Forthcoming
Lifemaking
Draws on indigenous African political thought in order to construct a political philosophy that will resist and restrain necropolitics and promote human flourishing in Africa.
The Philosophical Animal
Argues that humans are animals that philosophize about their condition by fictionalizing other animals.
The Historic Woodstock Art Colony
Explores the remarkable range of artists who have worked in Woodstock, New York for over a century.
Prophetic Wisdom
Shows how Engaged Buddhists can expand their understanding of the causes of collective suffering and develop nonviolent means for social transformation through a dialectic of love, power, and justice.
A Politics of Emancipation
A systematic overview of French Philosopher Miguel Abensour’s groundbreaking work and the two inseparable projects that govern it: a radical critique of all forms of domination and a search for a politics of emancipation.
Crossing Digital Fronteras
Demonstrates the liberatory potential of Latinx Digital Humanities at Hispanic-Serving Institutions and in Latinx Studies classrooms.
The Dybbuk
A comprehensive study of the history and evolution of the dybbuk, from kabbalistic tradition to popular folklore.
Gadamer and the Social Turn in Epistemology
Explores Gadamer's hermeneutic theory of understanding and puts this theory into conversation with several social epistemologies, including feminist epistemology.
Deeper Learning with Psychedelics
Through a philosophical lens, this book explores the powerful educational capabilities of classic psychedelics.
Transatlantic Bondage
A deeply researched, pathbreaking collection of original and newly translated essays on slavery in Spain, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.
Empire of Culture
Shows how Britain's trans-imperial engagements in the long nineteenth century have come to shape global cultural commodity flows today.
Myth and the Making of History
Sheds new light on the relationship between myth and history in ancient China and the central role they have played in shaping early Chinese thought.
Impact/Impasse
Makes a case for the value—and ultimately impact—of seemingly mundane moments in college classrooms.
Happy Poems and Other Lies
Poems that chronicle an exiled speaker's battle with family-imposed religious dogma, their quest for acceptance, and their journey towards self-discovery through biblical language, surrealism, and absurdism.
Religion of Love
A groundbreaking study of Farid al-Din ʿAṭṭār, one of Persian literature's greatest poets.
Those Who Act Ruin It
Presents an iconoclastic account of morality and moral discourse from the perspective of Daoist philosophy.
A Lover of God
Collects and interprets the literary legacy of Nūrī, an early Sufi master known for his ecstatic behaviour, eccentric acts, and passionate poems of mystical love.
Leo Strauss and the Recovery of "Natural Philosophizing"
Examines how Leo Strauss sought to recover the question of "nature," which he saw as inseparable from genuine philosophy since its inception in ancient Greece.
Education among Indigenous Palestinians in Israel
An expansive, in-depth analysis of education among indigenous Palestinians in Israel over seven decades.
Theatres of Value
Explores the value of Shakespeare for theatrical businesspeople and audiences in nineteenth-century New York City.
Metaphor and Meaning
Examines questions of cosmos, society, and self through the metaphors and language of ancient Chinese texts and artifacts.
Sounding Bodies
Shows how nineteenth-century discoveries in acoustical science shaped Victorian literary representations of gender, sexuality, and intimacy.
"Revolution in Poetic Language" Fifty Years Later
Revisits Julia Kristeva's magnum opus on the fiftieth anniversary of its original publication to open up new paths of interdisciplinary inquiry.
From Havana to Hollywood
Centers Cuban cinema to explore how films produced in Havana or Hollywood differently represent Black resistance to slavery.
Music's Making
A personal voyage of discovery drawing on musicology, literary theory, Jewish studies, and philosophical phenomenology.