This 16th-century book of reading notes and reflections on philosophy and history was written by Lo Ch'in-shun, a…

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Using the ethnographic methods of anthropology in conjunction with the clinical techniques of psychoanalysis, this study…

An ethnographic study of how gender is negotiated in Vanatinai, a small matrilineal island near New Guinea.…

This indispensable book offers a new and complete critical edition of the Latin text of Giles of Rome's On Ecclesiastical…

The authors of this work advocate the development of readily available, accessible and professionally sanctioned practice…

A collection of Victorian nonfiction prose juxtaposing classic texts and canonical writers in order to illuminate important…

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Not too long ago, literary theorists were writing about the death of the novel and the death of the author; today many are…

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How can monkeys be both eaten as food and nurtured as children? Her research reveals that monkeys play a vital role in Guaja…

Drawing from surveys of political attitudes and voting patterns among gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, Bailey's study is a…

This is the only available collection of Jacques Derrida's contributions to philosophy, presented with a comprehensive…

A highly provocative and original volume that examines the issues, themes, and difficulties emerging out of the new…

By utilizing the perspectives of present and former faculty who have been deeply involved in developing the CUSSW's…

With contributions ranging from academic and professional theorists and policy developers to independent social workers,…

This book deals with practical ways to reach a more sustainable state in urban areas through such tools as strategic…

Provides a chronicle of the involvement of American writers with the critical style and politics of Communism. The study…

This volume documents 25 programmes that have contributed, through education and widening channels of communication, to the…

This anthology offers a wide selection of modern Palestinian literature including translations of poems, stories and the…

A critical essay on St. Augustine's social and political thought.…

This volume offers comprehensive analyses and new translations of Kalidasa's three extant plays: "Sakuntala and the Ring of…

Arranged alphabetically by topic, with an index of sources, this splendidly browsable collection of over 6,000 quotations is…

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Reveals the cultural and biological realities of race, gender, and sexual orientation from the perspective of the blind.…

Reamer discusses the ethical concerns involved in working with individuals and families, the design and implementation of…

Dana Burde shows how aid to education in Afghanistan bolstered conflict both deliberately in the 1980s through…

Rather than focusing on specific groups, this book takes a "pancultural" perspective that focuses on the common experiences…

A counterintuitive take on the deceleration of time and its function in contemporary art and culture.…

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Race Unmasked revisits the origins of widespread beliefs about the scientific nature of racial differences and explains why…

Drawing on environmental and medical sociology, environmental justice, and social movement studies, this work looks at the…

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Protection Amid Chaos follows Palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan as they develop binding claims on…

A collection of essays, which examine the role of the political imagination in shaping the works of such contemporary…

Explains the origins of poor governments in the formation of the modern state system and describes the way they govern.…

Here at last is a single volume that reveals the bright thread of gay literature throughout the Western tradition. With…

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Questions our approach to the study of consciousness and the way modern discoveries either mirror or contradict…

Describes the Eocene-Oligocene extinctions, an important turning-point in Earth history approximately 40 million years ago,…

A set of task planners for psychosocial problems from alcoholism and anxiety to domestic violence and sexual abuse. This…

This selection of poetry and prose by Ghalib provides an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the preeminent Urdu…

-- Stanley Persky, City University of New York…

Ranging from the self-consciously avant-garde to the pornographic, web-based writing has introduced innovative forms,…

Conceptions of evil have changed dramatically over time. This work explores what has changed in our understanding of evil,…

Shows how Cixous and Djebar consistently reclaim for ethical and political purposes the demarcations and dislocations…

Produkt Plasticity at the Dusk of Writing - Malabou, Catherine (Professor Of Modern European Philosophy, Centre for Research…

In the tradition of Ruskin and Arnold, here's a witty, elegant essay on the contemporary academy by a renowned teacher,…