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Signatures of Struggle
A Marxist history of Israeli literature, tracing the relations between economic, social, and aesthetic transformations.
China in Ethiopia
Examines China’s involvement in Ethiopia as the latter embarks on modernization and economic development.
The State of Race
An innovative comparative study of the role of racial stereotypes in expressing state power under globalization.
Tales from the Temple
A collection of prose poems by Musan Cho Oh-hyun (1932–2018), celebrated poet-monk of the Nine Mountain school of Korean Zen.
The Craft of Oblivion
Examines the intersections between forgetting and remembering in classical Chinese civilization.
The Movement of Showing
Explores why Derrida, Hegel, and Heidegger conceive their thought as a “movement” rather than as a presentation of results or conclusions, and of the consequences of such an indirect method for critique and responsibility.
Principle and Prudence in Western Political Thought
Reflections on principle and prudence in the thoughts and actions of great thinkers and statesmen.
The Heroic Age of Diving
A comprehensive history of the first three decades of underwater exploration in antebellum America.
Roberto Esposito
Analyzes key concepts and arguments in the work of one of Europe’s leading philosophers.
Childhood beyond Pathology
Brings psychoanalytic concepts to the notion of childhood development with a keen eye to discussions of social justice and human dignity.
Beyond Oneness and Difference
Continues the author’s inquiry into the development of the Chinese philosophical concept Li, concluding in Song and Ming dynasty Neo-Confucianism.
Philosophy as Stranger Wisdom
The first complete intellectual biography of one of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the twentieth century, Leo Strauss.
FDR on His Houseboat
Presents and expands upon Roosevelt’s daily nautical log as he was trying to regain the use of his polio-damaged legs.
Qorbanot
A dynamic dialogue of poetry and art that reimagines the ancient, biblical concept of sacrifice.
Sabina Spielrein
Explores the life and work of psychoanalyst Sabina Spielrein through a feminist and mytho-poetic lens.
Poor Joshua
Tells the story of a tragic Supreme Court decision involving child abuse and what might be done to rectify it.
Back in the Game
Chronicles changes in American political party behavior between 1996 and 2008.
Suckling at My Mother's Breasts
A fascinating discussion of the kabbalistic image of a nursing god, its historical context, and its theological implications.
Fire in Paradise
A collection of poems written by father and daughter during the Pandemic Year 2020.
The Haunted History of Pelham, New York
A fascinating fusion of New York history and local folklore sure to send shivers up your spine!
An Accidental Theodicy
A highly personal meditation on the nature and meaning of suffering.
Time in Exile
Proposes a theoretically rich treatment of temporality within exile as "gerundive" time.
Witchcraft and the Rise of the First Confucian Empire
Contests long-standing claims that Confucianism came to prominence under China's Emperor Wu.
Nine Nights of Power
Explores the rich diversity of narratives, rituals, and participants connected with one of the most important celebrations for Hindus in South Asia and in the diaspora.
Capital in the Mirror
Analyzes contemporary capitalism through the products of culture and art for fresh insight into emancipatory possibilities concealed within capitalism’s darkest dynamics.
Moving across Differences
Explores how discussion of LGBTQ+ themes in a high-school literature course can foster ethical engagement among students.
Principles of Management
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Criminal Law
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Understanding the Analects of Confucius
A new translation and commentary of the Analects for contemporary audiences.
Gilbert and Sullivan
Highlights the original cast members—both the well-known and the (until now) wholly unknown—who staged the duo's comic operas in Britain and in America.
Fabricating an Educational Miracle
Illustrates the changing significance of what it means to be educated, rural, and ethnic in Southwest China.
Tools of War, Tools of State
Examines why many governments, rebels, and terrorist organizations are using children as soldiers.
Hindutva and Violence
Examines the place of history in the political thought of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, one of the key architects of modern Hindu nationalism.
Equality and Excellence in Ancient and Modern Political Philosophy
Interpretations of critically important texts in political philosophy from Greek antiquity to modern times on the tension between human excellence and equality and its possible resolution.
The Room Is on Fire
Blends history and theory with practical descriptions of how spoken word poetry is taught and how to produce spoken word events.
The Gender Legacy of the Mao Era
Shows that the feminist interventions of the Mao era (1949–1976) continue to influence contemporary Chinese women.
Spirituality in Hospice Palliative Care
Explores the end-of-life spiritual needs of people who do not identify with traditional religions.
Buddhist Literature as Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy as Literature
Explores the relationship between literature and philosophy in classical and contemporary Buddhist texts.
Tourists and Trade
How two roadside craft shops in upstate New York transformed American crafts into a fine art.
The Sitcom Reader, Second Edition
Updated version of an engaging overview of the television situation comedy.
LibreTexts Nutrition
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The Specter of Babel
Presents a new way of thinking about fundamental political concepts such as freedom, justice, and the common good.
Taxation in Utopia
An interdisciplinary exploration of utopian political philosophy from the neglected perspective of taxation.
Hegel's Theory of Imagination
A comprehensive account of the role of the imagination in Hegel's philosophy.
A Permanent Beginning
Situates a Hasidic master in the context of his time, demonstrating his formative influence on Jewish literary modernity.
Ghazali's Theory of Virtue
A study of Ghazali’s ethical thought as shown in his extensive treatment of the virtues and their relation to the ends of life and to each other.
Upstate Cauldron
A guide to the phenomenal crop of prophets, cults, and utopian communities that arose in Upstate New York from 1776 to 1914.
The Great War in Hollywood Memory, 1918-1939
Assesses how America's film industry remembered World War I during the interwar period.
Works like a Charm
Breaks the spell of economic thought by interrogating the widespread language and logic of “incentives” in public life from a Lacanian perspective.
Teaching, Tenure, and Collegiality
Questions universities’ increasing reliance on market-oriented metrics to determine their strategic directions and gauge faculty productivity.
China's Lonely Revolution
Presents a new view of the Chinese revolution through the lens of the local Communist movement in Hainan between 1926 and 1956.
The Spirit of New York
Presents New York history in a fresh way through sixteen dramatic events.
Dimensions of Blackness
A multidimensional approach captures the complexities of African American racial identity.
Possessed Voices
Analyzes audio recordings of interwar Hebrew plays, providing a new model for the use of sound in theater studies.
Totalitarian Space and the Destruction of Aura
Diagnoses our contemporary spatial experience as fundamentally totalitarian through a multilayered critical theory of space.
Beyond the Troubled Water of Shifei
Offers the first focused study of the shifei debates of the Warring States period in ancient China and challenges the imposition of Western conceptual categories onto these debates.
A Great Undertaking
Explores the social disruption resulting from industrialization in a Chinese coalmining community at the turn of the twentieth century.
Michael Jackson and the Quandary of a Black Identity
A close examination of the complexity inherent in Michael Jackson's ambiguous racial identity.
In the Spirit of Critique
Offers a new perspective on the political significance of the Hegelian dialectical legacy.
The Revolution Will Not Be Theorized
Studies the revolutionary theory of the Black Power Movement in the 1960s through ʼ70s, placing it within the broader social theory of black revolution in the United States since the nineteenth century.
New York's Grand Emancipation Jubilee
Examines slavery, abolition, and race in the United States with a special focus on New York State.
Ancient and Medieval Concepts of Friendship
Charts the stages of the history of friendship as a philosophical concept in the Western world.
The First Islamic Classic in Chinese
A translation of Wang Daiyu’s Real Commentary on the True Teaching, the first and most influential work written in the Chinese language on Islam.
The Problem of College Readiness
Examines how states, schools, and postsecondary institutions might best help improve college readiness and completion.
Beginning Spanish 102, Revised Edition
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Charlotte Brontë at the Anthropocene
Forges a fresh interpretation of Charlotte Brontë’s oeuvre as a response to ecological instability.
Statement on the True Relationship of the Philosophy of Nature to the Revised Fichtean Doctrine
Schelling's 1806 polemic against Fichte, and his last major work on the philosophy of nature.
Educational Oases in the Desert
A history of the French schools that pioneered female education in Ottoman Iraq's Jewish communities.
The Orders of Nature
A systematic theory of naturalism, bridging metaphysics and the science of complexity and emergence.
Line of Sight
A unique, firsthand account of working with a spiritual master in the midst of "ordinary" life.
Beyond Banneker
An in-depth look at the lives, experiences, and professional careers of Black mathematicians in the United States.
Human Beings or Human Becomings?
Argues that Confucianism and other East Asian philosophical traditions can be resources for understanding and addressing current global challenges such as climate change and hunger.
A Psychoanalyst in the Classroom
Offers a new view of pedagogical practices to psychoanalysts interested in pedagogy.
Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies
This textbook offers accessible, academically sound information on a wide range of LGBTQ+ topics. The 12 chapters cover LGBTQ+ history, culture, and Queer Theory, but also explore LGBTQ+ relationships, families, parenting, health, and education - as well as a separate chapter on how to conduct research on LGBTQ+ topics.
Dialogue on the Threshold
A reconstruction and critical interpretation of Heidegger's remarkable relationship to the poet Georg Trakl.
Pharmapolitics in Russia
Documents the surprising role pharmaceutical science and technology has played in Russia’s search for national identity over a century of political turbulence.
Queer Expectations
Examines how Jewish women have used poetry to challenge their historical limitations while rewriting their potential futures.
An Introduction to the Study of Mysticism
A comprehensive, concise, and easy-to-read introduction intended for undergraduates and general readers interested in the study of mysticism.
Cycling the Hudson and Champlain Valleys
An essential resource for dedicated cyclists planning a trip through the state or casual riders seeking new stretches of trail to enjoy with family and friends. Great for those traveling by foot, boat, or car as well.
Dubious Facts
An innovative approach to historical records assesses how evidence claims and policy arguments were put forth in the royal courts of early China.
Spiritual Masters of the World's Religions
Discusses the notion of a spiritual master and looks at examples in a variety of world religions.
In the Gorge
Poems that contemplate the fraught interdependence of the human and more-than-human in an era of extreme environmental degradation.
Interstate Water Compacts
Examines intergovernmental efforts within the United States to manage the nation's water supply.
From Modernity to Cosmodernity
Offers a new paradigm of reality, based on the interaction between science, culture, spirituality, religion, and society.
Alan Watts - In the Academy
Explores language and mysticism, Buddhism and Zen, Christianity, comparative religion, psychedelics, and psychology and psychotherapy.
Otherwise Than the Binary
Examines traditional sites of binary thinking in ancient Greek texts and culture to demonstrate surprising ambiguity, especially with regard to sexual difference.
The Politics of People
Explores the cultural dimensions of protest and dissent in China, focusing on dramatic forms of bodily, spatial, strategic, and artistic performativity.
Ecstasy, Catastrophe
Lectures on ecstatic temporality and on Heidegger’s political legacy.
Loving Violet
A love story told against the backdrop of “the writing life. ”
Flight Paths
How a small group of New York biologists brought the peregrine falcon and bald eagle back from the brink of extinction.
Complete Poems and Collected Letters of Adelaide Crapsey
This book presents the poetry and letters of the American writer Adelaide Crapsey (1878–1914). Her best poetry deserves to be enjoyed by a larger audience, and her letters and newly discovered biographical ...
Ironies of Oneness and Difference
Explores the development of Chinese thought, highlighting its concern with questions of coherence.
Friendship and Hospitality
Offers a comparative and deconstructive reading of the cross-cultural encounter between the Jesuits and their Confucian hosts in late Ming China.
The Dharma Master Chǒngsan of Won Buddhism
The first English translations of the writings of Chŏngsan (1900-62), who codified the central doctrines of Won Buddhism.
Integral Voices on Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
Brings the insights of Integral Theory to the consideration of sex, gender, and sexuality.
The Imagination of Plants
Examines the role of plants in botanical mythology, from Aboriginal Australia to Zoroastrian Persia.
Inner Experience
Outlines a mystical theology and experience of the sacred founded on the absence of god.
Changed Forever, Volume II
The second volume of the first in-depth study of a range of literature written by Native Americans who attended government-run boarding schools.
Cultivating Spirituality
Four Shin Buddhist thinkers reflect on their tradition’s encounter with modernity.
Complexity Science and World Affairs
Applies complexity science to the study of international politics.