Shows how Britain's trans-imperial engagements in the long nineteenth century have come to shape global cultural commodity flows today.

Draws on indigenous African political thought in order to construct a political philosophy that will resist and restrain necropolitics and promote human flourishing in Africa.

Argues that humans are animals that philosophize about their condition by fictionalizing other animals.

Makes a case for the value—and ultimately impact—of seemingly mundane moments in college classrooms.

Explores Gadamer's hermeneutic theory of understanding and puts this theory into conversation with several social epistemologies, including feminist epistemology.

Through a philosophical lens, this book explores the powerful educational capabilities of classic psychedelics.

Shows how Engaged Buddhists can expand their understanding of the causes of collective suffering and develop nonviolent means for social transformation through a dialectic of love, power, and justice.

A comprehensive study of the history and evolution of the dybbuk, from kabbalistic tradition to popular folklore.

Alfredo Suppia is Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas-SP, Brazil. He is the author of Atmosfera Rarefeita: A Ficção Científica no Cinema Brasileiro ...

Charu Gupta is Senior Professor of History at the University of Delhi. Her previous books include The Gender of Caste: Representing Dalits in Print and Gendering Colonial India: Reforms, Print, Caste ...