Looks at works of modern literature, visual art, music, film, theater, and architecture to arrive at an assessment of what parody is and... Læs mere
Even after 100 years, this is a captivating fable - witty and biting - of a Thomas Edison-like inventor who creates the radiant and tragic android Hadaly, and the lovelorn aristocrat who... Læs mere
Explores one of the oldest traditions of American religious folksong: unaccompanied congregational singing in Appalachian Primitive... Læs mere
A history of the earthmoving equipment industry. It examines the increase in the scope of mining and construction projects, from the Suez... Læs mere
Explores the fading empire of cognition, modulating stupidity into idiocy, puerility, and the figure of the ridiculous philosopher instituted by Kant. Drawing on a range of writers including... Læs mere
Makes the argument that the philosophy and practices of Western science, contrary to its enlightenment mission, work to insure that more science will only worsen the gaps between the best and worst off around the world.
An interdisciplinary investigation of the co-creation of gender and technology
A tribute to Billy Conn, one of the greatest light-heavyweight boxing champions of all time
The participatory tradition of Sacred Harp singing fosters a diverse musical community
Continuing the revaluation of Bach's overlooked concertos
A sourcebook of the chronology and range of Nietzsche's reading