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This text is a collaborative effort by policymakers and scholars to promote better understanding of how the Cold War ended. It includes the transcript of a conference in which high-level verterans of the Bush and Gorbachev governments shared their recollections and interpretations.

Inspired by Martin Heidegger, John Lysaker develops a concept of ur-poetry to explore philosophically how poetic language creates fresh meaning in our world and transforms the way in which we choose to live in it. To demonstrate ur-poetry in action, the book focuses on the work of Charles Simic.

In this study, Christopher Rickey examines the internal logic of Heidegger's ideas to explain how they led him to become a powerful critic of liberalism and a Nazi supporter. Key to Rickey's interpretation is the radically antimonian conception of religiosity he finds in Heidegger's work.

In this study of the press during the French Revolutionary crisis of the early 1830s, Jeremy Popkin shows that newspapers played a crucial role in defining a new repertoire of identities - for workers, women and members of the middle classes - that redefined Europe's public spheres.

This volume aims to sift through the polemics to make sense of religious belief and practice in late antiquity. It aims to describe the mechanisms of ritual with semiotic terms, so that we can better see how they worked and how they affected the social identities of their followers.

Grounded in the history of political thought, and illuminated by legal studies and feminist theory, this book offers a challenging approach to thinking about liberty in the wake of decades of criticism of liberalism from feminists, communitarians and conservatives alike.

This text explains how and why female prostitution became politicized in the context of revolutionary social reform between 1910 and 1940 in Mexico City. Katherine Bliss focuses on public debates over legalized sexual commerce and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases during these years.

This text explores the question of what is meant by "race", once it is clear that race is not a tangible reality as reflected through colour. It addresses how race and colour interact in relationships between men and women, within families and in the larger community.

English translations of the complete poems and prose narratives of Hartmann von Aue (c.1170-1215), one of Germany's earliest courtly writers who influenced both Gottfried von Strassburg and Wolfram von Eschenbach.

An analysis of five case studies on the transference of power in South America from military to democratic governments. Using a "historical-institutionalist" approach, the author compares transitions in Brazil and three countries of the Southern Cone - Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

This work is a collection of essays by scholars from a variety of disciplines - anthropology, history, and political science - on the political activism of women from both the left and the right. It challenges stereotypical views of Latin American women.

An anthology of the principal source materials for the study of the formation of Middle English as a discipline. The first section traces the development of ideas about Middle English in the work of 13 writers, and the second section represents literary criticism and commentary by 19 authors.

Korean Americans including immigrants and their offspring have founded thousands of Christian congregations and scores of Buddhist temples in the US. This title takes a sustained look at this new component of the American religious mosaic.

An introduction to Plato's dialogues, where literary form and philosophical content are inseparable. It deals in turn with Plato's relation to and portraits of Socrates, the literary and philosophical character of the dialogues, and the modes of argumentation employed.

A wide-ranging exegesis that systematically traces the history of philosophical conceptions of the passions in the work of such thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Spinoza, Descartes, Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant and Freud. It asks whether passion tortures people because it blinds them.

A study of George Palmer Putnam, American 19th-century publisher. It discusses his productive life in print, interrelating this with the life of his family, with the changing patterns of life in New York City and the nation, and with the institutionalization of modern print culture.

A study of judicial reform and the transition to democracy in El Salvador. It analyzes the role of international actors, notably the USA and the United Nations, and the contributions and limitations of international assistance in efforts to establish accountability and reform the justice system.

This text offers an exploration of the impact of World War I mobilization on American political development in the interwar period and its legacy for the New Deal era and beyond.

These essay cover a wide diversity of subjects in Hume's work. This includes his theory of knowledge; his conception of human inquiry and the human mind; his views on our knowledge of the external world and the future; and his treatments of the passions, emotions and virtue.

A study of the Americans' leisure time, comparing the 1990s to the 1960s. The authors argue that, although many Americans feel increasingly rushed and stressed, they actually have more free time, which they waste in activities like TV. This edition is updated to include 1995-1997 data.

A collection of essays by leading feminist writers from Austria, Germany and Switzerland that represent the range of feminist critique ongoing within this important area of continental philosophy. The introduction puts the essays in context and shows what makes their contribution distinctive.

This volume brings together essays by leading German and American historians on the subject of German emmigration in the 18th century. The text looks at what drove people to leave their homes at this time, and the mutual exchanges that took place between cultures in the new settlements.

This text offers an introduction to Louis-Sebastien Mercier's book "Le Tableau de Paris", a portrait of life in Paris on the eve of the French Revolution, describing the interactions of workers, street peddlers, prostitutes, police spies, actresses, noblemen, parish priests, servants and criminals.

A journey through ancient Greek heritage in an effort to resurrect ideas about emotion and show their relevance to modern political philosophy. It focuses on "thumos" ("spiritedness", "heart" or "anger"), and relates this to contemporary multidisciplinary work on emotion.

A collection of writings by a range of Brazilian researchers on issues of race in their country. Topics covered include: the construction of race and colour classification systems; access to education, employment and health; and racial inequalities in the judiciary and politics.

A reading of the Cartesian corpus from the vantage point of contemporary feminism. It includes discussion of the implications of Descartes' epistemology for feminists and the historical context of his intellectual relations with women. Contributors include Erica Harth and Ruth Perry.