Broadens the horizons of Strauss’s thought by initiating dialogues between him and figures with whom little or no dialogue has yet occurred.
Leo Strauss’s readings of historical figures in the philosophical tradition have been justly well explored; however, his relation to contemporary thinkers has not enjoyed the same coverage. In Leo Strauss and Contemporary Thought, an in...(Read More)
America in Denial
(May 2021)
How Race-Fair Policies Reinforce Racial Inequality in America Lori Latrice Martin - Author
Examines how race-neutral programs and policies harm, rather than improve, the lives of blacks in the United States.
In America in Denial Lori Latrice Martin examines the myth of a race-fair America by reviewing and offering alternatives to universal, race-neutral programs and policies as well as other allegedly race-neutral initiates. By considering policies and programs re...(Read More)
The Students We Share
(May 2021)
Preparing US and Mexican Educators for Our Transnational Future Patricia Gándara - Editor Bryant Jensen - Editor
Examines policies, norms, and classroom practices of the US and Mexican education systems, with the aim of preparing educators to understand and help transnational children and youth.
Millions of students in the US and Mexico begin their educations in one country and find themselves trying to integrate into the school system of the other. As global migration increases, thei...(Read More)
Premises and Problems
(April 2021)
Essays on World Literature and Cinema Luiza Franco Moreira - Edited and with an introduction by
Discusses world literature and cinema from the perspective of literary languages and film traditions that do not hold a hegemonic position.
World literature, many have stressed, is a systematic category. Both literary scholars and social scientists have argued that the prestige of the major literary languages is key to establishing the shape of the overall system. In order to criti...(Read More)
Unique empirically grounded analysis of how audiences negotiate sexism and feminism across media, from popular television shows to dating apps.
Feminism can reflect the cultural moment, especially as media appropriate and use feminist messaging and agenda to various ends. Yet media can also push boundaries, exposing audiences to ideas they may not be familiar with and advancing pu...(Read More)
Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions
(March 2021)
Power, Diversity, and the Emancipatory Struggle in Higher Education Bianca C. Williams - Editor Dian D. Squire - Editor Frank A. Tuitt - Editor
Argues that plantation life, its racialized inequities, and the ongoing struggle against them are embedded in not only the physical structures but also the everyday workings of higher education.
Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions provides a multidisciplinary exploration of the contemporary university’s entanglement with the history of slavery and settler colon...(Read More)
Globalizing Organic
(February 2021)
Nationalism, Neoliberalism, and Alternative Food in Israel Rafi Grosglik - Author
Traces how alternative food movements are affected by global and local trends, with a focus on how organic agriculture was integrated in Israel.
Globalizing Organic focuses on the globalization of a culture of “eating for change” and the ways in which local meanings attached to the production of foods embed ecological and social values. Rafi Grosglik examines how organic ag...(Read More)
