Jessica Pressman explores the rise of “bookishness” as an identity and an aesthetic strategy that proliferates from store-window décor to experimental writing.... Læs mere
Jeff Love reinterprets Alexandre Kojève’s works, showing him to be a provocative thinker who challenged modernity's valuation of self-interest. Joining... Læs mere
Adrian Parr identifies the emancipatory potential of environmental politics both inside and outside existing structures and within opposing... Læs mere
Becoming the News studies how ordinary people make sense of their experience as media subjects. Ruth Palmer charts the arc of the... Læs mere
This updated edition of Cinema in the Digital Age takes a fresh look at the state of digital cinema. It pays special attention to the ways in which nostalgia for the look and... Læs mere
Focuses on the Dutch East India Company’s clashes with Tokugawa Japan over diplomacy, violence, and sovereignty.
A revolutionary effort to restore the radical politics of Christianity and the inherent value of faith.
"An anthology of modern Japanese drama from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century"--
A chilling tale of seduction and vice set in the illiciit world of nineteenth-century China.
This second edition of Climate Change is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the science behind global warming. Edmond A. Mathez... Læs mere
Written for English-language readers, this Taoist book of religious and philosophical Chinese writings explores the centrality of Wang's commentaries in Chinese thought and the position of the Tao-te Ching in East Asian tradition.
A basic practical manual for the process of describing new species, this desperately needed desk reference and guide to nomenclatural... Læs mere