In their extensive study of nineteenth-century women’s writing, Gubar and Gilbert offer radical re-readings of Jane Austen, the Brontës, Emily Dickinson, George Eliot and Mary Shelley tracing a distinctive female literary tradition and female literary aesthetic.
Before Browning’s 1992 book, most Holocaust scholarship focused either on the... Læs mere
Gutiérrez’s 1971 book provides an inspiring argument as to how Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should support the poor. The Catholic... Læs mere
Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer, Guns, Germs, and Steel attempts to answer why human history unfolded differently on different continents.
Sen’s 1997 work argues that the success or failure of international development cannot be measured by income alone.
Originally published in 1866, Civil Disobedience asks when – and in what circumstances – an individual should actively oppose government and its justice system.
The impact of William James’s 1890 The Principles of Psychology is such that he is commonly known as the father of his subject. Though psychology itself is a very different discipline in the 21st-century, James’s influence continues to be felt – both within the field and beyond.
Hegel’s 1807 Phenomenology of Spirit is renowned for being one of the most challenging and important books in Western philosophy. Above all, it is... Læs mere
Anscombe’s 1958 paper challenged the very foundations of moral philosophy, the discipline that tries to understand and differentiate between... Læs mere
Milgram's book describes the landmark psychology experiment he conducted as a young researcher at Yale in the 1960s. He... Læs mere
Up to the mid 20th century, generations of anthropologists had imported their own value systems into their work, regardless of where they were studying.
Modernity at Large is an edited collection of the essays that made Appadurai an influential figure in cultural anthropology. Collectively, these not only present a theory of globalization, but also suggest ways that other researchers can follow up on the author’s ideas. .