From the nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries, millions of Americans participated in fraternal associations -…

The literature on Kierkegaard is often content to paraphrase. By contrast, Michael Theunissen articulates one of…

Political moderation is the touchstone of democracy, which could not function without compromise and bargaining, yet it is…

Traces how America's global modernization efforts during the twentieth century were a means to remake the world in its own…

Franz Kafka: The Office Writings brings together, for the first time in English, Kafka's most interesting professional…

Examines the role of intellectuals in foreign policymaking. This work recounts the history of the development of ideas about…

Conflicting claims about culture are a familiar refrain of political life in the contemporary world. On one side, majorities…

Must good deeds be rewarded and wrongdoers punished? Would God be unjust if He failed to punish and reward? And what is it…

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Reveals the formidable challenges that conservatives faced in competing with legal liberalism. This title explores how…

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For some, the idea of an Islamic state serves to fulfill aspirations for cultural sovereignty and new forms of ethical…

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J. J. White reexamines the use of myth in fiction in order to bring a new terminological precision into the field. While…

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Offers an understanding of artistic creativity by examining the careers not only of great painters but also of important…

Unlike criticisms of multiculturalism, which worry about 'reverse discrimination' or the erosion of core Western cultural…

Presents the text of Chapman's translation of the "Odyssey" (1614-15), making only a small number of modifications to…

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-265) and index.…

Drawing on examples from across the social sciences, this book offers the information you need to know to plan, implement,…