Katie Ebner-Landy shows that early modern Europeans, inspired by the ancient philosopher Theophrastus, embraced the character sketch as a source of... Læs mere
Poetics of Music collects Igor Stravinsky’s 1939–1940 Norton Lectures, delivered at the height of his neoclassical period. Ranging from the phenomenology of... Læs mere
Linguist Rishi Rajpopat solves an ancient puzzle, showing that Pa?ini’s Sanskrit grammar is self-sufficient. Centuries... Læs mere
The romantic vision of the civil rights movement is exhausted, and its inverse, Afropessimism, offers a self-defeating irony.... Læs mere
In Shinto Shrines in Prewar and Wartime Japan, Helen Hardacre uses shrine records, personal diaries, contemporary literature, and government documents to... Læs mere
Reinventing Examination and the State traces the ideological evolution of civil service and state-organized educational... Læs mere
In By Flesh and Toil, Mélanie Lamotte explores the rise of the French Empire across both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Charting... Læs mere