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One of the so-called "ecstatic" (or intoxicated) Sufis of Baghdad, Abu ?usayn al-Nuri (d. 907/8) was famous for his quasi-blasphemous utterances and shocking public behaviour. He was often enraptured...

Despite his influence in utopian studies and democratic theory, French philosopher Miguel Abensour (1939-2017) has yet to be fully discovered in the English-speaking world as only a fraction of his...

Roger T. Ames's A Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy is a companion volume to his Conceptual Lexicon for Classical Confucian Philosophy. It includes texts in the original classical Chinese...

In Haitian Creole, bay lodyans means to tell stories to an audience, and more generally, to entertain. This book is the first to analyze popular contemporary Haitian films, looking especially at how...

Bituminous coal miners in Central Pennsylvania were among the most militant and class-conscious workers in the United States in the post-World War I era. Class-Conscious Coal Miners examines the...

Presents a timely discussion of the core problems faced by peasant communities under neo-liberal economics.Author: Nazih F. RichaniPublisher: Suny PressPublication Date: Feb 02, 2024Number of Pages:...

Argues that states substitute unwanted policy changes dictated by globalization with politically feasible ones, leading to policy convergence.Author: Zhiyuan WangPublisher: Suny PressPublication...

Explains the complexities of policy implementation and why attempts to translate new laws into effective and enduring policy sometimes succeed and sometimes fail.Author: Luke FowlerPublisher: Suny...

A wide-ranging overview of contemporary literary works by LGBTQ Appalachians with a focus on LGBTQ themes and characters.Author: Allison E. CareyPublisher: Suny PressPublication Date: Jan 02,...

Analyzes the different feelings, drives and instincts we have inherited from other species, to suggest a new understanding of ourselves as part of an eco-political community.Author: Gerard...

In spirituality and mysticism, many seek a counterbalance to the strong emphasis on the self that modernity demands of us: We desire a fixed self on the one hand and are fascinated by selflessness on...

Ethical Theory in Global Perspective provides an easy-to-teach introduction to ethical theory from a uniquely global perspective. In addition to key Western ethical theories--such as virtue ethics,...

Where do the purposes, values, and existential meanings of the world come from? For many, they are conferred on the world and on humans within the world by a supernatural, transcendent, personal...

Feminism's Progress builds on more than fifty years of feminist criticism to analyze narrative representations of feminist ideas about women's social roles, gender inequities, and needed reforms...

Explores the feminist spiritual and emotional politics of literary and cultural works by Black Caribbean women.Author: Joshua R. DeckmanPublisher: Suny PressPublication Date: Jan 02, 2024Number of...

Draws on Guo Xiang's commentary on the Zhuangzi to construct an account of freedom that is both metaphysical and political.Author: Christine Abigail L. TanPublisher: Suny PressPublication Date: Apr...

Reevaluates Western and Chinese philosophical traditions to question the boundaries of entrenched conceptual frameworks.Author: Massimiliano LacertosaPublisher: Suny PressPublication Date: Jan 02,...

The essays collected here outline a geophilosophy of the Mediterranean--a sea of great importance in the history of Europe and the wider West. Conceived from a geophilosophical perspective, the...

Engaging, self-reflective stories of conducting research on and with transgender, queer, and non-binary youth as they go about their everyday lives in New York City.Author: Sam StieglerPublisher:...

Offers a new, interreligious approach to questions of mission and conversion, grounded in a close study of the Chinmaya Mission, Ramakrishna Mission and other movements associated with the Hindu...

Hopelessly Alien is an in-depth study of Italian immigration to Chicago Heights, Illinois, between 1910 and 1950. Drawing upon oral histories, interviews, historical documents, and census materials,...

What is good character? What are the traits of a good person? How should virtues be cultivated? How should vices be avoided? The history of Jewish literature is filled with reflection on questions of...

Kant and the Feeling of Life positions Kant's concept of life as a guiding thread for understanding not only Kant's approach to aesthetics and teleology but the underlying unity of the Critique of...

Among the political philosophers of the twentieth century, Leo Strauss is usually singled out for his attempt to revitalize the ancient approach to counter the relativism of both historicism and...

Listening to Others is the first English-language volume dedicated solely to the vast corpus of the preeminent Brazilian director, Eduardo Coutinho (1933-2014). From his early work in the 1960s to...

While resilience is traditionally understood as an inner trait that individuals possess inside themselves, Mental Health Resilience argues that resilience should be seen as the product of social...

Myth and the Making of History examines the relationship between myth and history in early China, a topic that has been explored by American paleographer and scholar of ancient China Sarah Allan...

A critical reflection on the limitations of Carl Schmitt's political theology, reconsidered in light of the current crisis of the liberal democratic order.Author: Peter Langford, Saul...

Considers how Irish poets have drawn on discourses of locality to articulate new forms of place and belonging amid Ireland's transforming global identity.Author: Shirley Lau WongPublisher: Suny...

Argues for a revolutionary political theology that can be used to combat racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression.Author: Derek BrownPublisher: SUNY PressPublication Date: Jun 02, 2024Number of...