A bold defense of a neglected concept and its relevance for critical social theory.
This book is a primer for readers of all levels on the coming energy transition and its global consequences. Bruce Usher provides a concise yet... Læs mere
First published in Taiwan in 1995, The Membranes is a classic of queer speculative fiction in Chinese. Chi Ta-wei weaves dystopian tropes—heirloom animals, radiation-proof combat... Læs mere
Dr. No introduced the James Bond formula that has been a box-office fixture ever since. An explosive cocktail of action, spectacle, and sex, the film transformed popular... Læs mere
This book brings together more than a hundred top experts, who share their insights on the study of human evolution and what it means for understanding our past, present, and future.
Human-animal studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores the spaces that animals occupy in human social and cultural worlds. Margo... Læs mere
Fu Ping is a keenly observed portrait of the lives of lower-class women in Shanghai in the early years of the People’s Republic of China. Wang Anyi, one of contemporary China’s most... Læs mere
Minae Mizumura’s An I-Novel is a semi-autobiographical work that takes place over the course of a single day in the 1980s. This formally daring novel radically broke with Japanese literary tradition and offers a luminous meditation on how a person becomes a writer.
This is the first book to examine Sappho's poetry through the lens of lesbian desire. Snyder provides close readings of the surviving examples of Sappho's poetry,... Læs mere
Alexei Remizov was one of the greatest writers of the Russian Symbolist movement. In the thirteen stories collected in this volume, his exceptional stylistic... Læs mere
Andrew Newberg explores the latest findings of neurotheology, the multidisciplinary field linking neuroscience with religious and spiritual phenomena. He investigates some of the most controversial—and potentially transformative—implications of a neurotheological approach.