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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
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
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
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.