Liberals often worry that inviting moral and religious argument into the public sphere runs the risk of intolerance and coercion. These essays respond to... Læs mere
With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably, separating us forever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if we were to let go of this... Læs mere
One of the most influential texts in the Middle Ages, The Rule of Saint Benedict offers guidance about both the spiritual and organizational dimensions, from the loftiest to... Læs mere
New Geographies, 7 examines the forms, imprints, places, and territories of information and communication technologies (ICTs) through spatially grounded and... Læs mere
Human rights offer a vision of international justice that idealistic millions hold dear. Yet the very concept on which the movement is based became familiar only... Læs mere
Trent, the Catholic Church’s attempt to put its house in order after the Reformation, has long been praised and blamed for things it never did. This one-volume... Læs mere
In a major reinterpretation, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notion of the war’s beginning as either a Germano-Austrian pre-emptive strike or a... Læs mere
“Slow violence” from climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war occurs gradually and often... Læs mere
Horses were domesticated about 6000 years ago on the vast Eurasian steppe. Michel-Antoine Leblanc presents an encyclopedic synthesis of... Læs mere
What gives statistics its unity as a science? Stephen Stigler sets forth the seven foundational ideas of statistics—a scientific discipline related to but... Læs mere
As a Europe grew rich in the Middle Ages, the well-made clothes, linens, and wares of households often substituted for hard currency.... Læs mere
Lee Konstantinou examines irony in American literary and political life, showing how it migrated from the countercultural margins of the 1950s to the 1980s... Læs mere