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Nietzsche's Orphans
Music, Metaphysics, and the Twilight of the Russian Empire
A prevailing belief among Russia’s cultural elite in the early twentieth century was that the music of composers such as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Aleksandr Scriabin, and Nikolai Medtner could forge a shared identity for the...
Where the Gods Are
Spatial Dimensions of Anthropomorphism in the Biblical World
The issue of how to represent God is a concern both ancient and contemporary. In this wide-ranging and authoritative study, renowned biblical scholar Mark Smith investigates the symbols, meanings, and narratives in the Hebrew...
Gulag Letters
A poignant collection of letters written by the Latvian poet, novelist, and newspaper editor Arsenii Formakov while interned in Soviet labor camps Emily Johnson has translated and edited a fascinating...
Income Inequality
Why It Matters and Why Most Economists Didn’t Notice
The first book-length treatment to conclusively demonstrate the link between income inequality and the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession Prevailing economic theory attributes the 2008 crash and the...
Sincerity after Communism
A Cultural History
A compelling study of “new sincerity” as a powerful cultural practice, born in perestroika-era Russia, and how it interconnects with global social and media flows The global cultural practice of a “new...
The Face That Launched a Thousand Lawsuits
The American Women Who Forged a Right to Privacy
A compelling account of how women shaped the common law right to privacy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Drawing on a wealth of original research, Jessica Lake documents how the...
Life and Work
Writers, Readers, and the Conversations between Them
In this brilliant collection, a renowned critic vividly depicts the dynamic relationships between authors, their work, and their readers Acclaimed novelist and critic Tim Parks has long been fascinated by...
From Christ to Confucius
German Missionaries, Chinese Christians, and the Globalization of Christianity, 1860-1950
A bold and original study of German missionaries in China, who catalyzed a revolution in thinking among European Christians about the nature of Christianity itself In this accessibly written and empirically...
Carnivore Minds
Who These Fearsome Animals Really Are
Myth and media typically cast animals we consider predators or carnivores as unthinking killers—dangerous, unpredictable, and devoid of emotion. But is this portrait valid? By exploring their inner lives, this pioneering book...
Origins of Order
Project and System in the American Legal Imagination
An examination of how two fundamental concepts of order influence our ideas about sovereignty, citizenship, law, and history Western accounts of natural and political order have deployed two basic ideas:...