Area Studies
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
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
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.