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A Soaring Minaret: Abu Bakr Al-Wasiti and the Rise of Baghdadi Sufism (Book)

Laury Silvers

ISBN:9781438431710

The development of early Islamic mysticism and metaphysics is presented through the life and work of theologian Abu Bakr al-Wasiti....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:142

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Archaeology and the Origins of Philosophy (Book)

Robert Hahn

ISBN:9781438431659

Detailed study of how Anaximanders cosmological and philosophical conceptions were affected by architectural technologies....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:307

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Aristotle's Concept of Chance: Accidents, Cause, Necessity, and Determinism (Book)

John Dudley

ISBN:9781438432274

The first exhaustive study of Aristotle's concept of chance....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:416

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Arsenic and Clam Chowder: Murder in Gilded Age New York (Book)

James D Livingston

ISBN:9781438431796

Recounts the sensational 1896 murder trial of Mary Alice Livingston, who was accused of murdering her mother with an arsenic-laced pail of clam chowder and faced the possibility of becoming the first woman to be executed in New York's new-fangled electric chair....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:205

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Being and Time: A Revised Edition of the Stambaugh Translation (Book)

Martin Heidegger

ISBN:9781438432762

A revised translation of Heidegger's most important work....more details
Format:Paperback Pages:482

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Between Nihilism and Politics: The Hermeneutics of Gianni Vattimo (Book)

Silvia Benso

ISBN:9781438432854

Essays describe Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimos unique and radical hermeneutic philosophy....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:256

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Colonizing the Realm of Words: The Transformation of Tamil Literature in Nineteenth-Century South India (Book)

Sascha Ebeling

ISBN:9781438431994

Details the transformation of Tamil literary culture that came with colonialism and the encounter with Western modernity....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:355

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Confucianism in Context: Classic Philosophy and Contemporary Issues, East Asia and Beyond (Book)

Wonsuk Chang

ISBN:9781438431918

A wide-ranging consideration of Confucianism for Western readers....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:243

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Conservatism and Racism, and Why in America They Are the Same (Book)

Robert C Smith

ISBN:9781438432335

Systematically illustrates the inescapable racism of American conservatism....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:273

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Convergences: Black Feminism and Continental Philosophy (Book)

Maria Del Guadalupe Davidson

ISBN:9781438432670

Black Feminism and Continental Philosophy in dialogue....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:272

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Disciplining Women: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black Counterpublics, and the Cultural Politics of Black Sororities (Book)

Deborah Elizabeth Whaley

ISBN:9781438432731

An interdisciplinary look Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA), the first historically Black sorority....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:218

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Displaced at Home: Ethnicity and Gender Among Palestinians in Israel (Book)

Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh

ISBN:9781438432700

Groundbreaking essays by Palestinian women scholars on the lives of Palestinians within the state of Israel....more details
Format:Paperback Pages:288

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Elemental Philosophy: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water as Environmental Ideas (Book)

David MacAuley

ISBN:9781438432458

Explores the ancient and perennial notion of the four elements as environmental ideas....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:416

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Environmental Evasion: The Literary, Critical, and Cultural Politics of "Nature's Nation" (Book)

Lloyd Willis

ISBN:9781438432816

Brings ecocriticism into conversation with critical American studies approaches to literary canon formation....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:275

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Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Beyond of Language (Book)

Robert Hughes

ISBN:9781438431932

Explores why American Romantic writers and contemporary continental thinkers turn to art when writing about ethics....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:231

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Excess and Masculinity in Asian Cultural Productions (Book)

Kwai-Cheung Lo

ISBN:9781438432090

Innovative analysis of the relationship of gender to East Asian economic development....more details
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Feathers of Hope: Pete Dubacher, the Berkshire Bird Paradise, and the Human Connection with Birds (Book)

Barbara Chepaitis

ISBN:9781438432915

A joyful journey through Pete Dubachers Berkshire Bird Paradise, and a thoughtful contemplation of our relationship to birds and nature....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:171

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Feminist Readings of Antigone (Book)

Fanny Sderbck

ISBN:9781438432793

New and classic essays on Antigone and feminist philosophy....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:272

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Fighting for Girls: New Perspectives on Gender and Violence (Book)

Meda Chesney-Lind

ISBN:9781438432939

Cutting edge research into trends and social contexts of girls' violence....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:266

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Figures of Simplicity: Sensation and Thinking in Kleist and Melville (Book)

Birgit Mara Kaiser

ISBN:9781438432298

A fascinating comparison of the work of Heinrich von Kleist and Herman Melville....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:149

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Getting a Poor Return: Courts, Justice, and Taxes (Book)

Robert M Howard

ISBN:9781438428888

Examines competing claims and beliefs about the American legal system in the area of tax policy and tax enforcement....more details
Format:Paperback Pages:126

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Globalization, Social Justice, and the Helping Professions (Book)

William Roth

ISBN:9781438432212

Explores the impact of globalization and the imperative of social justice for the helping professions in contemporary times....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:256

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Hegel and History (Book)

Will Dudley

ISBN:9781438429106

Comprehensive overview of Hegel's thought on history...more details
Format:Paperback Pages:256

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Hegel and Shakespeare on Moral Imagination (Book)

Jennifer Ann Bates

ISBN:9781438432410

Study of self-consciousness in Hegel and Shakespeare....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:378

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Hinduism as a Missionary Religion (Book)

Arvind Sharma

ISBN:9781438432113

Reconsiders whether Hinduism can be considered a missionary religion....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:176

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Interpretation and Literature in Early Medieval China (Book)

Alan K L Chan

ISBN:9781438432175

Explores the new literary and interpretive milieu that emerged in the years following the decline of China's Han dynasty....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:256

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Mothers Who Deliver: Feminist Interventions in Public and Interpersonal Discourse (Book)

Jocelyn Fenton Stitt

ISBN:9781438432243

New directions in thinking about mothering....more details
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Objectivity: The Hermeneutical and Philosophy (Book)

Gnter Figal

ISBN:9781438432052

Appearing for the first time in English, Gnter Figals groundbreaking book in the tradition of philosophical hermeneutics offers original perspectives on perennial philosophical problems....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:442

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One Religion Too Many: The Religiously Comparative Reflections of a Comparatively Religious Hindu (Book)

Arvind Sharma

ISBN:9781438432489

Enlightening encounters with the world's religions from a Hindu perspective....more details
Format:Paperback Pages:164

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Over Ten Million Served: Gendered Service in Language and Literature Workplaces (Book)

Michelle A Mass'

ISBN:9781438432038

First book on gender and academic service....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:298

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Patronage and Community in Medieval China: The Xiangyang Garrison, 400-600 Ce (Book)

Andrew Chittick

ISBN:9781438428987

A vivid portrait of the culture of a provincial military society in Chinas early medieval period and its interactions with the southern imperial court....more details
Format:Paperback Pages:191

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Philosophy and Religion in Early Medieval China (Book)

Alan K L Chan

ISBN:9781438431871

An exploration of Chinese during a time of monumental change, the period after the fall of the Han dynasty....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:352

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Policing Narratives and the State of Terror (Book)

Robin Truth Goodman

ISBN:9781438429045

Examines the recent "War on Terror" and the increasing privatization of international policing through the lens of detective fiction and security and espionage narratives....more details
Format:Paperback Pages:211

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Religious Philosophy as Multidisciplinary Comparative Inquiry: Envisioning a Future for the Philosophy of Religion (Book)

Wesley J Wildman

ISBN:9781438432359

Argues that philosophy, as multidisciplinary comparative inquiry, is essential to the contemporary academic study of religion....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:384

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Rethinking Contemporary Warfare: A Sociological View of the Al-Aqsa Intifada (Book)

Eyal Ben-Ari

ISBN:9781438431857

Examines the combat experience of Israels ground forces in the Al-Aqsa Intifada in order to offer a set of innovative concepts for understanding irregular warfare....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:204

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The Hidden Children of France, 1940-1945: Stories of Survival (Book)

Cachs Traqus

ISBN:9781438431963

Interviews with eighteen Jewish hidden children of France and Belgium, telling the story of their survival during World War II....more details
Format:Paperback Pages:385

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The Making of a Family Saga: Ginling College (Book)

Jin Feng

ISBN:9781438429120

Looks at Chinas Ginling College, the womens missionary institution of higher learning that developed a discourse of family, recasting the Chinese Confucian family ideal as a female and Christian one....more details
Format:Paperback Pages:314

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The Politics of Spirit: Phenomenology, Genealogy, Religion (Book)

Tim Murphy

ISBN:9781438432878

A critical look at the development of the phenomenological approach to the study of religion, revealing its evaluative and metaphysical concepts....more details
Format:Hardcover Pages:393