Italian writer and filmmaker Gianni Celati’s 1989 philosophical travelogue Towards the River’s Mouth explores perception, memory, place and space as it recounts a series of journeys across
This book presents a close, linear reading of Aristophanes’ Birds. It argues that the play provides a continuation and deepening of the author’s critique of the sophists found in Clouds.
This book discusses the recent crime and violence trends in the Caribbean highlighting its history and current challenges that continue to impede its development. Theoretical explanations are offered
Public Nudity and the Rhetoric of the Body examines instances of public nudity where sexuality is at the forefront of public body display. It presents case studies that raise discussions about identit
This book studies three factors affecting equity in higher education outcomes for the Chilean case: the decision-making of students transitioning to higher education, the admission process, and the ro
This volume culls scholarship on both what high literacy is and how it is developed. Descriptions of each component of high literacy (reading, writing, dialogic engagement, and epistemic cognition in
This book describes and analyzes the economic and administrative structure as well as the ideological background of the Old Babylonian state during the rule of the first dynasty. The author focuses on
Taking It to the Streets: Public Theologies of Activism and Resistance is an edited volume that explores public expressions of activism and resistance to social and political oppression. Contributors
This critical study of the cinema of John Milius fills a major gap in the literature by combining the examination of the artistic, historical, and cultural significance of Milius’s work with an
This book describes how Cuba managed, in spite of scarce resources, to successfully educate its entire population after the revolution in 1959 and is now entering the realm of digital media and the in
This collection examines corruption and abuses of power in China from the end of the imperial period to the present. The interdisciplinary group of contributors examines how the Chinese Communist Part
This study of the Latin American art song and its development in the context of musical nationalism shows how the song is a mirror in which the processes of conformation to Latin American national ide
In this study, two scholars examine historical perceptions of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Structured as a balanced dialogue, the authors analyze how the attacks are remembered by Ja
With fifty percent new material, the second edition of Central Asian Cultures, Arts, and Architecture explores the prehistoric and ancient cultural accomplishments that influenced the Golden Age of in
This book explores the effects that the Ptolemaic template developed by Claudius Ptolemy almost two thousand years ago had on the cartography and worldview of Europe through and beyond the age of Euro
This book explores the concepts of care, faith, power, and community as a framework for addressing local and global problems linked to neoliberal capitalism, racism and classism.
This book examines conceptions of human nature and how such ideas impact the political arrangements in the works ofThomas More, Edward Bellamy, Aldous Huxley, and George Orwell. By teasing out the und
A Jewish Public Theology draws from Jewish law and political science to address the most searing current policy issues. It goes beyond the current orthodoxies of left, right, and populist ideologies t
This study historicizes Tillie Olsen’s fiction in the context of the Depression-era proletarian literary movement in the United States and its philosophy of dialectical materialism. It argues th
This book describes the taste preferences and practices of gastronomic Judaism from ancient to contemporary times. Not merely fixed dietary rules and norms, but rather culinary interpretations and ada
This book uses a close reading of seven literary memoirs of the Nazi Occupation of France to show how the collective memory of the period has been shaped by political and social factors. It incorporat
During the Third Reich, in the name of national security, the Nazis introduced legislation to quickly and easily mark residents with Jewish heritage to expedite their isolation, deportation, and final
This reader includes documents selected to show the tension between federalism and concentrated sovereignty throughout American history. The book is accompanied by an introductory essay and additional
This reader includes documents selected to show the tension between federalism and concentrated sovereignty throughout American history. The book is accompanied by an introductory essay and additional
Women Leaving Prison utilizes qualitative research methods to uncover the spiritual and religious experiences of female returning citizens. The findings ground the call for a revised prison ministry p
Drawing upon the works of Marshal McLuhan, Joseph Campbell, Thomas S. Frentz, and Janice Hocker Rushing, this book unpacks U2’s long-term success, continued relevance, and popular appeal through
This book critically situates the figure of the black female vampire within literary studies, cultural studies, gender studies, and critical race studies. It invites readers to take a closer look at t
Digital technologies and the advance of artificial intelligence are changing human nature. This book explores implications for pastoral and spiritual care providers, religious faith communities, clini
This book explores how tax policy can solve environmental problems, using a multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary approach. The book provides a detailed analysis of environmental taxation with e
Method as Identity considers how social identity shapes methodological standpoints. With a refreshing hip hop sensibility, Miller and Driscoll reorient the contemporary academic study of religion towa
This book uncovers Thucydides’ decision making schemata and his thinking on how people decide, particularly when in power or war. Based on these ideas, the author interprets the outbreak of the
Reshaping Beloved Community examines the history of black male incarceration starting in the nineteenth century. This examination highlights how the label felon and the use of the prison was intention
Drawing from over 100 interviews, Identical Twins explores the unique status of twinship and how it can affect personal and familial relationships with siblings, romantic partners, and friends.
This book analyzes enduring racial divides in homeownership, work, and income using the politics of respectability concept. It also examines an alternative way of understanding the Black Lives Matter
This volume exposes naturalism’s unnaturalness and defends theism’s naturalness and greater explanatory power to account for wide-ranging phenomena in the world and human experience. A bro
America’s Road to Jerusalem: The Impact of the Six-Day War on Protestant Politics examines the role of the Six-Day War in American Protestant politics and culture. The author argues that the con
This collection examines the concept of human rights in a variety of cultural and historical contexts. The contributors analyze cognitive contexts that produce different meanings of rights, identify s
This book is the first clear and unproblematic account of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s method and its consequences for good thinking. It has radical implications for conceptual investigation, analysis,
This book examines the place of human dignity as a normative standard, principle, or right in domestic and global health care decision-making. The contentious issue of end-of-life care serves the foun
This study examines the cultural history of cannabis and its various uses in the Atlantic world over the past two centuries. The author analyzes the Orientalist mindset that colored Western reception
