Dabashi's newest book is a meditation on suicidal violence in the immediate context of its most recent political surge and a critical examination of the radical transformation of the human body, supported by close readings of cinematic and artistic evidence.
This book is comprised of reflections by diverse women's studies scholars, focusing on the many ways in which the field has evolved from its first introduction in the University setting to the present day.
A powerful chronicle of the astounding persistence of Indo-European glorification of battle, morphed into today's militant Christian Right. The book is... Læs mere
This is a book about time, but it is also about much more than time—it is about how the objects we use to think about time shape our thoughts. Because time... Læs mere
This book is about education and American imperialism from the War of 1898 to the War on Terror. Very... Læs mere
This book is a major step forward in radical theology via a sustained and creative challenge to conventional and orthodox thinking on the Trinity. Altizer presents a radical rethinking of the apocalyptic trinity and recovers the apocalyptic Jesus of Hegel, Blake, and Nietzsche.
Out of European revolutions and social upheaval, an extraordinary society of literate, pious, and prosperous English Puritans flowered in seventeenth-century New England.
Conservative critics argue that modern political satire, in the age of The Daily Show, has a liberal bias. A quick review of the humor... Læs mere
Through a series of close readings, Boer explores the earthy nature of the Bible. These readings are gathered into three... Læs mere
Geir Hønneland discusses some of the big questions in social science: What is identity? What is the role of identity and narrative in... Læs mere
The authors trace out the development of capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Latin America in the latest phase of this development,... Læs mere
The "existential" drama at the heart of the modern world is the result of a truly cataclysmic transformation in our institutions and modes of belief. We... Læs mere