Offers a portrait of India as seen through the eyes of a sensitive, sharp-eyed, and witty young scholar in the early 1960s.

The complete history of one of New York State's—and the nation's—founding families.

Presents a timely discussion of the core problems faced by peasant communities under neo-liberal economics.

Breaks the spell of economic thought by interrogating the widespread language and logic of “incentives” in public life from a Lacanian perspective.

A compelling biography of virtuoso, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams and how his life intersected with some of the greatest poets, writers, painters, and musicians of his time.

Argues that the modern practice of critique emerged out of religious traditions and can in many ways be traced back to them.

An up-to-date, clearly written, user-friendly guide that students and experienced scholars alike will find invaluable as they plan, implement, and write up qualitative research projects.

Brings together and makes available in English for the first time some of Ángel Rama’s most important essays.

Takes a multicultural, interdisciplinary approach to the rhetoric of science to expand our toolkit for the collective management of global risks like climate change and pandemics.

Offers a unique perspective on the study of religion revolutionized by contemporary continental thinking.

Argues that Daoism and dandyism, linked by likeminded philosophies of “carefree wandering,” deconstruct the puritanism and political correctness sought by Confucianism, Victorianism, and contemporary neoliberal culture.

Explores the various ways in which poetic and philosophical writing meet in texts by, and on, Paul Celan.

Applies a method of comparative cultural hermeneutics to let the tradition speak on its own terms.

A comprehensive introduction to the life and thought of one of the Islamic intellectual tradition’s most original and profound authors.

Argues that truth, moral right, political right, and aesthetic value may be understood as arising out of a naturalist account of humanity, if naturalism is rightly conceived.

Investigates, through a critical exploration of Derrida's political thought, the foundations of modern secular discourse in relation to issues of race and colonialism.

Analyzes the different feelings, drives and instincts we have inherited from other species, to suggest a new understanding of ourselves as part of an eco-political community.

Putting at work a negative pedagogy centered around learning from unlearning, problematizes and boldly challenges today's culturalist discourses, camouflaged racisms, and masked fascisms.

Offers a bold new reading of Yiddish cinema by exploring the early diasporic cinema's fascination with media and communication.

The definitive overview of this transformative breathwork.

Reframes the discussion of deliberative democracy in a unique fashion, approaching the debate as a historical conversation.

This entertaining and accessible guide shows readers how to turn danger into opportunity, even when dragons threaten.

Presents Tantra from an ethnographic vantage point, through a series of case studies grounded in diverse settings across contemporary Asia.

Explores mountain regions as cultural landscapes that have been shaped by long-term human-environment interactions.

Retraces Hölderlin's journeys to Bordeaux and back in 1801–02, explaining why they are turning points in the great poet's life.