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Common Scents

Attends to the much-neglected sense of smell in and around modern poetry to suggest the possibility of a revolution of the senses.

Woodstock

The story of Woodstock, N.Y., over the last 100 years and how a small, rural town coped with the many challenges of changing times.

Novel Pedagogy

Explores Victorian writers’ conception of the novel’s potential to become serious knowledge and differentiate itself from other educational genres.

On Blackness, Liveliness, and What It Means to Be Human

Develops a theoretical and methodological focus on Blackness to rethink ideas about humanity underpinning the field of student development.

Behind Kṛṣṇa’s Smile

Examines Kṛṣṇa’s hint of laughter (prahasann iva) in the Bhagavadgītā, its interpretations in the Vedānta commentarial tradition, and its significance in Kṛṣṇaite iconography and literature.

Emporialism

By Amr Kamal
Subjects: Literature

A comparative study of iconographic and fictional representations of department stores in France and Egypt, as sites of imperial and Mediterranean cultural memory, from 1859 to the present.

Ruling Devotion

Combines historical, literary, art historical, and archaeological perspectives to explore the idea of the Hindu temple in the British colonial imagination.

Buffalo's Waterfront Renaissance

Recounts how preservationists and environmentalists ultimately succeeded in persuading a powerful state agency to abandon its plans for privately developing Buffalo’s waterfront and instead revitalize the city by enhancing opportunities for members of the public to use and enjoy that same space.

Heidegger and Classical Thought

Explores Martin Heidegger's rich and profound engagement with ancient philosophy and literature and demonstrates both his essential place within the discourse of classical studies and the fundamental significance of classical thought for his own work.

Heidegger's Conversations

Offers the first comprehensive study of Martin Heidegger's five conversational texts.

State Power and Governance in Early Imperial China

Offers a new perspective on the first dynasty of imperial China and the reasons for its collapse.

Affective Betrayal

Seeks to introduce an "affective turn" to the study of China's political modernization process.

The Social Studies Curriculum, Fifth Edition

Edited by E. Wayne Ross
Subjects: Education

This fully updated and revised edition includes fourteen new chapters on contemporary topics such as critical race theory, decolonizing the curriculum, economics education, and children’s rights.

Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue

Translated by Olivia Milburn
Introduction by Olivia Milburn
Notes by Olivia Milburn
Subjects: General Interest
Series: SUNY series, Translating China

An approachable and readable translation of a classic work of Chinese literature and landmark work of non-Western fiction writing.

Black Feminist Writing

Draws on the rich history of Black feminist writing to help scholars manage the stress of writing and publishing academic books.

Bone, Bronze, and Bamboo

Explores how the tremendous wealth of newly unearthed artifacts and manuscripts have changed our understanding of China's past.

Bodies of Water

Explores how watery spaces provoke radical modes of screening queer corporeality in a diverse range of contemporary Latin American films.

Truth-Seeking in an Age of (Mis)Information Overload

Offers a thorough, multidisciplinary picture of the informational challenges of our media ecosystem, as well as collaborative strategies for addressing them.

Curriculum, Culture, and Art Education, Second Edition

Through international case studies, this book explores the causes and effects of historical and contemporary cultural changes in art education.

One (Un)Like the Other

Aims to rethink ethics and transcendence in light of the phenomenology of empathy and social ontology.

Fichte's 1804 Wissenschaftslehre

Illuminating new essays on Fichte's 1804 Wissenschaftslehre, or The Science of Knowing.

Emerging from the Shadows

First-of-its-kind study offering a model for understanding vice-presidential influence in the modern era.

Adorno, Heidegger, and the Politics of Truth

A critical and creative reconstruction of Adorno's conception of truth that shows its relevance for contemporary philosophy, art, and politics.

The Great Murdering-Heir Case

Uncovers the facts behind the celebrated 1889 case of Riggs v. Palmer and shows how they transform our understanding of the decision.

The Sound of Vultures' Wings

Explores the music of the Tibetan Chöd tradition.