Eric Hayot argues that it is time to make a positive case for what the humanities are and what they can become. Humanist Reason lays out a new vision that moves beyond traditional disciplines to demonstrate what the humanities can tell us about our world.
Ernst Jünger, one of twentieth-century Germany’s most important and controversial writers, faithfully kept a journal during the Second World... Læs mere
As older adults and their families opt out of nursing homes, a range of home and community-based services have risen up to provide... Læs mere
Offers rare insights into popular experiences from the war’s troubled beginnings through Japan’s disastrous defeat in 1945 and the new beginning it heralded
Revealing the origins of today’s spirituality in the Gnostic tradition.
Draws a remarkable connection between innovations in modes of graphic storytelling and the unstable, contradictory, and ambiguous figurations of the Jewish self in the postmodern era
In this work, historian Harry Harootunian calls attention to the boundaries that compartmentalize the world around us. Exploring European and Japanese conceptions of modernity, he seeks to expose the archaic nature of scholarly categories.
Offers an exploration of weirdness and fantasy in David Lynch's groundbreaking oeuvre. Considering the filmmaker's entire career, the author examines Lynch's play with fantasy... Læs mere