how their own intersection...

Everyday sustainability

Illuminates the contradictions that emerge within conscious capitalism initiatives that are designed to empower women.Honorable Mention, 2019 Michelle Z. Rosaldo Prize presented by the Association for Feminist Anthropology Winner of the 2018 Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize presented by the National...

Destination dictatorship

Examines the relationship of Spain's 1960s tourist boom to Franco's right-wing dictatorship.When the right-wing military dictatorship of Francisco Franco decided in 1959 to devalue the Spanish currency and liberalize the economy, the country's already steadily growing tourist industry suddenly ba...

Lu xun and evolution

Lu Xun (1881-1936), China's greatest modern writer, remains important today both as an official icon and a patron saint of dissent. This book deals with Lu Xun's struggle to make sense of the "Darwinian Revolution." It illuminates not only Lu Xun's thought, but also the current crisis in Chinese ...

Mourning and mobilization in the americas

Shows how communities across the Americas transform their grief over murdered and missing trans and non-trans women, girls, and two-spirit people into powerful social movements that challenge state violence and demand justice.A groundbreaking and transnational examination of gender-based violence...

Panpsychism and the religious attitude

Defends panpsychism, the view that mentality is present in all natural bodies with unified and persisting organization.Human beings have thoughts, sensations, and feelings and think that at least some of this mental life is shared with domestic and wild animals. But, are there reduced degrees of ...

Paul ricoeur and the poetic imperative

Looks at Ricoeur's writings on love and justice, prominent toward the end of his life, and how these serve as an interpretive key to his thought as a whole.This book addresses the thought of Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005), paying particular attention to the creative tension between love and justice as ...

Conversations on servant-leadership

Some of the world's foremost thought leaders consider the role of leadership, love, and power in the midst of political and social upheaval.In a world where organizations and leaders face conflicts and complexity at an alarming rate, where human cruelty sometimes dominates kindness in individuals...

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...

Foreign workers in israel

Explores how the entry of migrant workers into Israel raises questions beyond just those of the labor market.In this account of a social experiment gone awry, Israel Drori exposes a little-known and recent phenomenon: the importation of foreign workers from Third World economies to Israel. Focusi...

Massively parallel globalization

Explores how individuals and groups adapt to the challenges of globalization.In this era of globalization, people organize into fluid, adaptive networks to solve complex problems and provide resources that nation-states cannot. Examples include the Grameen Bank, mHealth, and the Ushahidi open sou...

Formulating american indian policy in new york state, 1970-1986

This is the first descriptive analysis of how American Indian policies are made both at the statewide and at agency levels. Pertinent to all states, the study describes New York's historic policies and emphasizes that improving Indian lifestyles or attracting Indians to government employment is h...

Metaphysics

An edited transcript of the great Harvard philosopher Josiah Royce's last year-long course in metaphysics, given at Harvard in 1915-1916.This book is an edited transcript of Josiah Royce's last year-long course in metaphysics at Harvard in 1915–1916.

Recreating relationships

Focuses on two major themes: the imporvement of teaching practice through collaborative research, and reflection on the process of collaboration itself to understand its role in educational change.The efforts of collaborative inquiry and community building in education are described by exploring ...

New world hasidim

A collection of essays that examines the culture, politics, and social structure of Hasidic Jewish life.Hasidim has long been the subject of historical, philosophical, and literary accounts, but it is only in recent years that it has begun to attract the close attention of social scientists. This...

Questioning nineteenth-century assumptions about knowledge, ii

A provocative survey of interdisciplinary challenges to the concept of reductionism.During the last few decades, the fundamental premises of the modern view of knowledge have been increasingly called into question. Questioning Nineteenth-Century Assumptions about Knowledge II: Reductionism provid...

Ecotheology and the practice of hope

Looks at how ecotheology has created a new vision of the natural world and the place of humans within it.Is there any hope for a more sustainable world? Can we reimagine a way of living in which the nonhuman world matters? Anne Marie Dalton and Henry C. Simmons claim that the ecotheology that aro...

Africa writes back to self

Explores the metafictional strategies of contemporary African novels rather than characterizing them primarily as a response to colonialism.The profound effects of colonialism and its legacies on African cultures have led postcolonial scholars of recent African literature to characterize contempo...

Structural violence

Challenges the notions that "violence against women" is synonymous with "domestic violence" and that violence affects all women equallyGold Medalist, 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Women's Studies category Structural Violence seeks to redraw the conventional map of violence against...

John dewey and the paradox of liberal reform

This book provides a fresh critique of John Dewey and the progressive tradition and warns against the superficial renaissance of Deweyan philosophy present in many of today's modern liberal educational reform movements. Challenging the four pillars of Dewey's pragmatism - science, nature, democra...

Men writing the feminine

What happens when a male author writes the feminine? Can a male author completely identify with a woman? Or does a male author always write through a woman's voice for purposes of his own? This fascinating collection explores these and other questions about gender and writing from a wide range of...

African americans doing feminism

African American women and men share their stories of how feminism has influenced their daily lives.How might ordinary people apply feminist principles to everyday situations? How do feminist ideas affect the daily behaviors and decisions of those who seek to live out the basic idea that women ar...

Bergson-deleuze encounters

Explores the continuities and discontinuities in the work of Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze.Bergson-Deleuze Encounters sheds light on the intricate bond between French philosophers Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze. It explores the major diffraction between the two thinkers, conveys a sense of t...