Argues that, whether we like it or not, people acting for the glory of God have formed our modern culture. This book shows…

Argues that secularist divisions between religion and politics are not fixed, as commonly assumed, but socially and…

Offering a balance between analysis, personal memoir, and foreign policy remedies, this book injects much-needed wisdom into…

Tracing modern democracy's roots to John Locke and the American founders, this book shows that they saw more deeply into the…

How do racially mixed congregations come together? How are they sustained? Who attends them, how did they get there, and…

The concept of opposing forces of good and evil expressed in a range of moral qualities - virtues and vices - is one of the…

Why do very different countries often emulate the same policy model? Two years after Ronald Reagan's income-tax…

In 1795, New Orleans was a sleepy outpost at the edge of Spain's American empire. By the 1820s, it was teeming with life,…

This is a collection of Ben Bernanke's essays on why the Great Depression was so devastating and lasted so long. The essays…

Examines how Americans form opinions on language policy issues such as declaring English the official language, printing…

Drawing on writers as diverse as Plato, Homer, Nietzsche, Borges, Don DeLillo, and Philip Roth, this work shows us the…

Why has postwar Japanese abortion policy been relatively progressive, while contraception policy has been relatively…

Perhaps no twentieth-century composer has provoked a varied reaction among the music-loving public than Jean Sibelius…

Focusing on Virginia Woolf's writings in conjunction with those of her husband, Leonard, this book illuminates Leonard's…

Features a collection of essays, which explores questions such as the meaning of moral respect and the ways individuals…

Presents a commentary on - and reinterpretation of - the founding work of modern philosophy, "Descartes' Meditations". This…

Investigates the origins of a female manifestation of God in Jewish mysticism. Examining Judaic history from the biblical…

Offers an analysis of Daniel Paul Schreber's "Memoirs of My Nervous Illness". This book denies that Schreber's delusional…

The American public has consistently declared itself less concerned with foreign affairs in the post-Cold War era. How can…

By the 1920s, Jews were - by all economic, political, and cultural measures of the day - making it in America. This book…

From data on disparities between Brazilian whites and non-whites in areas of health, education, and welfare, it is clear…

Reveals how targeting individual leaders for punishment rather than the nations they represent creates incentives for…

Offers an exploration of the lives of gay men in Indonesia. Based on a range of field methods, this book explores how…

Analyzes writers and gurus, literary texts and religious movements, and the political uses of religion alongside the…

Did Freud present a scientific hypothesis about the unconscious, as he always maintained and as many of his disciples keep…

Examines the developments in life sciences and biomedicine that have led to the politicization of medicine, human life, and…

Presents a comprehensive account of an important but widely contested approach to ethics - intuitionism, the view that there…

In the 1990s, policy specialists made "dependency" the issue and crafted incentives to get people off welfare. This work…

How is it that Sweden has been able to combine political stability with an entrenched multiparty system? How is it that she…

Memory is as central to modern politics as politics is central to modern memory. This book explores the relationship between…

In his roles as keyboard virtuoso, conductor, and master teacher, Franz Liszt reinvented the concert experience, advanced an…

Offers lessons about civil society and regime change - and about the paths to democratic consolidation. This book shows that…

An anthology of Giuseppe Mazzini's essays on democracy, nation building, and international relations.…

Gives a rounded treatment to the subject of Islamic political ethics. This book explores the Islamic ethics of civil…

Immigration is perhaps the most enduring and elemental leitmotif of America. This book presents a study of the politics and…

Argues that political order is founded not on contract but on sacrifice. This book draws on philosophy, cultural theory,…

Tests the effects of socialization in international relations-to help explain why players on the world stage may be moved to…

How can we tell who is right, and how we should respond? And why is there no scientific consensus on a matter of such vital…

Focusing on clothing, bodily deportment, sex roles, sexual practices, and political rhetoric as forms of "fashion," this…

Is it ever legitimate to redraw electoral districts on the basis of race? This book examines the theoretical foundations of…

This book explores the use and development of man's symbolizing capacities-those qualities that make him distinctly human.…

Addresses the problems that arise not only from a politicized foreign policy process but also from excessive…

The description for this book, Florentine Histories, will be forthcoming.…

An examination of how local media outlets cover members of the United States Congress. Using three samples of local…

Shows that traditionalism and modernity reinforce each other among the priests at the Minakshi Temple. This book also shows…

Presents an approach to regulating intimacy that promises to defuse the tensions that have sparked conflict among…

Demonstrates that every Republican president since Dwight D Eisenhower worked to build his party into a more durable…

A "geadl" or hagiography, originally written by Gealawdewos thirty years after the subject's death, in 1672-1673. Translated…