Fathoming the Cosmos and Ordering the World is the first full-length study in any Western language of the development of the Yijing in China from earliest times to the present. Drawing on the most rec
The "holy poor" have long maintained an elite status within Christianity. Differing from the "real" poor, this sect of clergymen, teachers, and ascetics have histor
"Christian philosophy" is commonly regarded as an oxymoron, philosophy being thought incompatible with the assumptions and conclusions required by religious faith. According to this
In an exciting new approach to witchcraft studies, "The Witch in the Western Imagination" examines the visual representation of witches in early modern Europe. With vibrant and lucid prose, Lyndal Rop
This collection of four essays derived from a lecture series held at the University of Virginia in 2008, provides students of philosophy and the history of philosophy with a valuable look at the recen
Few concepts have come to dominate the human sciences as much as modernity, yet there is very little agreement over what the term actually means. Every aspect of contemporary human reality—modern soci
In this literary survey and analysis, Jay (History at U. of California, Berkeley) discusses lying and politics throughout history. Drawing from philosophers like Plato and Nietzsche, the author begins
Over her thirty-year study of the concept of territory, Jean Gottmann has seen its significance evolve in a wide variety of ways throughout the world. Factors that influence the attitude of people tow
