New Releases
The Hebrew Falcon
A pioneering study of a formative chapter in Middle East intellectual history, examining the historical myth that underlies the "Canaanite" brand of Israeli nationalist anti-Zionism.
Between Care and Justice
Proposes a form of moral education that joins care and justice to nurture and develop the desirable moral sentiments for a more just world at the interpersonal, social, political economic, and environmental levels.
Class-Conscious Coal Miners
Multifaceted study of Pennsylvania's coal miners during the post-World War One era.
When History Returns
Turns to theories and cultural representations of psychosocial life to reflect on, and better understand, the challenges of learning in times of social strife.
The Serpent's Plumes
Draws on Nahua concepts to explore Nahua literary production and contributions to cultural activism from the 1980s to the present.
Listening to Others
A collection of original essays and previously untranslated critical writings on the renowned Brazilian documentary filmmaker, Eduardo Coutinho.
Soundings in Context
Renowned poets and scholars address the question of how poetry sounds and signifies in different contexts.
Hindu Mission, Christian Mission
Offers a new, interreligious approach to questions of mission and conversion, grounded in a close study of the Chinmaya Mission, Ramakrishna Mission and other movements associated with the Hindu tradition of Advaita Vedānta.
The Recursive Frontier
Shows how the myth of the American frontier persists as an ever-present, oppressive set of ideas about space, mobility, and race in the mid-twentieth-century literature of Los Angeles.
Unlocking the Chinese Gate
Offers an innovative analysis of gates—as architectural components, visual images, and mental constructs—in early Chinese thought and material culture.
Hopelessly Alien
An in-depth sociological investigation of "hope" as it applies to the Italian immigrant experience in the blue-collar suburb of Chicago Heights between 1910 and 1950.
Geophilosophy of the Mediterranean
Aims to rethink Europe under the sign of openness and hospitality, starting from the Mediterranean—the sea that is so important for the history of the entire West—a sea of differences with a deep unitary root conceived as a paradigm for rethinking new and original forms of social and political coexistence.
Through a Nuclear Lens
Examines the increasingly reciprocal nature of Franco-Japanese cultural exchange through films that center on nuclear issues.
Mental Health Resilience
Examines the forms of support, resources, and opportunities a person with mental illness requires to have the resilience needed for mental health recovery.
The Algonquin Round Table
The facts and legends of New York's famed artistic hub told by one of its key participants.
Ember Days
Poems that step up to our world's disasters, level with its possibilities, and interrogate faith, justice, militarism, madness, and the joy of intimate relationships.
Agency and Ownership in Reconciliation
Drawing on the cases of South Africa, East Timor, Sierra Leone, and the Solomon Islands, examines how Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRCs) have engaged with youth in ways that represent their stories and reflect their substantive participatory capacity as political stakeholders.
A History of Mysticism
A history of the world’s mystical traditions.
Freedom's Frailty
Draws on Guo Xiang's commentary on the Zhuangzi to construct an account of freedom that is both metaphysical and political.
Black Women and Resilience
A critical examination of the health disparities and collective resilience of Black women in the United States.
Growing Strong, Growing Apart
Explores the role of democracy in NATO expansion decisions throughout the organizations history and looking forward into the future.
Nietzsche and Politicized Identities
Essays exploring to what extent Nietzsche's thought can aid us in understanding politicized identities.
Imagining the American Polity, Second Edition
Traces the history of the concept of democracy in the United States.
The Life and Death of Buffalo's Great Northern Grain Elevator
A stunning visual memorial to Buffalo's architectural and industrial history.
The Origins of the Art and Practice of Professional Writing
Explores the origins of written communication to offer a counter-history to the separation of rhetoric/composition and technical/professional communication