Songs about Women by Romanos the Melodist contains eighteen works related to the liturgical calendar that feature important female characters, many portrayed as models for Christian life. This edition presents a new translation of the Byzantine Greek texts into English.
A groundbreaking history of philosophy and punishment, The Prison before the Panopticon traces the influence of... Læs mere
In the age of tenure-denial lawsuits and free speech battles, colleges and universities face more intense legal pressures... Læs mere
Philosophers have spent millennia accumulating knowledge about knowledge. But negative epistemological phenomena, such as ignorance, falsity, and delusion, are... Læs mere
Largely forgotten today, the Second Mexican Empire was a transformative nineteenth-century moment. Raymond Jonas explores the... Læs mere
Rising prosperity was supposed to bring democracy to China, yet the Communist Party’s political monopoly endures. How? Minxin... Læs mere
Yakov Feygin argues that Soviet decline owes much to internal tensions over economic reform. Focused on socioeconomic competition with the... Læs mere
From Booker T. Washington to a neighbor who speaks up at a city council meeting, many of the people who represent us were never... Læs mere
The interdisciplinary essays in Global Gold—by scholars of European, American, African, and Asian history... Læs mere
The Sea of Separation, a new free verse translation of Tulsidas’s beloved Ramcaritmanas, presents renowned episodes from the Ramayana epic, including Ram’s battles with demons, the kidnapping of his wife Sita, and the god Hanuman’s heroic journey to Lanka to find her.
The Collapse of Heaven investigates a long-neglected century in Chinese literature through the lens of the... Læs mere
Bobby Kennedy wasn’t the most visible figure in the civil rights movement, but his impact was transformative. As attorney general, he protected... Læs mere