Examines the intersections between forgetting and remembering in classical Chinese civilization.

A fresh and rigorous interpretation of William James's ethical theory, showing how experimenting with life's opportunities can transform one's self and life.

A novel of early eighteenth-century Venice that Cooper called "in spirit, the most American book I ever wrote."

Fully revised, updated edition of the classic text with all new essays assessing the state of race and racial issues in US higher education today.

Explains the complexities of policy implementation and why attempts to translate new laws into effective and enduring policy sometimes succeed and sometimes fail.

A wide-ranging overview of contemporary literary works by LGBTQ Appalachians with a focus on LGBTQ themes and characters.

Illuminates the beginnings, downfall, and legacy of the acid-inspired, spontaneous, and playful approach to life and music in Haight-Ashbury from 1964–1967.

A critical reflection on the limitations of Carl Schmitt's political theology, reconsidered in light of the current crisis of the liberal democratic order.

Explores the “torture” of mannered behavior and the prevalence of etiquette as a theme in classical and contemporary Hollywood and European cinema.

Argues that states substitute unwanted policy changes dictated by globalization with politically feasible ones, leading to policy convergence.

Reevaluates Western and Chinese philosophical traditions to question the boundaries of entrenched conceptual frameworks.

Considers how Irish poets have drawn on discourses of locality to articulate new forms of place and belonging amid Ireland’s transforming global identity.

Explores the feminist spiritual and emotional politics of literary and cultural works by Black Caribbean women.

Reconsiders the figure of synaesthesia, understood as the combination of the senses and of the arts, in philosophy and literature.