The first book to examine plantations in their global variations through the history of knowledge.

Few institutions feature as prominently in contemporary notions of colonialism, racism, and environmental ...

Places comics studies in lively dialogue with landscape art and regional studies to shed new light on the Hudson River Valley as an artistic, social, cultural, and natural environment.

Drawn by the River ...

Considers how a series of poets reimagined the possibilities of "O" as a gesture of apostrophe and, even more so, of writing.

In poetry circles, "O" is commonly associated with apostrophe—a dramatized t ...

Explores how these two currents are shaping the contours of contemporary Hindu worship, myth, and visual and material culture in contemporary South Asia and its diasporas.

This volume focuses on two alternately ...

Combines new archival research with innovative theory to reassess the ship's dramatic voyage and analyze its representation in a broad range of texts, films, and artifacts of popular memory.

In 1939, the ...

The first English translation of Hölderlin's complete correspondence, with a full introduction and notes.

Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843) is widely acknowledged to be one of the most significant European po ...

Brings together the most remarkable essays on classical and modern philosophy by noted political philosopher Christopher Bruell.

Christopher Bruell (1942–2024) was one of the great modern interpreters of c ...

A comprehensive exploration of the Jewish adherents of the Theosophical Society and their impact on modern Jewish culture and the development of modern forms of Kabbalah.

The Secret Doctrine of the Jews ...

An original reading of three Platonic dialogues concerned with the soul, tyranny, self-knowledge, and the beautiful.

Guided by the question "What is Socratic self-knowledge," this study begins with Plato's ...

Argues that nature in all of its aspects is its own creative, sustaining, sacred, salvific ground—and is the most appropriate focus today of ardent religious faith.

In Beyond Monotheism, Donald A. Crosby ...

Rethinks the status of bodies in a field that is meant to heal the mind and how institutions can shape the drama of psychiatric education.

The Education of a Psychiatrist offers a fresh engagement with ...

Illuminates how family-student interactions enhance the educational achievement of students of color/first-generation academics and applies these lessons to institutional goals.

Shaping Students of Color ...

The first biography of George Walker, a uniquely Afro-American tale of innovation and triumph despite the odds; the story of an underdog with a bite!

The Rediscovery of George "Nash" Walker is the first ...

Offers a groundbreaking approach to a key text in Zen Buddhism.

In Zen Time, Raji C. Steineck provides a robust contextualization of Dōgen's Uji, the most renowned text on time in Zen Buddhism. Situating ...

The greatest songwriters of the rock era tell how they created their biggest hits.

They're Playing My Song collects for the first time over fifty in-depth, personal interviews with the greatest songwriters ...

Brings together wide-ranging, interdisciplinary analyses of Luce Irigaray's rethinking of space with respect to sexual difference and the visual arts.

A rethinking of space is central to Luce Irigaray's ...

Two important texts in the Sufi tradition made available together in English for the first time.

Inscriptions of Wisdom brings together, for the first time in English, two pivotal Sufi texts that illuminate ...

The story of how an Italian American housewife and community organizer battled a Brooklyn Mafia boss and political activist for the hearts and minds of a white working class in revolt.

This is the true ...

Comprehensive examination of the different senses in which Aristotle uses a group of the most important expressions in his political writings, with the aim of making possible a firmer understanding of ...

Brings yogic traditions into dialogue with current philosophical and scientific research on consciousness.

In this book, philosopher and yoga practitioner Giulia Moiraghi brings yoga into dialogue with ...

Through substantive case studies on issues of human rights, this collection of rhetorical investigations engages the interactions among whistleblowers, public protest, and relationships of power.

While ...

Argues that African literature conceptualizes trauma and regeneration as a more-than-human process, offering an animist revision of psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalytic trauma theory largely disregards African ...

Takes you on eight fascinating walks along Manhattan's Hudson waterfront, with stops along the way to explore its architecture, infrastructure, and history.

Through eight structured walks from Battery ...

Describes and analyzes the main divisions within Israel's heterogenous society.

In November 2022, Israeli citizens went to the polls to elect their representatives to the legislature, the Knesset, for ...

An innovative collection of advice, resources, and ideas for faculty teaching LGBTQ politics.

Limited resources exist to support faculty teaching LGBTQ politics. The first of its kind, this edited volume ...