This close examination of Kant's writings shows him to be both a conservative partisan of the international status quo of sovereign states and yet also the inspiration for radical, global reform for democracy and universal rights.
A volume devoted explicitly to the subtle and multidimensional phenomenon of background knowing that has to be... Læs mere
Comparative study of the writings and strategies of European women in two colonies, French Algeria and British Kenya, during the twentieth century. Its central theme is women's discursive contribution to the construction of colonial nostalgia.
Scholars and Poets Talk About Queens is a lively and erudite collection, unusual in an especially appealing way.
Shakespeare Between the World Wars draws parallels between Shakespearean scholarship, criticism, and production from 1920 to 1940 and the chaotic years of the Interwar era.
A fascinating collection of essays by leading scholars in the field engage with the idea of religious pluralism mooted by... Læs mere
From the romantic liaisons of Peter the Great to the birth of the Russian 'queen', this collection of essays presents recent research from the new field of Russian masculinity studies.
This edited volume determines where slavery in the Islamic world fits within the global history of slavery and the various models that have been developed to analyze it.
In the West, human bondage remains synonymous with the Atlantic slave trade. Together, these chapters illuminate the historical and contemporary dimensions of bondage in Africa and Asia, withimportant implications for the fight against modern-day bondage and human trafficking.
Between the Nazi occupation and the anti-communist revolution of 1956, Poland... Læs mere
Spirits without Borders is an ethnographic study of the transnational and multicultural expansion of Vietnam's Mother Goddess... Læs mere