Shining new light on our understanding of cinema’s ways of political thinking, this volume places modern political theory in conversation with... Læs mere
A kaleidoscopic whorl of characters, language, music, and Black experience, this saga follows Joubert Jones for one week in 1966 as he pursues the lore and legends of fictional Forest County, a place resembling Chicago’s South Side.
Charlotte Moorman (1933-1991) was a classically trained cellist who rose to fame in the 1960s as a performance artist. Her archive resides at the NU Library, and she will be the... Læs mere
An illustrated and thoughtful history of the Chicago Horticultural Society and its evolution from a producer of monumental flower... Læs mere
Richard Kearney is widely recognized for his work in the areas of philosophical and religious hermeneutics, theory and practice of the imagination, and political thought. This study reflects the range and impact of Kearney's extensive contributions to contemporary philosophy.
Beginning with the assertion that earth is the elemental place that grants an abode to humans and to other living things, philosopher John Sallis turns to landscapes, and in... Læs mere
Through the tales of two women in postwar Austria, Bachmann explores the ways of dying inflicted on women by men, and upon the living by history, politics, religion, family, and the self.
For ten years, Herbert J. Gans spent considerable time in four major television and magazine newsrooms, observing and... Læs mere
A collection that seeks to define Levinas' debt to, and criticism of, Husserl.
A satirical novel of alcohol, politics, Soviet society, and love. The story of a cable fitter who is fired from his job for charting his co-workers' jobs against the amount of alcohol they have consumed.