The Rise and Fall of Artists' SoHo documents how a little-known industrial neighborhood in New York unintentionally became a nexus of creative activity for a brief but intensive period. Taking advanta
Maps for a Fiesta reprises foundational issues for identity, power, and justice in the context of what humans take as the known world, especially the social world, and what others impose on them as kn
Maps for a Fiesta reprises foundational issues for identity, power, and justice in the context of what humans take as the known world, especially the social world, and what others impose on them as kn
"How can cradling, handling, or rubbing a text be said, ethically, to have made something happen? What, as readers or interpreters, may come off in our hands in as we maculate or mark the books we rea
"How can cradling, handling, or rubbing a text be said, ethically, to have made something happen? What, as readers or interpreters, may come off in our hands in as we maculate or mark the books we rea
This book's theological and philosophical construction of a God of enjoyment poetically remaps views of divine love. Posing a critique to the Aristotelian unmoved mover and actus purus whose intellect
This book's theological and philosophical construction of a God of enjoyment poetically remaps views of divine love. Posing a critique to the Aristotelian unmoved mover and actus purus whose intellect
It's no wonder that New York has always been a magnet city for writers. Manhattan is one of the most walkable cities in the world. While many novelists, poets, and essayists have enjoyed long walks in
On May 11, 1911, the New York Public Library opened its "marble palace for booklovers" on Fifth Avenue at Forty-second Street. This was the city's first public library in the modern sense, boasting a
Throughout his writing career Nietzsche advocates the affirmation of earthly life as a way to counteract nihilism and asceticism. But what does Nietzsche mean by "life" on earth? and what does the aff
Orientalism and the Figure of the Jew proposes a new way of understanding modern German Orientalism in particular and modern Orientalism in general. To do so, it traces a path of modern Orientalist
The End of the World and Other Teachable Moments follows the remarkable itinerary of Jacques Derrida's final seminar, The Beast and the Sovereign (2001), as the explicit themes of the seminar namely,
Bruno Latour stirs things up. Latour began as a "lover" of science and technology, as co-founder of Actor-Network theory (ANT), and as philosopher of a Modernity that had "never been modern". In the m
The wording "Dante and Islam" has existed for nearly a century, but it can be jarring to juxtapose the poet most emblematic of medieval Christianity with the name of a rival monotheism. Controversy ha
Agamben's thought has been viewed as descending primarily from the work of Heidegger, Benjamin, and, more recently, Foucault. This book complicates and expands that constellation by showing how throug
The question of religion was a major preoccupation for Jacques Derrida especially during the last years of his life. His writings on this theme have continued to inspire and provoke, and they have pl
This book proposes a theory of the reject, a more adequate figure than the subject for thinking friendship, love, community, democracy, the postsecular, and the posthuman.Through close readings of Nan
Jean-Louis Chretien's collection of essays and speeches on reading sacred scripture is enriched by his immersion in the classics of ancient philosophy and theology, as well as the imaginative creativi
Agamben's thought has been viewed as descending primarily from the work of Heidegger, Benjamin, and, more recently, Foucault. This book complicates and expands that constellation by showing how throug
This book proposes a theory of the reject, a more adequate figure than the subject for thinking friendship, love, community, democracy, the postsecular, and the posthuman.Through close readings of Nan
Bruno Latour stirs things up. Latour began as a "lover" of science and technology, as co-founder of Actor-Network theory (ANT), and as philosopher of a Modernity that had "never been modern". In the m
The wording "Dante and Islam" has existed for nearly a century, but it can be jarring to juxtapose the poet most emblematic of medieval Christianity with the name of a rival monotheism. Controversy ha
The End of the World and Other Teachable Moments follows the remarkable itinerary of Jacques Derrida's final seminar, The Beast and the Sovereign (2001), as the explicit themes of the seminar namely,
In this book, the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of catastrophes in the era of globalization and technology. Can a catastrophe be an isolated occurrence? Is there such a thing as a "na
The question of religion was a major preoccupation for Jacques Derrida especially during the last years of his life. His writings on this theme have continued to inspire and provoke, and they have pla
Personal Effects: Essays on Memoir, Teaching, and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo is the first scholarly book on an Italian American woman writer and it offers, as Anthony J. Tamburri argues in
Jean-Louis Chretien's collection of essays and speeches on reading sacred scripture is enriched by his immersion in the classics of ancient philosophy and theology, as well as the imaginative creativi
Throughout his writing career Nietzsche advocates the affirmation of earthly life as a way to counteract nihilism and asceticism. But what does Nietzsche mean by "life" on earth? and what does the aff
Orientalism and the Figure of the Jew proposes a new way of understanding modern German Orientalism in particular and modern Orientalism in general. To do so, it traces a path of modern Orientalist th
In recent years, there has been a revival of interest in the work of Vladimir Jankelevitch (1903-1985), the French-Jewish philosopher and music theorist. Jankelevitch held the chair of moral philosoph
In this book, the philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy examines the nature of catastrophes in the era of globalization and technology. Can a catastrophe be an isolated occurrence? Is there such a thing as a "
Strut: The Peacock in Art explores our fascination with that most glamorous of birds. The peacock, strutting in its sapphire-blue and emerald-green plumage, symbolizes all things vain and beautiful in
The essays in this book offer a detailed exploration of how Veena Das's work has been critically assimilated in the thinking and writing of a younger generation of anthropologists who have been deeply
This book examines twenty specific events in the history of New York's mass transit system that occurred between 1940 and 1968 and includes a large number of previously unpublished photos from those t
The essays in this book offer a detailed exploration of how Veena Das's work has been critically assimilated in the thinking and writing of a younger generation of anthropologists who have been deeply
"Over the past decade, Jeffrey J. Williams has been one of the most perceptive observers of contemporary literary and cultural studies. He has also been a shrewd analyst of the state of American highe
A turn to the animal is underway in the humanities, most obviously in such fields as philosophy, literary studies, and cultural studies. One important catalyst for this development has been the remark
A turn to the animal is underway in the humanities, most obviously in such fields as philosophy, literary studies, and cultural studies. One important catalyst for this development has been the remark
"At the heart of every colonial encounter lies an act of translation. Once dismissed as a derivative process, the new cultural turn in translation studies has opened the field to dynamic consideration
Over the past decade, Jeffrey J. Williams has been one of the most perceptive observers of contemporary literary and cultural studies. He has also been a shrewd analyst of the state of American higher
