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Ottoman Medicine

First work in English devoted to medicine in the Ottoman world.

Terror and Irish Modernism

Presents a new genealogy and synoptic overview of modern Irish fiction.

Destination Dictatorship

Examines the relationship of Spain’s 1960s tourist boom to Franco’s right-wing dictatorship.

Nixon and Israel

New insights into the cementing of the American-Israeli relationship during the Nixon years.

Latinos in Dixie

A look at the Latino experience in the American South using data from Richmond, Virginia.

Merleau-Ponty and the Possibilities of Philosophy

Leading scholars engage the later contributions of Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

Africa Writes Back to Self

By Evan M. Mwangi
Subjects: Literature

Explores the metafictional strategies of contemporary African novels rather than characterizing them primarily as a response to colonialism.

Species, Serpents, Spirits, and Skulls

Explores the distinctions between science and pseudoscience.

Birth and Death of the Housewife

First English translation of Paola Masino’s Nascita e morte della massaia, her most controversial novel that provoked Fascist censorship for its critical portrayal of marriage and motherhood.

Who Speaks for Hispanics?

Examines the policy stances of two major Hispanic interest groups.

Contending Nationalisms of Oromia and Ethiopia

By Asafa Jalata
Subjects: Area Studies

Applies the concept of oppressor and oppressed nationalisms to explore the historical forces and social processes that have shaped modern Ethiopia.

Byromania and the Birth of Celebrity Culture

Argues that Byron’s popularity marked the beginning of celebrity as a cultural identity.

The Lebanese Army

Comprehensive study of the Lebanese Army from Lebanon’s independence to the present.

Literary Remains

Explores Victorian responses to death and burial in literature, journalism, and legal writing.

Foreign Workers in Israel

Explores how the entry of migrant workers into Israel raises questions beyond just those of the labor market.

Nahum Goldmann

Explores the life and career of one of the twentieth century’s most colorful Zionist leaders.

Rūmī's Mystical Design

Reveals the sophisticated design of Rumī’s Mathnawī, showing that this seemingly unstructured work both describes and functions as spiritual training.

Beyond Negritude

Key text never before in English by central figure of the Negritude movement.

Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations

A comprehensive history of bilateral relations between the Netherlands and the United States.

Disciplining the Holocaust

Explores the relationship between disciplinarity and contemporary ethics of scholarship about the Holocaust.

Freedom, Faith, and Dogma

By V. S. Soloviev
Edited and translated by Vladimir Wozniuk
Introduction by Vladimir Wozniuk
Subjects: Religion And Spirituality

A collection of works by nineteenth-century Russian religious philosopher V. S. Soloviev, critic of secularization, anti-Semitism, and the religious life of his time.

Race after Sartre

Examines Jean-Paul Sartre’s antiracist politics and his contributions to critical race theories, postcolonialism, and Africana existentialism.

Narrating Muḥammad's Night Journey

Discusses the historical development of the well-loved story of the Prophet Muhammad’s night journey to the divine realm and back again.

The Death of Empedocles

The definitive scholarly edition and new translation of all three versions of Hölderlin’s poem, The Death of Empedocles, and his related theoretical essays.

Governing Hate and Race in the United States and South Africa

Argues that the responsibility for eradicating racial hatred has been redirected away from the state and toward the hated, leaving the causes of hate unaddressed.

French Interpretations of Heidegger

A sustained philosophical engagement with significant and creative French interpreters of Heidegger.

Burning Darkness

Encourages a deep reading of a selection of essential Spanish films.

Frameworks for Mallarmé

The influence of photography and visual culture on the French poet, journalist, and critic.

Coming Home

Examines the social and cultural integration of Russian-speaking Jews and Germans who immigrated to their respective historic homelands.

The Legacy of Anne Conway (1631-1679)

Explores the work of Anne Conway, whose philosophy of the natural world incorporated a spiritual vision.

Anxious Anatomy

Examines the body in literature and science in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe.

Jewish Fundamentalism and the Temple Mount

Examines radical and messianic movements in Israel seeking to rebuild the Third Temple in Jerusalem.

Fairy Tales

Overturns traditional views of the origins of fairy tales and documents their actual origins and transmission.

Mystery of The Night Café

Explores the spiritual vision of Van Gogh’s painting The Night Café.

With an Iron Pen

A groundbreaking collection of forty-two Israeli poetic voices protesting the occupation of the West Bank.

Digital Diaspora

Traces the rise of black participation in cyberspace.

Latino Voices in New England

Compelling stories and striking photographs illustrate the challenges and highlights of Latino/a life in Portland, Maine.

The Mighty Scot

Turns a spotlight on the Victorian love affair with Scotland.

The Politics of Regime Structure Reform in Democracies

Analyzes initiatives aimed at reforming the electoral and government systems of Israel in comparison to other established democracies.

Excavating Victorians

How Victorians reacted to the new sciences of geology and archaeology.

Cholera and Nation

How cholera epidemics affected Victorian perceptions of the body and the nation.

Manly Leaders in Nineteenth-Century British Literature

Examines fantasies of charismatic, virile leaders in British literature from the 1790s to the 1840s.

White Horizon

From explorers’ accounts to boys’ adventure fiction, how Arctic exploration served as a metaphor for nation-building and empire in nineteenth-century Britain.

Identity, Memory, and Diaspora

Offers a detailed picture of the lives of Cuban Americans through interviews with artists, writers, and philosophers.

Recasting Culture and Space in Iberian Contexts

Anthropological case studies of the interplay of space, culture, and power in Iberia since 1850.

Dante and Paul's "Five Words with Understanding"

By Robert Hollander
Subjects: History

Argues there is a program of five-word utterances that imitate fallen language in Dante’s Commedia.

From Divine to Human: Dante's Circle vs. Boccaccio's Parodic Centers

In Boccacio's Decameron, Cervigni sees a parodic echo of the circles of Dante's Divine Comedy, and asks whether Bocaccio envisions the voyage of the brigata as similar to Dante the Pilgrim's journey toward the center, first the abysmal center of Lucifer, then towards the highest center, God.

Poets on the Edge

Edited and translated by Tsipi Keller
Introduction by Aminadav Dykman
Subjects: General Interest
Series: SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture

Selections from twenty-seven Hebrew poets, many of whose poems appear here in English for the first time.

Spiritual Dimensions of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-I Nur

Edited by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi'
Introduction by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi'
Subjects: Area Studies

Essays on various facets of Nursi’s spirituality as portrayed in his Risale-i Nur.

Zionism

Traces the dialectical connections between Zionism’s past and present.

The Philosophical Foundations of Early German Romanticism

Explores the philosophical contributions and contemporary relevance of early German Romanticism.

Cuba

Internationally renowned scholars address the Cuban diaspora from multiple perspectives and locations.

Teacher and Comrade

By Alan Wieder
Subjects: Education

A biographical/narrative study of oppression, racism, and resistance in twentieth-century South Africa through the life of Richard Dudley, a teacher/politico.

The Ravine

Fictional narrative of a young girl’s experiences at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.

Sarah Kofman's Corpus

Draws connections between the life and writings of philosopher Sarah Kofman.

Imperialism and Human Rights

Looks at the language of rights used by diverse interest groups in British-colonized Nigeria.

Transitions and Consolidation of Democracy in Africa

Examines the transitions to democracy in Africa.

Such a Deathly Desire

Provocative essays on language, literature, and the aesthetics of embodiment.

The Heirs of the Prophet

Looks at how various factions used the tradition that scholars were the “heirs of the Prophet” during the classical period of Islam (570–1258 CE).

André Gide and the Second World War

The first complete study of Gide’s neglected wartime writings.

Valvèdre

The first English translation of one of George Sand’s major novels.

Hybridity

Critical reevaluation of the concept of hybridity within postcolonial studies.

The Creation of the World or Globalization

Philosophical reflections on the phenomenon of globalization.

Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire

Classic history of Ancient Ethiopia, as researched and written by a heralded African American woman activist.

Kurdish Notables and the Ottoman State

Examines early Kurdish nationalism within the context of the demise of the Ottoman Empire.

Rethinking Islam and Liberal Democracy

Examines the experiences of women activists of the Islamist Refah (Welfare) party in Turkey.

Nervous Conditions

Examines nineteenth-century scientists’ obsession with nerves and the nervous system.

Eye on Israel

Examines the image of Israel in American culture before 1960.

Dante from Two Perspectives: The Sienese Connection

Addresses the implications of a document found in the Archivio di Stato di Siena which affirms a connection between Farinata degli Uberti, a Florentine conspicuously encountered by Dante the pilgrim in Inferno 10, and the Sienese Ghibellines with whom he and his fellow Florentine Ghibellines joined, in an alliance which produced the Sienese victory at the battle of Montaperti in 1260.

Cultures of Arab Schooling

Offers a rare glimpse into schools in contemporary Egypt.

Chicana/Latina Education in Everyday Life

This first-of-its-kind volume bridges Chicana/Latina feminist perspectives with education and offers innovative ideas on teaching and learning, and ways of knowing.

Through the Reading Glass

Argues that women's relationship to books and their promotion of reading contributed greatly to the cultural and intellectual vitality of the Enlightenment.

Institutions and the Politics of Survival in Jordan

Explains how the Jordanian monarchy has survived economic crisis and regional political instability.

States of Liberalization

Explores the limits of economic liberalization within the European Union.

Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam

A fascinating exploration of how the transcendent is expressed in the spatial sensibility of premodern Islam.

Israeli Backpackers

Examines the backpacking trip usually taken by Israeli youth following military service.

Globalizing Interests

Examines how national interest groups respond to the international pressures of globalization.

Rhine Crossings

Explores the unique and volatile relationship of these two nations and cultures over the past two centuries, as expressed in literature, film, and philosophy.

Staging History

By Astrid Oesmann
Subjects: Literature

Examines Brecht's use of the theatre as a public arena for political change.

The Wind and the Source

Explores the role of a significant yet elusive feature of the French landscape in literature, philosophy, and art.

The Politics of Turkish Democracy

The history of Turkey's difficult transition to a multi-party political system.

My Beloved Toto

Selected letters from Juliette Drouet to her lover, Victor Hugo, offering insights into nineteenth-century French culture as well as an insider’s look at the character, behavior, working habits, and day-to-day life of France’s most monumental man of letters.

The International Self

Uses a social-psychoanalytic model to argue that collective identity shapes foreign policy changes.

Building Trust

Challenges conventional assumptions about how international rivals form trusting relationships.

Converging Alternatives

The first comparative study of two major Jewish labor movements.

Briefings on Existence

Explores the link between mathematics and ontology.

Family Matters

Charts new trends in gender studies through a compelling analysis of Igbo society.

Sanctity and Mysticism in Medieval Egypt

Using the original, little-known writings of Sufis Muhammad and 'Ali Wafa', this book explores the development of the idea of Islamic sainthood in the post-Ibn 'Arabi period.

The Watchman Fell Asleep

Examines how Israel was caught by surprise in the opening stages of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Alain Badiou

An introduction to Badiou's philosophical thought and its implications for other humanistic disciplines and the social sciences.

Islam in Modern Turkey

A biography of the prominent Turkish theologian and thinker.

The Striking Cabbies of Cairo and Other Stories

Challenges existing views of crafts and service workers in Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Enemies of Civilization

Looks at how foreigners were regarded in three ancient civilizations, finding that cultural, not biophysical, differences were key in distinguishing "us" from "them. "

Movement and Meaning in the Divine Comedy: Toward an Understanding of Dante's Processional Poetics

Argues that the analysis of movement and its correlative procession in the Divine Comedy is fundamental to an understanding of how Dante generates meaning in his poetic text.

African Fiction and Joseph Conrad

Interrogates the "writing back to the center" approach to intertextuality and explores alternatives to it.

Sappho in the Holy Land

Essays on the experience of lesbians in contemporary Israeli society.

Margins of Disorder

Traces how progressive liberals in Edwardian Britain responded to contemporary intellectual trends.