Attends to the much-neglected sense of smell in and around modern poetry to suggest the possibility of a revolution of the senses.

Argues that the post-independence period was a unique era of literary experimentation in Hindi literature, which must be read in the contexts of both local and global cultural, social, and literary history.

Accessible and wide-ranging essays on the philosophy of religion.

Offers both theoretical and practical insights into the dialogue between adults and children as a democratic model for schooling.

Explores Victorian writers’ conception of the novel’s potential to become serious knowledge and differentiate itself from other educational genres.

Develops a theoretical and methodological focus on Blackness to rethink ideas about humanity underpinning the field of student development.

Examines Kṛṣṇa’s hint of laughter (prahasann iva) in the Bhagavadgītā, its interpretations in the Vedānta commentarial tradition, and its significance in Kṛṣṇaite iconography and literature.

Contrasts classical Greek ontology ("the science of being in itself") with Confucian "zoetology" ("the art of living").

Intriguing unpublished manuscripts by Leo Strauss, which explore the intricate relationship between religion, philosophy, and politics, accompanied by fourteen interpretative essays.

The story of Woodstock, N.Y., over the last 100 years and how a small, rural town coped with the many challenges of changing times.

Explores the varying influence of foreign policy recommendations on education reforms in Chile, Argentina, and Colombia.

Traces the history of the concept of democracy in the United States.

The exciting story of New York in the progressive era told by the reformers and visionaries who shaped its history,

Provides a new model for reading the Shiji and other early Chinese historical texts.

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.

Draws on Guo Xiang's commentary on the Zhuangzi to construct an account of freedom that is both metaphysical and political.

A critical examination of the health disparities and collective resilience of Black women in the United States.

Essays exploring to what extent Nietzsche's thought can aid us in understanding politicized identities.

A history of the world’s mystical traditions.

Explores the origins of written communication to offer a counter-history to the separation of rhetoric/composition and technical/professional communication

Examines how philosophical concepts like free will, personal identity, and goodness are given an artistic life in films and television programs.

Explores the role of democracy in NATO expansion decisions throughout the organizations history and looking forward into the future.

Shows the surprising ways T. S. Eliot's work sheds light on—and proves useful to—the contemporary struggle for a freer and more just world.

Stretching from antiquity to AI, a provocative study of the joyless laughter that emerges at the boundary of the human and the inhuman.

Offers a comprehensive and nuanced treatment on the topic of reincarnation in Judaism, covering a wide range of kabbalistic and philosophical sources.