Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
T h e l at e n o v e l i s t ’ s l e g e n d a r y, u n p u b l i s h e d
w o r k r e v e a l s t h e p h i l o s o p h i c a l f o u n d at i o n s
o f h i s c e l e b r at e d f i c t i o n .
the cerebral aestheticism of modernism, the clever gim- is not technical or argumentative but
mickry of postmodernism—that abandoned “the very old more like a moral victory. David Foster
traditional human verities that have to do with spiritual- Wallace's intellectual powers have been
ity and emotion and community.” As Wallace rises up to used to set aright a world momentarily
meet the challenge of Taylor (not to mention a number upended by an intellectual sleight of
of other philosophical heavyweights), we watch the per- hand. He enlists clinical argument in
spective of a major novelist develop, along with a lifelong defense of passionate intuition. He
struggle to find solid ground for his soaring convictions. restores logic and language to their
This volume reproduces Taylor’s original article and other rightful places."—from the Introduction
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The Preparation of the Novel
Lecture Course at the Collège de France (1978–1979)
Roland Barthes
Translated by Kate Briggs
T h e t h e o r i st s h a r e s h i s d e s i r e to d i s cov e r a
n e w way o f w r i t i n g a n d , c o n s e q u e n t ly, a n e w
way o f l i f e .
2 | fa l l 2010
Hatred and Forgiveness
forgiveness
h at r e d a n d
Julia Kristeva
Translated by Jeanine Herman
T h e p r o v o c at i v e i n t e l l e c t u a l r e f r a c t s t h e
i m p u l s e t o h at e t h r o u g h t h e p r i s m o f p s yc h o -
a n a ly s i s a n d t e x t.
her thought.
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The Best American Magazine Writing 2010
Compiled by The AmeriCAn SoCieTy of mAgAzine ediTorS
Compiled by The American Society of
mitch Albom
Magazine Editors
Bryan Burrough
Sheri fink
Introduction by Jon Meacham
Atul gawande
the best
elizabeth Kolbert
michael Lewis
megan mcArdle
“Balanced, comprehensive, thought-provoking, involving,
daphne merkin
and well-crafted.”—Library Journal
american
michael Pollan
Salman rushdie
James Stewart
fareed zakaria
The Best American Magazine Writing 2010 is the stron-
magazine gest evidence yet that the narrative and purpose of print
2010
journalism is as vital as ever, providing entertainment,
connection, perspective, and unprecedented revelation
writing in increasingly imaginative and engaging ways. This
year’s selections, chosen from among the finalists of the
National Magazine Awards, include David Grann’s much-
inTroduCTion By Jon meACHAm discussed article on the legal execution of a possibly inno-
cent man in the New Yorker; Shari Fink’s report on alleged
euthanization of patients during Hurricane Katrina in
the New York Times Magazine; and John H. Richardson’s
widely read feature on America’s last late-term-abortion
“The compulsive readability of a good
doctor in Esquire.
novel, but the immediacy and moral
power of good journalism.”—Irish Times
The Best American Magazine Writing 2010 continues to
thrill with its captivating profiles, absorbing personal
essays, amusing encounters, and entrancing fiction.
Jonathan Van Meter offers rare access to one of literature’s
most enigmatic marriages in New York; Daphne Merkin
recounts her harrowing experience with chronic depres-
sion in the New York Times Magazine; John Spong recalls
a colorful night at a Texas dance hall in Texas Monthly;
and Mitch Albom rediscovers the spirit of Detroit in its
devotion to athletics in Sports Illustrated. James Stewart,
Michael Lewis, Megan McArdle, and Bryan Burrough
conduct stellar coverage of the year’s financial issues, and
Michael Pollan and Atul Gawande contribute fascinating
pieces on health and health care reform. Salman Rushdie,
George Saunders, and Anthony Doerr are among the
nominated short story writers.
T h e A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y o f M ag a z i n e Ed i to r s ( ASME ) is a non-
profit professional organization for editors of print and online maga-
zines edited, published, and distributed in the United States.
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Cheese, Pears, and History in a Proverb “ Do not let the peasant know how good cheese is with pears.”
Massimo Montanari
Translated by Beth A. Brombert
A wo r l d r e n ow n e d h i sto r i a n o f fo o d a n d t h e
m i d d l e ag e s e xa m i n e s t h e p ow e r o f l a n g uag e
to s h a p e a s o c i a l t r u t h .
“Do not let the peasant know how good cheese is with
pears” goes the extremely well known yet hard to decipher
saying. Intrigued by this proverb, which has endured
since the Middle Ages, Massimo Montanari launches an
adventurous history of its origins and utility.
became the symbol of ephemeral, luxuriant pleasure— elegant writer capable of handling the
the indulgence of the social elite. Joined together, cheese most laboriously researched topics with
and pears embodied an exclusive savoir faire, especially disquieting stylistic grace. He is the per-
as the notion of taste as a natural phenomenon evolved fect embodiment of both unsurpassable
into a cultural attitude. Montanari’s delectable history competence and rhetorical virtuosity.”
straddles the line between written and oral tradition, —Luigi Ballerini, University of California,
on C ulinary Hi story
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A
DNA
GRAPHIC A Graphic Guide to the Molecule that Shook the World
GUIDE
to the Israel Rosenfield, Edward Ziff,
and Borin Van Loon
MOLECULE that SHOOK the WORLD
A r i c h d e p i c t i o n o f DNA’ s o n g o i n g s c i e n t i f i c
a n d s o c i a l r e vo lu t i o n .
6 | fa l l 2010
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Diagnosis: Schizophrenia
A Comprehensive Resource for Consumers, Families, and
diagnosis Helping Professionals
Second Edition
Rachel Miller and Susan E. Mason
A Com pr e h e n s ive
Thirty-five young, recently diagnosed patients speak
“An excellent guide for r e sou rCe for
patients and their families.” C o n s u m e r s , fA m i li e s , about schizophrenia and the process of recovery, while
—Library Journal A n d h e lp i n g
p r o f e s s i o n A ls two specialists illuminate the medical science, psychoe-
ducation, and therapeutic needs of those coping with the
illness, as well as access to medical benefits and commu-
r ac h e l m i l l e r and s u s a n e. m as o n nity resources. A remarkably inclusive guide, this volume
Secon d e dition informs patients, families, friends, and professionals, de-
tailing the possible causes of schizophrenia, medications
and side effects, the functioning of the brain, and the
value of rehabilitation and other services.
“Incorporates new information on the Participants confront shame, stigma, substance use, and
brain, genetic issues, medication man- relapse issues and the necessity of healthy eating, safe sex
agement, treatment, and coping with practices, and coping skills during recovery. Clinicians
symptoms and problems. No other elaborate on the symptoms of schizophrenia, such as
book offers such comprehensive cover- violent and suicidal thoughts, delusions, hallucinations,
age in a style that intertwines stories memory and concentration problems, trouble getting
with research. It provides individuals, motivated or organized, and anxiety and mood disorders.
family members, and friends with a Adopting an uplifting tone of manageability, participants,
comprehensive and useful resource. authors, and clinicians offer more than advice—they pre-
Social workers, counselors, physicians, scribe hope.
nurses, psychologists, and students
in these professions will also find this “Far easier to understand than the classic title for [people
invaluable for quick information that with schizophrenia] and their families.”—Publishers Weekly
can easily be shared with patients and
“Very approachable and offers practical advice on manag-
their families.”—Shelly A. Wiechelt,
ing symptoms of schizophrenia on a day-to-day basis and
University of Maryland, School of
in different aspects of life, much needed by people moving
Social Work
toward mental health recovery.”—Fang-pei Chen, Columbia
University School of Social Work
8 | fa l l 2010
Vaccines and Your Child
Separating Fact from Fiction
Paul A. Offit, M.D., and Charlotte A. Moser
F i n a l ly, a c o n c i s e , t r u s t w o r t h y g u i d e t h at
c u ts t h r o u g h t h e co n f u s i o n a n d m i s i n f o r m a-
t i o n a b o u t va c c i n e s .
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Truth, Errors, and Lies
Politics and Economics in a Volatile World
Grzegorz W. Kolodko
10 | fa l l 2010
Terror, Religion, and Liberal Thought
Richard B. Miller
E s ta b l i s h i n g a n e t h i c s t h r o u g h w h i c h t h e Terror,
t o l e r a n t c a n a c c e p t t h e i n t o l e r a n t, e v e n i f
e x t r e m e a n d v i o l e n t.
practices, and he suggests how liberal critics can speak in sion ranges widely and comfortably
ways that respect cultural and religious difference. Miller in diverse areas of scholarly inquiry.
explores other concerns within these investigations as It is also a courageous work, neither
well, such as the protection of human rights and a liberal apologetic nor ideological. It takes the
relates religion and ethics, Miller presents a new lens political liberalism, applies them to a
through which we can view political religions and their particular historical context, and follows
moral responsibilities. His probing queries also force us to clear and judicious conclusions."
R ichar d B. Mi ller is director for the Poynter Center for the Study of
Ethics and American Institutions and professor of religious studies at
Indiana University. He is the author of Interpretations of Conflict: Ethics,
Pacifism, and the Just-War Tradition and Casuistry and Modern Ethics:
A Poetics of Practical Reasoning.
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The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere
Judith Butler, Jürgen Habermas, Charles Taylor,
The Power of religion and Cornel West
in The Public SPhere Edited and Introduced by Eduardo Mendieta and Jonathan
VanAntwerpen
Afterword by Craig Calhoun
JudiTh buTler
JÜrgen habermaS
c h a r l e S Tay l o r
EditEd and introducEd by cornel weST
F o u r m a j o r p o l i t i c a l p h i lo s o p h e r s d i s c u ss
E d u a r d o M E n d i E ta
J o n at h a n V a n a n t w E r p E n t h e p l a c e o f r e l i g i o n i n s o c i e t y, c u lt u r e , a n d
aftErword by
Craig Calhoun
g o v e r n m e n t.
A Columbia / SSRC B o ok
12 | fa l l 2010
An Ethics for Today
Finding Common Ground Between Philosophy and Religion
Richard Rorty
Introduction by Gianni Vattimo
AN ETHICS FOR
T h e l at e p h i l o s o p h e r b r i d g e s s e c u l a r i s m a n d
s p i r i t u a l i t y a n d c o n f r o n t s t h e c l a i m t h at FINDING COMMON GROUND
BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY
r e l at i v i s m c h a l l e n g e s s p i r i t u a l a u t h o r i t y. AND RELIGION
cal imagination shared by many religious traditions. His writings on religion, this book engages
intent is not to promote belief over nonbelief, or to blur in a critical debate with the dogmatic
the distinction between religious and public domains, but and metaphysical affirmations of Pope
to locate patterns of similarity and difference for an ethics Benedict XVI on human nature, relativ-
of decency and a politics of solidarity. He particularly re- ism, and homosexuality. Commenting
sponds to Pope Benedict XVI and his campaign against on John Stuart Mill, George Santayana,
postmodern inquiry. Whether holding theologians, meta- Martin Heidegger, John Dewey, Jürgen
physicians, or political ideologues to account, Rorty re- Habermas, and Peter Singer's progres-
mains steadfast in his opposition to absolute uniformity sive philosophies, Rorty shows how the
“Richard Rorty’s argument rather clearly and succinctly is greater than any other value, includ-
brings the claims of pragmatism to issues at the heart of ing democracy."—Santiago Zabala,
Catholic politics—a clash between relativism and funda- Johns Hopkins University
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Democracy in What State?
Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Daniel
Bensaid, Wendy Brown, Jean-Luc Nancy,
Jacques Rancière, Kristin Ross, and
Slavoj Žižek
Translated by William McCuaig
A m o n u m e n ta l c o l l a b o r at i o n a m o n g t h e
w o r l d ’ s t o p p h i l o s o p h e r s o n t h e n at u r e a n d
p u r p o s e o f c o n t e m p o r a r y d e m o c r a c y.
tribution of two renowned American Collège International de Philosophie in Paris, and the European
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The Responsibility of the Philosopher
Gianni Vattimo
Edited by Franca D’Agostini
Translated by William McCuaig
T h e p o p u l a r p h i l o s o p h e r , m e m o i r i s t, a n d
p o l i t i c a l f i g u r e i n t r o d u c e s r e a d e r s to t h e
b r e a dt h o f h i s —a n d t h e p h i lo s o p h e r ' s —wo r k .
several contradictions, at once defending and questioning Franca D’Agostini William McCuaig
editor translator
religion, critiquing and serving the state. Yet the diversity
of his life and thought form the very essence of, as he
sees it, the vocation and responsibility of the philosopher.
In a world that desires quantifiable results and ideological
expediency, the philosopher becomes the vital interpreter
of the endlessly complex.
As he outlines his ideas about the philosopher’s role, “The Vocation and Responsibility of the
Vattimo builds an important companion to his life’s work. Philosopher is brilliant and entertaining
He confronts questions concerning science, religion, without becoming overly conceptual.
logic, literature, and truth, and passionately defends the The language is consistently rigorous,
power of hermeneutics to engage with life’s difficulties. yet it is incredibly clear and accessible
He conjures a clear vision of philosophy as something to a philosophically unsophisticated
separate from the sciences and the humanities but also audience.”—Silvia Benso, Rochester
intimately connected to their processes, and he reiterates Institute of Technology
a conception of truth that emphasizes fidelity and partici-
"One of Gianni Vattimo's most skilled
pation through dialogue.
students, Franca D'Agostini man-
ages to present both the logic behind
G i a n n i Vat t i m o is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University
of Turin and a member of the European Parliament. His books with weak thought and the novelty of this
Columbia University Press include Christianity, Truth, and Weakening text, which reveals the Italian mas-
Faith: A Dialogue; Not Being God; The Future of Religion (with Richard ter's intuitions on crucial problems of
Rorty); Dialogue with Nietzsche; and Nihilism and Emancipation.
contemporary philosophy."—Santiago
F r a n c a D ’Ag o s t i n i is professor of philosophy at the University of Zabala, author of The Remains of
Turin. Being: Hermeneutic Ontology After
Metaphysics
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Craving Earth
CRAVING
Understanding Pica—the Urge to Eat
Clay, Starch, Ice, and Chalk
Sera L. Young
EARTH I l l u m i n at i n g a n e n i g m at i c b e h av i o r d e e p ly
e n t w i n e d w i t h h u m a n b i o l o g y a n d c u lt u r e .
16 | fa l l 2010
Disaster Deferred
How New Science Is Changing Our View of Earthquake
Hazards in the Midwest
Seth Stein
Geared toward a general audience, Disaster Deferred “Seth Stein thoughtfully recognizes the
clearly explains the techniques seismologists use to study painful decisions that various politicians
Midwestern quakes and estimate their danger. Detailing and emergency managers must make,
how limited scientific knowledge, bureaucratic instincts, and he provides realistic descriptions
and the media’s love of a good story can exaggerate these of various types of bureaucracies and
hazards, Seth Stein calmly debunks the hype surround- scientific specialties, without rancor.
ing such prophecies and encourages the formulation A must-read for all involved in such
of more sensible, less costly policy. Powered by insider issues.”—Orrin Pilkey, Duke University
knowledge and an engaging style, Disaster Deferred is an “Seth Stein’s book is fun to read and has
all-inclusive encounter with the principles of geology and a compelling story to tell. There is no
modern technology, showing how new instruments, like book quite like this out there.”
the Global Positioning System, are painting a very differ- —Stephen Marshak, University of Illinois
ent—and much less frightening—picture. at Urbana-Champaign
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Capturing Carbon
The New Weapon in the War Against Climate Change
Robin M. Mills
T h e p o l i t i c s a n d t e c h n o l o g y b e h i n d a r a p i d ly
e v o lv i n g s c i e n c e .
18 | fa l l 2010
Three Big Bangs
Matter-Energy, Life, Mind
Holmes Rolston III
M e r g i n g p h i l o s o p h y, c o s m o l o g y, b i o l o g y, a n d
t h e o lo gy i n to a n ov e l t h e o ry o f t h e u n i v e r s e . T HREE BIG BANGS
Rational explanations of the universe leave the spiritu-
ally curious cold, and religiously based theories tend to
devalue the findings of science. By dividing the creation
of matter, life, energy, and the mind into three big bangs,
M AT T E R - E N E R G Y, L I F E , M I N D
Holmes Rolston III strikes a middle path between these
two camps. He divines a history of the universe that re- HOLMES ROLSTON III
spects both scientific discovery and an underlying intel-
ligence.
the second big bang, the explosion of life on Earth. As disparate perspectives on the nature
DNA begins to discover, store, and transfer information, of the universe that most scholars are
life endures to establish billions of species. Cognitive ca- content to leave unrelated. His book is
pacities escalate, and with neural sentience, the third big infused with scientific sources and is
bang results: human genius. A massive singularity, the a rich summation of what the special-
human mind gives birth to language and culture, increas- ists in physics, biology, and cybernet-
ing the brain’s complexity and promoting the spread of ics are saying about the history of the
ideas. Ideas generate ideals, which help life take on spirit. universe.”—Donald W. Shriver Jr., Union
The nature of matter-energy and genes and their geneses Theological Seminary
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Securing The State
David Omand
P r ot e c t i n g t h e p e o p l e w i t h o u t co m p r o m i s i n g
their rights.
"David Omand’s insight and experi- Omand details the fine line between delivering security
ence are invaluable to anyone con- and violating public safety, establishing a set of principles
sidering the necessary and important for the intelligence community that respects the require-
role of intelligence and security in ments of basic human liberties. He proposes a new
national security challenges. Omand's approach to generating secret intelligence and examines
thoughtful consideration, intellect, and the issues that arise from using technology to access new
knowledge of British Government has information. He dives into the purpose of intelligence
made him the perfect interlocutor in and its ability to strengthen or weaken a government,
both calm and crisis."—Frances Fragos especially in our new, jittery era. Incorporating numer-
Townsend, White House Homeland ous examples of security successes and failures, Omand
Security Adviser to the President and speaks to realists, idealists, scholars, and practitioners,
Chair of the Homeland Security Council, resetting the balance in a crucial issue of public policy.
2004–2007
Dav i d Om a nd is a former intelligence and security co-
"A thoughtful, exceptionally well-
ordinator of the Cabinet Office for the government of
informed book. Essential reading the United Kingdom, responsible for the counterterror-
for anyone seriously interested in ism strategy, CONTEST. He has served for seven years
the role of intelligence in modern as a member of the Joint Intelligence Committee, as
government."—John Scarlett, former permanent secretary of the Home Office, and as direc-
tor of GCHQ, the U.K. equivalent of the United States's
director general of the British Secret
National Security Agency. He is now a visiting profes-
Intelligence Service
sor in the War Studies Department of King’s College
London and an honorary fellow of Corpus Christi
College, University of Cambridge.
20 | fa l l 2010
War and War Crimes
James Gow
C a l i b r at i n g t h e e t h i c s o f wa r w i t h i n m o d e r n
co n t e x ts a n d ag a i n st n e w t e c h n o lo g i e s .
can work successfully within the politics-law-strategy fundamental book. Law and legitimacy
nexus to foster and maintain a sense of legitimacy in war. have always been important to war, but
James Gow clearly defines the relationship between wars James Gow brilliantly demonstrates
and their outcomes, pinpointing the moment when a war how central the issue of not simply
act becomes a war crime, especially within multidimen- being ‘right’ but also ‘wrong’ has
sional combat. Taking an initial, bold step in reconciling become to modern warfare.”
this troubling and taboo issue, Gow provides strategists, —Jan Willem Honig, Swedish National
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Apart
Alienated and Engaged Muslims in the West
Justin Gest
I n v e s t i g at i n g t h e d a i ly p o l i t i c a l l i v e s o f t h e
W e st ’ s m i s u n d e r sto o d M u s l i m co m m u n i t i e s .
22 | fa l l 2010
The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West
Lorenzo Vidino
THE NEW
A remarkable encounter with one of the most MUSLIM
p ow e r f u l a n d co n t r ov e r s i a l m u s l i m o r g a n i -
BROTHER-
z at i o n s i n t h e W e s t.
HOOD
IN THE
In both Europe and North America, organizations tracing WEST
their origins back to the Muslim Brotherhood and other
Islamist movements have rapidly evolved into multifunc-
tional, richly funded organizations. They now compete
to become the major representatives of Western Muslim
communities and government interlocutors. Some ana-
lysts and policy makers see these organizations as posi-
tive forces encouraging integration. Others treat them as
modern-day Trojan horses that feign moderation while
LO R E N ZO V I D I N O
radicalizing Western Muslims.
lyze a movement that is as controversial as it is unknown. West contains a good deal of useful
Conducting in-depth interviews on four continents and factual information and an informed
sourcing documents in ten languages, Vidino shares and balanced analysis of the problems
the history, methods, views, and goals of the Western Western governments face in deal-
Brothers, as well as their phenomenal growth. He then ing with Muslim Brotherhood–linked
flips the perspective, examining the response to these organizations. This very important
groups by Western governments, concentrating specifi- topic has yet to be given the atten-
cally on Great Britain, Germany, and the United States. tion it deserves, and Lorenzo Vidino’s
Highly informed and thoughtfully presented, Vidino’s book fills that gap.”—Jeffrey M. Bale,
relations and the role Islam plays for a variety of uprooted Studies
individuals.
Ir regular Warfare
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East Asia Before the West
Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute
david c . k ang
David C. Kang
east
A d i s t i n c t ly n o n - W e s t e r n ta k e o n i n t e r n a -
t i o n a l r e l at i o n s a n d a n i n d i s p e n s a b l e r e i n -
asia
t e r p r e tat i o n o f a s i a n h i s t o r y a n d p o l i t i c s .
24 | fa l l 2010
Inside the Red Box
North Korea’s Post-totalitarian Politics
Patrick McEachern I N S I D E
a s ta r t l i n g a c c o u n t o f h o w n o r t h ko r e a ' s T H E
r u l i n g c l a s s f o r m s i t s c o n t r o v e r s i a l p o l i c y.
the party. These groups are the first to debate and bargain meticulous study of the inner workings
policy, which is then delivered to Kim and his inner circle of the North Korean policy apparatus.
for a final decision. This mode of rule produces results It is a very useful addition to the lit-
that challenge traditional expectations, but North Korea erature, saying more about what hap-
does not follow a classic totalitarian, personalistic, or cor- pens inside the black box (or red box)
poratist model. Rather than being monolithic, McEachern beyond standard accounts and the per-
argues, the state is decentralized and post-totalitarian, sonality cult of the Kim family.”
and Kim can accept or reject the three options presented —Victor D. Cha, coauthor of Nuclear
to him or pursue his own path. Authority may be central- North Korea: A Debate on Engagement
how this process works and its uniqueness from the to-
talitarian methods of Kim’s father, Kim Il Sung. His re-
search is vital to understanding North Korea’s reactive
policy choices, which continue to bewilder the west.
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From Mao to Market
China Reconfigured
Robin Porter
t h e h i s t o r i c a l a n d c u lt u r a l f o r c e s b e h i n d a
r e m a r k a b l e t r a n s f o r m at i o n t h at d e f i e s p r e c -
e d e n t a n d e x p e c tat i o n .
“From Mao to Market is a well-written Porter begins with China’s social and political develop-
and clearly organized study covering a ment from earliest times to the modern period. He con-
number of important themes relating to cludes with the country today, then steps back to assess
contemporary Chinese development.” the events that have most determined China’s evolution.
—Dylan Sutherland, University He concentrates on the role played by politics and culture
of Nottingham in conditioning every aspect of Chinese life. His analysis
considers the country’s Confucian heritage, orthodoxy
in ideology and law, political command structures, tech-
nological innovation, enterprise management, public
policy and private goals, and the prospects for democracy.
With personal insight and privileged perspective, Porter
clarifies a number of myths and mysteries about modern
China and evaluates the implications of its expansion in
the balance of world power. He provides crucial context
for the “China dimension” that has become so central to
discussions of national and international policy.
26 | fa l l 2010
New Powers
How to Become One and How to Manage Them
Amrita Narlikar
H o w n at i o n s c a n n e g o t i at e a d va n ta g e w h i l e
m a i n ta i n i n g s ta b i l i t y i n a f l at t e n i n g y e t
f r ac t i o u s wo r l d.
established powers may have to contain it. Assessing the when a new power emerges and an old
intentions of new powers and responding appropriately power is challenged. The achievement
is crucial for the maintenance of international peace. In of Amrita Narlikar is to bring analytical
this enlightening study, Amrita Narlikar pinpoints the rigor to the recent emergence of India,
most successful negotiating strategies for rising pow- China, and Brazil, and her insights are
ers. Focusing on three of the most important candidates equally applicable to the historical past
now vying for international recognition—Brazil, China, as to the present. Narlikar steers a deft
and India—she underscores the commonalities in their course between the large-scale issues
diplomatic efforts and isolates the striking differences. of the shifting balance of power and
Her study aids not only emerging players but also the es- the details of negotiating style, which
tablished countries struggling with evolving balances of are so important in mediating the inter-
c u p. c o l u m b i a . e d u | 27
Economy, Difference, Empire
Social Ethics for Social Justice
Eco e, c
ifferen
T h e c e l e b r at e d s o c i a l e t h i c i s t l a u n c h e s a
D
ire
n e w p l at f o r m f o r p r o g r e s s i v e C h r i s t i a n
Emp
t h o u g h t a n d ac t i o n .
28 | fa l l 2010
The Animal Rights Debate Gary L. Francione
Abolition or Regulation? and robert Garner
H o w fa r s h o u l d w e e x t e n d r i g h t s a n d p r o t e c - The
Animal
tions for animals?
Rights
opher of animal-rights theory. Robert Garner is a politi-
cal theorist specializing in the philosophy and politics of
animal protection. Francione maintains that we have no
moral justification for using nonhumans, arguing that
Debate
because animals are property—economic commodities—
laws or industry practices requiring “humane” treatment
will, as a general matter, fail to provide any meaningful
level of protection. Garner favors a version of animal
rights that focuses on eliminating animal suffering Abolition or Regulation?
and adopts a protectionist approach, maintaining that,
although the traditional animal-welfare ethic is philo-
sophically flawed, it can contribute strategically to the
"The Animal Rights Debate presents the
achievement of animal-rights ends.
views of two preeminent thinkers work-
As they spar, Francione and Garner deconstruct the ing on a key debate in the study of the
animal-protection movement in the United States, the moral status of animals—namely, do ani-
United Kingdom, Europe, and elsewhere, discussing mals deserve to be treated well while
the practices of organizations such as PETA, which joins we use them to satisfy our needs and
with McDonald’s and other fast-food chains to “improve” desires, or do animals deserve not to
the slaughter of animals. They also examine American be used to satisfy human desires at all?
and European laws and campaigns from both the rights This is a subject of extremely heated
and welfare perspectives, identifying weaknesses and debate, and Gary L. Francione and
strengths that give shape to future legislation and action. Robert Garner address it as no others
can."—Gary Steiner, Bucknell University
G a ry L . F r a n c i o n e is distinguished professor of law and Nicholas
deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University
School of Law–Newark. He is the author of numerous books and articles
on animal ethics and animals and the law, including Animals as Persons:
Essays on the Abolition of Animal Exploitation.
c u p. c o l u m b i a . e d u | 29
Graphic Women
Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics
Life N a r r at i v e & CoNtemporar y ComiC s Hillary L. Chute
T h e f i r st acco u n t o f au to b i o g r a p h i c a l co m -
i c s b y w o m e n , w h o a r e e x pa n d i n g g r a p h i c n o v -
e l s a n d c h a n g i n g t h e fa c e o f a u t o b i o g r a p h y.
30 | fa l l 2010
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gender, Genre, Parody
^ Carolyn Williams *
Carolyn Williams
GilbertandSullivan
R e p os i t i o n i n g t wo p o p u l a r a r t i sts as f i e r c e
critics of social norms.
Carolyn Williams underscores Gilbert and Sullivan’s "Carolyn Williams highlights what ought
creative and acute understanding of cultural formations. to have been obvious all along about
Anxiety drives the troubled mind in the “nightmare” pat- Gilbert and Sullivan's portrayal of gen-
ter song of Iolanthe and is vividly realized in the sexual der: they are just kidding. Williams
and economic phrasing of Lord Chancellor’s lyrics. The gives these wonderful works the read-
modern body appears automated and performative in the ing they deserve."—Robyn Warhol-
“railway” song of Thespis, mirroring Charlie Chaplin’s fac- Down, Ohio State University
tory worker in the film Modern Times. Williams also illu- "In its details, intelligence, breadth
minates the use of magic in The Sorcerer, the parody of of scholarship, and original archival
nautical melodrama in H.M.S. Pinafore, the ridicule of research, this book offers treasures and
Victorian poetry in Patience, the autoethnography of The a beautifully written, sometimes exhila-
Mikado, the role of gender in Trial by Jury, and the theme rating read. This brilliant, unique con-
of illegitimacy in The Pirates of Penzance. tribution to Victorian studies will prove
to be a benchmark."—Adrienne Munich,
C a r o ly n W i l l i a m s is professor of English at Rutgers University,
Stony Brook University
where she teaches courses on Victorian literature, theater, and cul-
ture. She is the author of Transfigured World: Walter Pater’s Aesthetic
Historicism, as well as numerous essays and articles.
c u p. c o l u m b i a . e d u | 31
Ed Koch and the Rebuilding of
New York City
Koch
nEw YoRK citY
Jonathan Soffer
RE bu i l ding
T h e f u l l s t o r y b e h i n d a p r o v o c at i v e m ayo r
and thE
Ed
who remade a city in crisis.
of
In 1978, Ed Koch assumed control of a city plagued by
filth, crime, bankruptcy, and racial tensions. In 1989, by
the end of his mayoral run and despite the Wall Street
crash of 1987, neighborhoods and infrastructure were
being rebuilt. Unlike many American cities in the
1980s, Koch’s New York was growing, not shrinking.
Gentrification brought new businesses to neglected cor-
ners and converted low-end rental housing to coops and
Jonathan Sof fer condos. Nevertheless, not all the change was positive—
AIDS, crime, homelessness, and violent racial conflict
increased, marking a time of great, if somewhat uneven,
transition.
“Skillfully uses Ed Koch’s administration
For better or worse, Koch’s efforts convinced many New
to tell the story of the city from 1978
Yorkers to embrace a new political order that subsidized
to 1990, a rags-to-riches saga with
business, particularly finance, insurance, and real estate,
many lessons for today’s cities as they
and privatized public space. Each phase of the city’s recov-
cope with enormous financial pressure.
ery required difficult choices between moneyed interests
Whether or not you are a New Yorker,
and social services, forcing Koch to be both a moderate
this marvelously told tale of a mayor
and a pragmatist as he tried to mitigate growing economic
and his city will grip you.”—Lizabeth
inequality. Throughout, Koch’s rough rhetoric (attack-
Cohen, Harvard University
ing his opponents as “crazy,” “wackos,” and “radicals”)
“Well written, accessible, thoughtful, prompted the charge that he was racially divisive. The
and deals with a subject many New first book to recast Koch’s legacy through personal and
Yorkers care deeply about.” mayoral papers, authorized interviews, and oral histories,
—Sven Beckert, author of The Monied this volume plots a history of New York City through two
Metropolis: New York City and rarely studied but crucial decades.
the Consolidation of the American
Bourgeoisie “By thoroughly examining the politics and policies of Ed
Koch’s mayoralty, Jonathan Soffer allows us to see more
clearly the world in which we live.”—Richard Greenwald,
Drew University
32 | fa l l 2010
Perversion for Profit
The Politics of Pornography and the Rise of the New Right
Whitney Strub
WHITNEY STRUB
PERVERSION
h o w s e x a n d p o r n o g r a p h y s h a p e d p o s t wa r
american politics.
FOR
While America is not alone in its ambivalence toward
sex, its preferences swing sharply between toleration and
censure. This pattern has grown even more pronounced
PROFIT
since the 1960s, with the emergence of the New Right and The Politics of
its attack on the “floodtide of filth” supposedly sweeping Pornography
the nation. Antipornography campaigns became the New and the Rise of the
Right’s political capital in the 1960s, laying the ground- New Right
work for the “family values” agenda that shifted the coun-
try to the right. Perversion for Profit traces the anatomy
of this trend, recounting the debates over obscenity that
consumed members of the ACLU in the 1950s, the de-
ployment of obscenity charges against gay media during
the Cold War, and the rise of the influential Citizens for
“Marvelous. Whitney Strub’s geneal-
Decent Literature during the 1960s.
ogy of outrage from comic books to
Whitney Strub illustrates the crucial function of pornog- pornography is utterly original. It’s also
raphy in constructing the New Right agenda, which em- convincingly and responsibly opinion-
phasized social issues over racial and economic inequality. ated and full of life. The chapter on
He situates the fight over obscenity within the politics of feminism and pornography is a mas-
1950s pop culture and the pivotal events that followed: terpiece. It is a landmark chapter, one
the sexual revolution, feminist activism, the “porno chic” of the few historical essays that might
moment of the early 1970s, and resurgent Christian con- actually end a sterile debate.—Rick
servatism, which now shapes public policy far beyond Perlstein, author of Before the Storm:
the issue of sexual decency. Following these battles to the Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of
early months of the Obama administration, Strub isolates the American Consensus
the undercurrents of anticommunist rhetoric that once “Ranging from Los Angeles to Memphis
powered the antipornography movement and continues to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and numer-
to permeate political discourse. Connecting the lowest ous small towns throughout the nation,
forms of entertainment to the highest levels of govern- Strub has done an admirable job of
ment, he revolutionizes our understanding of sex and situating his analysis in the local arenas
American politics. where these battles frequently take
place. Persuasive and very important.”
W h i t n e y S t r u b is an assistant professor of history at Rutgers
—Andrea Friedman, author of Prurient
University.
Interests: Gender, Democracy, and
Obscenity in New York City, 1909–1945
c u p. c o l u m b i a . e d u | 33
Reforming the International Financial
System for Development
Edited by Jomo Kwame Sundaram
S e t t i n g a n e w a g e n d a f o r c o o p e r at i o n , r e g u -
l at i o n , a n d r e f o r m .
34 | fa l l 2010
Accounting for Value
Stephen Penman
R e t u r n i n g t o t h e r o o t s o f q u a l i t y a n a ly s i s
f o r a b e t t e r a s s e s s m e n t o f f i n a n c i a l va l u e .
beware of paying too much for growth—to reestablish important but otherwise unreconciled
the parameters of good analysis. He compares fair-value themes, enhancing our conceptual
accounting and historical-cost accounting; describes the understanding of the nature and use-
anchoring of cash flows, book value, and earnings; and fulness of accounting in valuation.
details the failure of modern finance to correctly assess Stephen Penman also updates the
value. He concludes with fundamental strategies for ac- Benjamin Graham school of investment
counting for value and a bold proposal for assessing the thought by incorporating changes in
cost of capital. Altogether, Penman’s text is an essential the economy, accounting, and financial
tool for interpreting the greatest financial challenges of modeling.”—Stephen Ryan, New York
our time: the stock market bubble of the 1990s, the credit University, Stern School of Business
c u p. c o l u m b i a . e d u | 35
Politics of Culture and the Spirit of Critique
Dialogues
Edited by Alfredo Gomez-Muller and
Politics
of
Gabriel Rockhill
Culture
J u d i t h B u t l e r , C o r n e l W e s t, A x e l H o n n e t h ,
and the a n d o t h e r s o n p o l i t i c s , c u lt u r e , a n d c r i t i c a l
Spirit of t h e o r y.
Critique
T h e p s yc h i c l i f e o f v i o l e n t h i s t o r i e s a s e x p e -
haunting
r i e n c e d by au t h o r s a n d ot h e r s w h o i n h e r i t legacies
violent histories and
transgenerational trauma
them.
Schwab’s texts include memoirs (Ruth Kluger’s Still study, Gabrielle Schwab breaks new
Alive and Marguerite Duras’s La Douleur), second-gen- ground in the study of trauma and its
(Geroges Perec’s W, Art Spiegelman’s Maus, and Philippe so through a special focus on the long-
Germans (W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz, Sabine Reichel’s What the generations of both victims and
Did You Do in the War, Daddy?, and Ursula Duba’s Tales perpetrators.”—Michael Levine, Rutgers
from a Child of the Enemy). She also incorporates her own University
G a b r i e l e S c h wa b is Chancellor’s Professor of
P h oto : Tom Boellstorff
c u p. c o l u m b i a . e d u | 37
Barbarous Philosophers
Reflections on the Nature of War From Heraclitus to
Heisenberg
Christopher Coker
R e p o s i t i o n i n g wa r n o t a s a n at u r a l p h e n o m -
e n o n b u t a s a n i n v e n t i o n o f p h i l o s o p h y.
“Like Plato synthesizing Parmenides’ Nevertheless, this is not a book on the philosophical un-
world of eternal being and Heraclitus’s derpinnings of war but on the particular problems we
world of constant change, Christopher face while fighting war today. Guided by the work of sev-
Coker compels his readers to think enteen major thinkers, Coker examines the belief that war
through what Clausewitz and Sun is a continuation, rather than a negation, of politics by
called the enduring yet ever-changing other means; the idea that we should respect those who
character of war. A splendid introduc- don’t respect us; the notion that war can help a soldier re-
tion for specialists and nonspecialists affirm his humanity; and the odd fact that peace remains
alike.”—Karl F. Walling, United States a contested concept. Coker draws on sixteen philosophers
Naval War College who have tackled war directly and intensely in their writ-
ing. Each chapter begins with an epigram distilling the
essence of a chosen philosopher’s thinking on war and
uses it as a prism through which to analyze the aspects of
war most relevant to contemporary combat.
38 | fa l l 2010
The Shift
Israel-Palestine from Border Struggle to Ethnic Conflict
Menachem Klein
Since 2000, the Israeli army has increased the size and
strength of its operations in occupied territories. These
activities, matched with an unprecedented rise in the con-
struction of Jewish settlements, have irrevocably changed
the relationship between Palestinians and Israelis. As
Menachem Klein sees it, what was once a border conflict
has now become an ethnic struggle, with Jewish Israel
establishing an ethno-security regime from Jordan to the
Mediterranean, facilitated and accelerated by the recent
results of elections in Israel, the United States, and the
territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
In a bold challenge to those who claim Israel has done “The strongest part of this book is its
nothing more than pursue a framework of “occupation,” material on settlers and its analysis of
Klein identifies a radical shift that has put ethnicity at the how they have become stitched into
center of its security initiatives. Even Israeli citizens of the military and bureaucratic fabric of
Palestinian origin are at risk of becoming targets. Klein both sides of the 1967 ‘border.’ Readers
closely reads the legal and political apparatus cocooning get a sense of the ideological forces
Israel’s shrinking Jewish majority. Within this system, ‘from below’ that drive ‘radical’ set-
Palestinians have been divided into several categories tlers, as well as a sense of the powerful
with different privileges. Grounding his work in pri- political and military structures that
mary sources and hard-to-find statistics, Klein completes help them continue to expand.”—John
a groundbreaking, unflinching study that portrays the Chalcraft, London School of Economics
realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He ultimately
“A must read for would-be peacemakers
argues that a single, nonethnic state is not the best solu-
and analysts who traverse the tough
tion and supports a two-state compromise, as difficult as
terrain of the much-too-promised land.
it may be, since it is the only viable way to peace.
Menachem Klein has written a bril-
c u p. c o l u m b i a . e d u | 39
A History of Finland A History of Namibia
Directions, Structures, Turning Points From the Earliest Times to 1990
Henrik Meinander Marion Wallace, with John Kinahan
Translated from Swedish by Tom Geddes
A n o r i g i n a l acco u n t o f a co u n t ry ’ s
h a s a lway s f o l l o w e d i t s o w n l e a d . w i t h co lo n i a l i s m .
Henrik Meinander completes a brisk and bold John Kinahan begins with Namibia’s early
portrait of Finland, recounting its early begin- human activity and concludes with the arrival
nings as a member of the Swedish kingdom to of German colonialism in the nineteenth cen-
its later years as an autonomous Grand Duchy tury. Marion Wallace follows with migration,
within the Russian empire. It concludes with production, and power in the precolonial period,
Finland’s gradual transformation into a con- changes triggered by European expansion, and
scious nation and its current flourishing as an the dynamics of formal colonialism. She relates
independent, modernized state. Meinander the full experience of German rule, including
concentrates on the Baltic region, connecting the genocide of 1904–1908 and the wars of
his history to major turning points in Europe’s central and southern Namibia. Final chapters
social, political, and structural development. He discuss African nationalism, apartheid, war
blends politics, economy, and culture to illumi- between 1946 and 1990, and the development
nate how other countries have utilized Finland’s of Namibia since independence.
natural resources and have coopted its cultural “An excellent history of Namibia, accessible to a
heritage and technological innovations. wide readership and to many historians and his-
tory students with an interest in colonialism and
H e n r i k M e i n a n d e r is professor of history at the
University of Helsinki.
liberation in Africa.”—Alan Barnard, University of
Edinburgh
To m G e dd e s has translated numerous novels and biogra-
phies from Swedish and Norwegian into English.
M ar i o n Wa l l ac e is African curator at the British Library.
$37.50s cloth 978-0-231-70192-1
40 | fa l l 2010
Emirati Women
Generations of Change Jane Bristol-rhys
Jane Bristol-Rhys
Emirati
T h e U n i t e d A r a b E m i r at e s ’ m o s t v u l n e r a b l e
p o p u l at i o n s p e a k a b o u t t h e i r n e w f o u n d
Women
Generations of ChanGe
s tat u s .
The pattern of Abu Dhabi’s phenomenal growth can be countries that conveys the worldview of
traced throughout the United Arab Emirates, yet con- the local people through oral narratives.
sumption hasn’t cast the Emirates in a very favorable light. That is exactly what this book accom-
Both at home and abroad, many have accused Emirati cit- plishes, giving a voice to those who are
izens of violating the limits of taste and tolerance. Emirati otherwise marginalized and ignored,
Women offers a rare perspective on the lives of those who thereby revealing a fascinating world.”
have been affected most by the Emirates’ rise in power. —Wanda Krause, School of Oriental and
c u p. c o l u m b i a . e d u | 41
The Implied Spider
THE IMPLIED SPIDER Politics and Theology in Myth
P O L I T I C S A N D THEOLOGY IN MYTH
U P D A T E D W I TH A NEW PREFACE
Updated with a New Preface
Wendy Doniger
“By analyzing the political, theologi- brings to her study a wealth of story and folklore from
cal, and psychological structures of many different traditions, exploring creatively the enduring
the sacred stories of various cultures role of myth through time and across cultures.”
to Star Trek, Doniger shows how myths “A timely meditation on what comparative studies might
create a shared interdisciplinary narra- mean . . . a cross-cultural comparison of different stories
tive of all human creatures. . . . Ranging from different areas of the world, different tribes, different
widely, she offers a detailed, scholarly languages.”—London Review of Books
account.”—Library Journal
W e n dy D o n i g e r is Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor
of the History of Religions in the Divinity School at the University of
Chicago. Her books include Dreams, Illusions, and Other Realities; Other
Peoples’ Myths; The Cave of Echoes; and the English-language edition
of Yves Bonnefoy’s Mythologies.
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The Demon at Agi Bridge and Other
Japanese Tales
Edited by Haruo Shirane
Translated by Burton Watson
W i l d ly i m a g i n at i v e s t o r i e s r e f l e c t i n g t h e
m u lt i fa c e t e d w o r l d o f m e d i e va l J a pa n .
c u p. c o l u m b i a . e d u | 43
Humans, Beasts, and Ghosts
Stories and Essays
Stories and Essays Qian Zhongshu
Edited by Christopher G. Rea
E a r ly w r i t i n g s b y a n i n g e n i o u s w i t a n d e xc e p -
t i o n a l s t y l i s t.
W e atherhead B o oks on As ia
44 | fa l l 2010
The Curious Tale of Mandogi’s Ghost
Kim Sŏk-pŏm
Translated by Cindi Textor
A s u bv e r s i v e n ov e l a b o u t t h e t r au m a o f co lo -
n i a l i s m a n d t h e p o w e r o f r e s i s ta n c e .
c u p. c o l u m b i a . e d u | 45
Genetic Justice
P r e v i o u s ly A n n o u n c e d , N o w Ava i l a b l e
GENETIC
A p r o v o c at i v e r e c o n s i d e r at i o n o f DNA’ s i n fa l -
libility and its role in the courts.
JUSTICE
National DNA databanks were initially established to cata-
logue the identities of violent criminals and sex offenders.
However, since the mid-1990s, forensic DNA databanks
have expanded in some states and nations to include all
people who have been arrested, regardless of whether
SHEL DON K RIMSK Y and they’ve been charged or convicted of a crime.
46 | fa l l 2010
The Worst-Kept Secret
P r e v i o u s ly A n n o u n c e d , N o w Ava i l a b l e
Israel’s Bargain with the Bomb
the
Avner Cohen
worst-kept
secret
B r e a k i n g I s r a e l’ s co d e o f n u c l e a r s i l e n c e .
Author of the critically acclaimed Israel and the Bomb, ‘resolve’ and ‘caution’ in Israeli policy,
Avner Cohen offers a bold and original study of this politi- an understanding that has been absent
cally explosive subject. Arguing that the bargain has be- in many other studies.”—Alan Dowty,
c u p. c o l u m b i a . e d u | 47
The Novelist’s Lexicon
P r e v i o u s ly A n n o u n c e d , N o w Ava i l a b l e
a . S . byat t • P é t E r E S t E r h à z y •
E tG a r K E r E t • J o n at h a n l E t h E m •
da n i E l m E n d E l S o h n •
E d i t E d by V i l l a G i l l E t/ L e M o n d e
E n r i q u E V i l a- m ata S •
a n d m a n y ot h E r S
J o n at h a n L e t h e m , R i c k M o o dy, A . S . B yat t a n d
o t h e r s o f f e r a fa s c i n at i n g p o r ta l i n t o t h e
h e a r t o f t h e n ov e l .
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T H E L AT E A G E O F P R I N T
Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control
How Women Got Their Curves and The Late Age of Print
Other Just-So Stories Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to
Evolutionary Enigmas Control
book. Refreshing in the extreme.”—John Alcock, how reading and writing will be conducted in the
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“A skillfully written, meticulously researched account
of a real-life tragedy that reads like a fast-paced crime novel.”
—Bob Schieffer, chief Washington correspondent, CBS News
“A valuable reminder of the tragic story of Don “An excellent presentation of what can happen
Hollenbeck—a brilliant journalist crushed in the when intelligent, open minds sit down together
horror of McCarthyism.”—Walter Cronkite with the goal of mutual understanding and
betterment.”—PsyCritiques
Loren Ghiglione recounts the fascinating life
and tragic suicide of Don Hollenbeck, the con- For more than a decade, a group of world-class
troversial newscaster who became a primary scientists, philosophers, and Buddhist scholars
target of McCarthyism. have met regularly to explore the intersection
between science and the spirit. Pier Luigi Luisi
“Engrossing.”—Booklist
reproduces this dramatic, cross-cultural dia-
“Ghiglione’s attention to detail and use of numer- logue and its holistic approach to the scientific
ous personal interviews make this both a compel- exploration of reality. He also adds scientific
ling biography and a rich contextual history of background to each presentation and supple-
the McCarthy era.”—Library Journal mentary discussions with prominent partici-
pants and attendees.
“A solid piece of media history, enthusiastically
recommended.”—The Midwest Book Review “A pleasure to read.”—Buddhadharma
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n e w i n pa p e r
Guobin Yang
s t e p h e n f. c o h e n
The Power of The
InTerneT In chIna
cITIzen acTIvIsm onlIne
Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives The Power of the Internet in China
From Stalinism to the New Cold War Citizen Activism Online
Stephen F. Cohen Guobin Yang
With a New Introduction by the Author With a New Afterword by the Author
“A brilliant and important book. Stephen F. “An in-depth look at the explosion of Internet use
Cohen is one of the world’s foremost thinkers in China and the dramatic political and cultural
about Russia—its past, present, and future.” changes it has enabled.”—Governor Howard Dean
—Dan Rather
Guobin Yang maps a range of contentious forms
In seven groundbreaking essays, Stephen and practices linked to Chinese cyberspace, por-
F. Cohen questions conventional assump- traying the Chinese Internet as a dynamic arena
tions about the course of Soviet history, the of creativity, community, conflict, and control.
fall of communism, and the effect of Russia’s Like much contemporary protest, Yang argues,
policies at home and abroad. He argues that Chinese online activism derives its methods
Washington was the first to squander the op- and vitality from multiple, intersecting forces,
portunity for a fundamentally new, post–Cold and state efforts at constraint have only led to
War U.S.-Russian relationship, and he presents more creative subversion. Yang’s vivid portrait
a radical new approach to future partnership. of immense social change captures a new era in
informational politics.
“A clearheaded yet impassioned plea to set on
its proper track a relationship that is essential to “Boundary-breaking.”—Understanding Society
global order in the twenty-first century.”—Current
“Essential.”—Far Eastern Economic Review
History
“The best account available of this experimen-
“Cohen offers us a lesson and a solution that is
tation, innovation, and social change.”—Craig
at once simple and of priceless value.”—World
Calhoun, president, Social Science Research
Policy Blog
Council
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The ISRAELI
SECRET SERVICES
& THE STRUGGLE
AGAINST
TERRORISM
A M I P E DA H Z U R
around the world struggling to confront terror.” critical tipping points, Milam’s book could not be
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AdriAnA cAvArero
horrorism
nAming contemporAry violence
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A Tragedy of Democracy
Japanese Confinement in North America
GREG ROBINSON
“Deftly merges the Pacific Rim experience into “[A] brilliant masterpiece.”—American Historical
one coherent magnum opus.”—Nichi Bei Times Review
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n e w i n pa p e r
cup
Mary-Jane Rubenstein
society and t h e
communication in the m u l t i v o i c e d
age of diversity b o d y
Strange Wonder
•
the cloSure of metaphySicS
and the opening of aWe fred evans
“A very fine combination of lucid exposition of “The kind of book that establishes new, more
extremely intractable material, meticulous schol- interdisciplinary fields of study in social-political
arship, and a genuinely original contribution philosophy.”—Journal of Philosophy
to burning issues in contemporary philosophy,
theology, and philosophical theology.”—Denys By envisioning the public as a multivoiced body,
Turner, Yale University Fred Evans offers a solution to the dilemma
of diversity. The multivoiced body is one and
Mary-Jane Rubenstein locates a reopening of many—heterogeneous voices that separate and
wonder’s primordial uncertainty in the work of bind themselves together through their con-
Martin Heidegger, for whom wonder is first ex- tinuous and creative interplay. By focusing on
perienced as the shock at the groundlessness of this notion, Evans shows how we can valorize
things and then as an astonishment that things the solidarity, diversity, and richness of society
nevertheless are. She traces this double move- and resist the urge to raise a single discourse to
ment through Emmanuel Levinas, Jean-Luc the level of “one true God,” “pure race,” or some
Nancy, and Jacques Derrida, ultimately thema- other “oracle.” To build his argument, he draws
tizing wonder as the awesome, awful opening on the major figures and themes of analytic and
that exposes thinking to devastation as well as continental philosophy, as well as modernist,
transformation. In Rubenstein’s study, wonder postmodernist, postcolonial, and feminist dis-
reveals the extraordinary in and through the courses.
ordinary and is crucial to reimagining political,
“The breadth and scope of this book are
religious, and ethical thought.
dazzling.”—Kelly Oliver, Vanderbilt University
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Not
Being
God
A Collaborative
Autobiography
Gianni Vattimo
with Piergiorgio Paterlini
Translated by William McCuaig
Memoir/Personal Journey
“Speaking from the heart of Vattimo, this
Merging her travels in Nepal with the tensions book is often very funny and reads like a
home, Ann Armbrecht explores the sacredness tion to the important work of a master thinker
of the places that lie between internal and exter- of postmodernism.”—Jean Grondin, author of
nal landscapes, the self and others, and the self Introduction to Philosophical Hermeneutics
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Triumph of Order One Hundred Poets, One Beyond the Final Score
Democracy and Public Space in Poem Each The Politics of Sport in Asia
New York and London A Translation of the Ogura Victor D. Cha
Lisa Keller Hyakunin Isshu
Peter McMillan “A profound study of the cul-
“Offers smart insights into how Foreword by Donald Keene tural and political dynamics of
a city defines quality of life.” the Asia-Pacific region.”
—New York Times “Vivid emotions.”—Time, Asia —Taiwan Today
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The Columbia Anthology of Modern
reference
Chinese Drama
Edited and with an introduction by Xiaomei
T H E C o L U m B I a a N T H o L o G Y o F
Chen MODERN
C H I N E S E
The first of its kind in English, this anthology reproduces D RA M A
twenty-two popular plays from 1919 to 2000, accompa-
E D I T E D B Y
X I a o m E I C H E N
Early-twentieth-century Chinese drama embodies the “A great piece of historical and analyti-
uncertainty and anxiety brought on by modernism, social- cal scholarship, evincing a breadth of
ism, political conflict, and war. After 1949, the PRC the- history and depth of ideological cri-
ater paints a complex portrait of the rise of communism tique hard to find in critics preoccupied
in China, with the ideals of Chinese socialism juxtaposed with body and performance. The plays
against the sacrifices made for a new society. The Cultural are not simply material for historical
Revolution promoted a “model theater” cultivated from survey; their line-up forms an argument
the achievements of earlier, leftist spoken drama, despite on China’s pursuit of modernity, social
the fact that this theater rose from the destruction of old justice, and equality.”
culture. Post-Mao drama addresses the Chairman’s leg- —Ban Wang, Stanford University
acy and the attempts made by a wounded nation to reex-
amine its cultural roots. Taiwan’s spoken drama uniquely
synthesizes regional and foreign traditions, and Hong
Kong’s spoken drama sparkles as a hybrid of Chinese and
Western influences. Immensely valuable for scholars of
cross-disciplinary, comparative, and performance study,
this anthology identifies China’s place within global cul-
ture and economy.
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Classical Arabic Stories
reference
An Anthology
Edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi
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The Columbia History of the Vietnam War
reference
The columbia hisTory
Edited by David L. Anderson
of the vieTnam war
Edited by
John Prados (National Security Archive) and Eric two generations. A lineup of the field’s
Bergerud (Naval Postgraduate School) devote their es- heavyweights.”—Seth Jacobs, Boston
(California State University, Monterey Bay) and Robert “An excellent overview of the major
Brigham (Vassar College) explore the war’s impact on issues and events of the war while pay-
Vietnamese women and urban culture. Melvin Small ing great attention to both American
(Wayne State University) recounts the domestic ten- and Vietnamese perspectives. Written
sions created by America’s involvement in Vietnam, and by some of the most outstanding schol-
Kenton Clymer (Northern Illinois University) follows the ars of the conflict.”—Joseph G. Morgan,
spread of the war to Laos and Cambodia. Concluding es- Iona College
says by Robert Schulzinger (University of Colorado) and
George Herring (University of Kentucky) trace the legacy
of the war and diagnose the symptoms of the “Vietnam
Syndrome” evident in later U.S. foreign policy debates.
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The Invention of International The Primacy of the Political
P o l i t i c s / C u r r e n t A f fa i r s
All Rights: Columbia University Press Columbi a Studi es i n P oli ti cal Thought / P oli ti cal Hi story
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After Evil Rethinking Islamophobia
P o l i t i c s / C u r r e n t Aff a i r s
A Politics of Human Rights Edited by Salman Sayyid and
Robert Meister Abdulkaroom Vakil
“The rare work of a genuine thinker, one who While the concept of “Islamophobia” has
permits no phenomenon, discourse, event, or gained traction since 9/11, its meaning and im-
category of analysis to be assumed or left plications vary widely among political, religious,
uninterrogated. There is no question about this and intellectual groups. Many disagree over the
book’s brilliance, profundity, intellectual range, kind of experiences that should be viewed as
and originality of argument. It makes most other Islamophobic, and they argue over the labeling
contemporary political theory books pale.” of certain security measures as Islamophobic,
—Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley the claim that imprisoning terrorists is an insti-
tutionalization of Islamophobia, and the belief
Contemporary human rights discourse speaks that attacks on Muslims in Western democra-
about past evils, such as the Holocaust or the cies is a manifestation of Islamophobia.
Cold War, in such a way that they are commit-
ted solidly to the past. Termed “transitional” International in scope, Thinking Through
justice, this technique allows future genera- Islamophobia investigates the genesis and
tions to move forward, but the false assumption use of this concept in a variety of contexts.
of closure enables those who are guilty to elude Contributors relate the phenomenon to such
responsibility, and those who seek redress find prejudicial practices as racism and anti-Semi-
themselves denied justice indefinitely. tism yet insist that Islamophobia is more than
a polemical term relating to reactionaries and
This approach to history doesn’t presuppose extremists. Instead, these essays lay out a le-
evil ends when justice begins. Rather, it as- gitimate framework for defining and under-
sumes that the time before justice is the mo- standing Islamophobia free from the debates
ment to put evil in the past. Merging examples that threaten to consume it. They also uniquely
from literature and history, Robert Meister con- engage with the overlooked ways that the rights
fronts the problem of closure and the resolution of Muslims have been challenged in countries
of historical injustice. He boldly challenges the across the world.
empty moral logic of “never again,” or the the-
oretical reduction of evil to a cycle of violence Sa l m a n Sayy i d is the director of the Centre of Ethnicity
and counterviolence broken down once evil is and Racism Studies at the University of Leeds. He is the
author of A Fundamental Fear: Eurocentrism and the
remembered for what it was. Meister calls out
Emergence of Islamism and coeditor of A Postcolonial
such methods for their cruelty and suscepti- People: South Asians in Britain.
bility to exploitation. Specifically, he follows
A b d u l ka r o o m Va k i l is a lecturer in the Department of
“never again” in relation to Auschwitz and its
Portuguese Studies at King’s College, University of London.
evolution into a twenty-first-century doctrine of
Responsibility to Protect.
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Globalized Arts The Anarchic Sea
P o l i t i c s / C u r r e n t Aff a i r s
The Entertainment Economy and Cultural Maritime Security in the Twenty-First Century
Identity Dave Sloggett
J. P. Singh
Recently the sea has become the locus of in-
“A subtle and well-honed sense of the benefits ternational terrorism and transnational crime,
of cultural globalization while remaining sensi- with the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and
tive to potential drawbacks. I found wisdom on people monopolizing the resources of govern-
every page.”—Tyler Cowen, author of Creative ments and agencies. These threats have united
Destruction: How Globalization is Changing the otherwise disparate countries in the fight to
World’s Culture secure the ocean’s trade and traffic. Yet the ef-
fort to control maritime activity can also give
Our interactive world can take a cultural prod- rise to great tension and conflict, as in the fight
uct, such as a Hollywood film, Bollywood song, over Spratley and Paracel Islands in the South
or Latin American telenovela, and transform it China Sea and the Lomonosov Ridge in the
into a source of cultural anxiety. Film, music, Arctic Ocean. The dwindling of natural resourc-
television, and the performing arts enter the es might also force the world’s navies to battle
same networks of exchange as other industries, over economically vital sea lanes—the growth
and the anxiety they produce informs a fascinat- of such forces across the world being one sign
ing area of study not only for art and culture but of imminent conflict. The development of
also for global politics. military capacity always increases the possibil-
ity of abuse. The Anarchic Sea maps the terrain
Focusing on the confrontation between global
of modern maritime security through seven
politics and symbolic creative expression, J. P.
dimensions, concluding with suggestions for
Singh shows how, by integrating themselves
integrating individual components into a cohe-
into international markets, entertainment in-
sive, more efficient protective network.
dustries give rise to far-reaching cultural anxiet-
ies. With examples from Hollywood, Bollywood,
“A most timely, comprehensive, and relevant
French grand opera, Latin American television,
study of the challenges and considerations sur-
West African music, postcolonial literature, and
rounding maritime security.”—Sym Taylor, former
even the Thai sex trade, Singh cites both the at-
commander, Royal Navy
tempt to address cultural discomfort and the ef-
fort to deny entertainment acts as cultural. He Dav e S lo g g e t t is a senior associate analyst working
connects creative expression to clashes between with Dryad Maritime Intelligence Service and holds visit-
national identities, and he details the effect of ing research posts at the Centre for Defence Studies, Kings
College London, York University, and the United Kingdom
cultural policies, such as institutional patron-
Defence Academy. He is also a visiting lecturer at the NATO
age and economic incentives, on the making
School in Oberammergau and has nearly forty years of ex-
and incorporation of art into the global market. perience in the field of intelligence and international secu-
Ultimately, Singh shows how these issues im- rity.
pact debates on cultural trade.
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After Pluralism Religion, the Enlightenment, and the
religion
Reimagining Religious Engagement New Global Order
Edited by Courtney Bender and Edited by John M. Owen and
Pamela E. Klassen J. Judd Owen
“The first volume to bring together scholars from Largely because of the cultural and political
a variety of fields whose work critically examines shift of the Enlightenment, Western societies
the genealogy of secularism and its relationship emerged from sectarian conflict and embraced
to pluralism, the potentially negative implications a more religiously moderate path. In nine origi-
and underlying assumptions of tolerance, and nal essays, leading scholars ask whether the
the naturalized hegemony of the law vis-à-vis Enlightenment can quell today's tensions be-
religion in liberal democracies. Probably the most tween politically active religions. Contributors
ambitious and influential effort to map out reli- begin with the Enlightenment’s restructuring of
gious pluralism in the United States.”—Nathaniel the West, examining its past and future encoun-
Deutsch, University of California, Santa Cruz ters with Protestant and Catholic Christianity,
Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism. While strongly
While acknowledging the importance of diversi- attuned to the difficulties of implementing the
ty, the contributors to this volume instead treat principles of the Enlightenment worldwide,
religious pluralism as historically and ideologi- these scholars ultimately believe its elements
cally produced, its doctrine having embedded have a necessary place within the new global
itself within a range of political, civic, and cul- order. Their approach treats conflict as a means
tural institutions. Working comparatively across to cooperation and sees religious commitment
nations and disciplines, these essays explore as a bolster, instead of a detriment, to political
pluralism as a “term of art” that determines civility. Ultimately, they collapse both the claim
the norms of identity and the parameters of ex- that the West’s experience offers a ready-made
change, encounter, and conflict. They question template for the world to follow and the belief
the assumptions and power relations underly- that the West’s achievements are to be ignored,
ing pluralism’s discourse and its influence on despised, or discarded.
the legal decisions that have shaped modern re-
ligious practice. Having established the geneal- C o n t r i b u t o r s : Jean Bethke Elshtain (University of
ogy and effects of pluralism, contributors then Chicago); William A. Galston (University of Maryland);
generate a new set of questions for engaging Sohail H. Hashmi (Mount Holyoke); David Novak
(University of Toronto); Pratap Bhanu Mehta (Center
the collective worlds and multiple registers in
for Policy Research, New Delhi); John M. Owen; J. Judd
which religion operates. Owen; Thomas L. Pangle (University of Texas at Austin);
Roberto Papini (LUMSA University); Abdulaziz Sachedina
C o u r t n e y B e n d e r is associate professor of reli-
(University of Virginia); John Witte Jr. (Emory University)
gion at Columbia University and the author of The New
Metaphysicals: Spirituality and the American Religious
J o h n M . Ow e n is associate professor of politics and fac-
Imagination.
ulty fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture
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The Other Cold War The Curse of Berlin
history
Heonik Kwon Africa and the World After the Cold War
Adekeye Adebajo
"This book is a history, not of the end of the Cold
War, but of the process of its ending, both locally At the 1884–1885 Conference of Berlin, a collec-
and globally. It is a rich and compelling account tion of states, mostly European, established the
of that complex period."—Marilyn B. Young, New partition of Africa. The “Curse,” as the confer-
York University ence has come to be called, is the grounding
theme of Adekeye Adebajo’s trenchant study,
In this conceptually bold project, Heonik Kwon though his guiding focus is the development of
uses anthropology to interrogate the Cold War’s Africa in the years after the Cold War.
cultural and historical narratives. Adopting a
truly panoramic view of local politics and in- Adebajo opens with Africa’s quest for security,
ternational events, he challenges the notion featuring essays on the continent’s political
that the Cold War was a global struggle fought institutions, such as the African Union and
uniformly around the world and that the end of subregional bodies. He follows with chapters
the war marked a radical, universal rupture in on the United Nations and its operations in
modern history. Africa, particularly its political, peacekeeping,
and socioeconomic missions. Adebajo includes
Incorporating comparative ethnographic study two rare profiles of the secretary generals who
into a thorough analysis of the period, Kwon worked with the UN from 1992 to 2006: Egypt’s
upends cherished ideas about the global and Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Ghana’s Kofi Annan.
their hold on contemporary social science. His Africa’s pursuit of representative leadership
narrative describes the slow decomposition of informs the next section, with essays examin-
a complex social and political order involving ing the hegemonic influence of South Africa,
a number of local and culturally creative pro- Nigeria, China, France, and the United States.
cesses. While the nations of Europe and North Concluding chapters discuss Africa’s search
America experienced the Cold War as a time for unity, exploring the direct and indirect im-
of “long peace,” postcolonial nations entered a pact of Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Kwame
different reality altogether, characterized by vi- Nkrumah, Cecil Rhodes, Barack Obama, and
cious civil wars and other exceptional forms of Mahatma Gandhi.
violence. Arguing that these events should be
integrated into any account of the era, Kwon “Adekeye Adebajo is one of the brightest of his
captures the first sociocultural portrait of the generation of Africanists, and this book not only
Cold War in all its subtlety and diversity. displays his deep knowledge of the continent
but also his considerable flair and enthusiasm.
H e o n i k Kwo n is reader in anthropology at the London
A must read for all scholars working on African
School of Economics and author of Ghosts of War in
international relations.”—James Mayall, University
Vietnam and After the Massacre: Commemoration and
of Cambridge
Consolation in Ha My and My Lai.
Colu mb i a St ud i e s i n I nt ernat ional and Global History All Rights: Hurst & Co
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German Colonialism Mercenaries, Pirates, Bandits, and
history
Race, the Holocaust, and Postwar Germany Empires
Edited by Volker Langbehn and Private Violence in Historical Context
Mohammad Salama Edited by Alejandro Colás and
Bryan Mabee
More than half a century before the mass execu-
tions of the Holocaust, Germany devastated the “Well conceived and consistent with the growing
peoples of southwestern Africa. While colonial- literature on international relations’ alternative
ism might seem marginal to German history, expressions and forms.”—Michael Innes, Leeds
controversial new scholarship compares the University
acts of this period with Nazi practices on the
Eastern and Western fronts. Incidents of private violence were once dis-
missed as relics of a less evolved world, but the
Drawing on the most recent research con- international activities of terrorists, insurgents,
cerning the “continuity thesis,” the chapters private military companies, and pirates have
in this collection debate connections between brought the phenomenon back to global promi-
German colonialist activities and the behavior nence. Interpreting these acts through their
of Germany during World War II. Some argue individual historical contexts, this collection
that the country’s domination of southwestern traces the development of private violence and
Africa gave rise to perceptions of racial differ- conducts a comparative analysis of its growth
ence and superiority at home, contributing across different geographical planes. Nine
to a nascent nationalism that blossomed into comprehensive chapters recount the making
National Socialism and the Holocaust, while of pirates, privateers, mercenaries, warlords,
others remain skeptical about the connection. bandits, and smugglers—groups of men (and,
Contributors merge Germany’s colonial past occasionally, women) who commit violence
with debates over the country’s identity and his- outside or on the borders of state authority.
tory and compare its colonial crimes with other Contributors sample from political anthropol-
European ventures. Issues discussed range ogy and economy, historical sociology, and in-
from the denial or marginalization of German ternational relations, underscoring the way in
genocide to the place of colonialism and the which private violence both threatens existing
Holocaust within German-Israel postwar rela- social orders and empowers established politi-
tions. Authors also compare the legacy of geno- cal authorities. They denaturalize the idea that
cide in both Europe and Africa. national states are the true, dominant actors in
the global sphere, examining the contradictory
Vo lker L angbehn teaches German in the Department of
Foreign Languages and Literatures at San Francisco State
yet complex interactions among nonstate vio-
University. lence, authority, and political mobilization.
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Policing Economic Crime in Russia Reds at the Blackboard
history
From Soviet Planned Economy to Privatization Communism, Civil Rights, and the New York City
Gilles Favarel-Garrigues Teachers Union
Translated by Roger Leverdier Clarence Taylor
“A valuable contribution to the existing litera- The New York City Teachers Union shares a
ture on crime, policing, and economic reform in deep history with the American left. Established
late-Soviet/post-Soviet Russia.”—Brian Taylor, in 1916, the union maintained an early, unoffi-
Syracuse University cial partnership with the American Communist
Party, staffing key positions with members
From Brezhnev to Yeltsin, Gilles Favarel- sympathetic to party goals. Clarence Taylor re-
Garrigues explores the management of eco- counts this pivotal relationship and its backlash,
nomic crime in Russia, recasting the history as the union threw its support behind contro-
of the “criminal problem” that has tainted versial policies and rights movements. Taylor’s
Russian politics since the late 1980s. In the research reaffirms the party’s close ties with the
closing decades of the Soviet regime, short- union yet, at the same time, makes clear that
ages of goods and services precipitated a rapid the organization was anything but a puppet of
increase in black market and underground communist power.
practices, visible to all yet wholly illegal. Favarel-
Garrigues explains why certain cases were Reds at the Blackboard showcases the rise of a
selected for prosecution and why particular unique type of unionism that would later domi-
funds and manpower were deployed to combat nate the organizational efforts to promote civil
“economic crime.” Law enforcement agencies rights, academic freedom, and the empower-
were also charged with stemming the fallout ment of blacks and Latinos. Through its affili-
from Mikhail Gorbachev’s liberal economic ation with the Communist Party, the union
reforms. Russia’s judicial framework proved pioneered social-movement unionism, solidi-
too obsolete to deal with far-reaching economic fying ties with labor groups, black and Latino
change, tempting many in law enforcement to parents, and civil rights organizations. During
privatize their professional know-how. Drawing this period, the union established a model
on firsthand research with both criminals and parent-teacher partnership that has yet to be
policemen, Favarel-Garrigues scrupulously duplicated. It also militantly fought to improve
investigates the changing face of criminal law working conditions for teachers while cham-
and its practice before and after the fall of the pioning broader social concerns. Taylor also
Soviet state. recounts how anti-Semitism and McCarthyism
affected the union.
G i l l e s Fava r e l- G a r r i g u e s is a CNRS researcher at
CERI-Sciences Po, Paris, specializing in Russian law en- C l a r e n c e Tay lo r is professor of history and black and
forcement and the global drive to stop transnational crime. Hispanic studies at Baruch College and professor of his-
He serves on the editorial board of Critique Internationale, tory at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Cultures and Conflicts, and International Political Sociology, His books include The Black Churches of Brooklyn and
and is the coauthor of Crime and States. Knocking at Our Own Door: Milton A. Galamison and the
Struggle to Integrate New York City Schools.
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The Gold Standard at the Turn of the Clio Wired
history
Twentieth Century The Future of the Past in the Digital Age
Rising Powers, Global Money, and the Age of Roy Rosenzweig
Empire Introduction by Anthony Grafton
Steven Bryan
In these visionary essays, Roy Rosenzweig, pio-
“An impressive and original work. Bryan synthe- neering historian and self-proclaimed “techno-
sizes an enormous amount of reading on mon- realist,” weighs the effect of new media, digital
etary and economic history and uses it to create technology, and the Internet on recording, re-
an interesting and attractive frame for his own searching, and teaching history. Brokering a
research. I have rarely seen the much praised compromise between the “cyber-enthusiasts”
ideal of transnational history so fully achieved.” who champion technological breakthroughs
—Mark Metzler, University of Texas at Austin and the “digital-skeptics” who fear the end
of humanistic scholarship, Roy Rosenzweig
By the end of the nineteenth century, the world shows, in concrete and theoretical terms, how
was ready to adopt the gold standard out of technology has not only democratized the disci-
fealty concerns of national power, prestige, and pline but also reaffirmed the place of the histo-
anti-British competition. Although the gold rian in the making of history.
standard allowed countries to enact a virtual
single world currency, the years before World Rosenzweig evaluates the tools now available
War I were not a time of unfettered liberal eco- to researchers and their implications for the
nomics and one-world, one-market harmony. historical record. Sources are more accessible
Outside of Europe, the gold standard became than ever; anyone can store and display huge
a tool for nationalists and protectionists inter- amounts of data; hypertext encourages innova-
ested in growing domestic industry and impe- tive methods of reading and interpretation—
rial expansion. these changes have galvanized amateur energy
for history, but they have yet to eclipse the vital
This overlooked trend, provocatively reassessed role of the historian. Gatekeepers of quality and
in Steven Bryan’s well-documented history, truth, professional historians are more neces-
contradicts our conception of the gold standard sary than ever and must actively maintain the
as a British-based system infused with English integrity of their work. Rosenzweig helps histo-
ideas, interests, and institutions. In countries rians navigate the radical transformation of to-
like Japan and Argentina, the gold standard ex- day’s archive and the possibilities and pitfalls of
panded trade and furthered the goals of the age: reframing the past in unprecedented ways. He
industry and empire. Bryan argues that these recommends active engagement with new tech-
countries looked more to North America and nologies so audiences remain engaged, rather
the rest of Europe for ideological models. Not than alienated, by the work historians produce.
only does this history challenge our idealistic
notions of the prewar period, it also reorients R oy R o s e n z w e i g (1950–2007) was professor of history
and director of the Center for History and New Media at
our understanding of what followed.
George Mason University. He is the author of The Presence
of the Past: Popular Uses of History in American Life and
St even Bryan is an attorney in Tokyo. His next project is a
coauthor of Who Built America?.
comparative history of Japan in the 1920s and 1990s.
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The Promises of Liberty Greece in Asia Minor, 1919–1922
history
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Serious Play Audience Evolution
L i t e r a r y St u d i e s / M e d i a St u d i e s
Desire and Authority in the Poetry of Ovid, New Technologies and the Transformation of
Chaucer, and Ariosto Media Audiences
Robert W. Hanning Philip M. Napoli
“Hanning’s inspired lectures have brought the lit- Today’s consumers access media content
erature of the middle ages to life for generations through a number of unprecedented and in-
of students. Serious Play draws on decades of creasingly prevalent platforms, and the develop-
scholarship to show us why three of the world’s ment and overlap of television, the Internet, and
great comic poets continue to be so exciting and other outlets have fragmented media audiences,
engaging. If you haven’t had the good fortune to making the effort to reach them more complex.
study Chaucer under Hanning, reading this book Building on his award-winning book, Audience
goes a long way in making up for the loss.” Economics, Philip M. Napoli maps our current
—Aravind Adiga, Booker Prize-winning author of media landscape and its challenge to traditional
The White Tiger conceptions of the audience. He also considers
changes to audience measurement, both politi-
Through an imaginative analysis of Ovid’s ama- cally and culturally.
tory poetry, Chaucer’s dream poems and ex-
cerpts from the Canterbury Tales, and Ariosto’s Napoli examines the ongoing redefinition of
epic Orlando Furioso, Robert W. Hanning iden- the industry-audience relationship by technolo-
tifies the comic mastery that turns these poets’ gies that have moved the audience marketplace
trenchant critique into such enlightening and beyond traditional metrics. Today, media pro-
disturbing fantasy. This technique, termed serio viders and audience measurement firms de-
ludere, or serious play, is especially compel- ploy new, more sophisticated tools to gather
ling when studied through these writers and audience information, focusing on factors
their powerful audiences. Ovid, Chaucer, and rarely considered before, such as appreciation,
Ariosto lived in exciting times (Augustan Rome, recall, engagement, and behavior. In doing so,
late-medieval London, and late-Renaissance the industry has tried to take advantage of new
Italy, respectively), and their unique position as platforms as thoroughly as the consumers they
outsider-insiders afforded them rare freedoms. hope to attract. Napoli traces the interplay be-
Their work also rebelled against the “authority” tween political and economic interests and their
of poetic influence, remaking literary conven- effect on audience evolution. He recounts bat-
tion while challenging political power. tles between stakeholders over the assessment
of media audiences and their efforts to restrict
“A glittering, brilliant romp.”—Sarah Spence,
the functionality of new technologies, as well as
University of Georgia
their push to influence new measurements for
“Will be required reading for graduate students television, radio, and the Internet.
of later medieval and early-modern literature,
and I will recommend it enthusiastically to my Ph i l i p M. N a p o l i is a professor in the Graduate School of
Business at Fordham University and director of the Donald
undergraduates.”—John M. Fyler, Tufts University
McGannon Communication Research Center.
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Harmony and War Behind the Gate
A s i a n St u d i e s
“Wang Yuan-kang offers a powerful test of stra- “Explodes the boundaries of our understanding of
tegic culture versus structural realism in the the critical intellectual revolution that we refer to
contexts of Song and Ming China, meticulously as the ‘May Fourth Movement.’ ”—Madeleine Zelin,
weaving together international relations theories Columbia University
and Chinese history. The result is a must read
for any student of international relations and On Sunday, May 4, 1919, thousands of students
Chinese foreign policy.”—Victoria Tin-bor Hui, protested the Versailles treaty in Beijing. Seventy
University of Notre Dame years later, another generation demonstrated in
Tiananmen Square; standing against a relief of
Confucianism has shaped a certain perception their predecessors and therefore merging with
of Chinese security strategy, symbolized by their own mythology while consciously deploy-
the defensive, nonaggressive Great Wall. Many ing their activism. Through an investigation
believe China is antimilitary and reluctant to of twentieth-century Chinese student protest,
use force against its enemies. In a pathbreak- Fabio Lanza considers the marriage of the cul-
ing study that travels seven hundred years of tural and the political, the intellectual and the
Chinese history, Yuan-kang Wang resoundingly quotidian, that occurred during the May Fourth
discredits this notion, recasting China as a prac- movement, along with its rearticulation in sub-
titioner of realpolitik and a ruthless purveyor sequent protest. Lanza revisits reform in peda-
of expansive grand strategies. Leaders of the gogical and learning routines, changes in daily
Song Dynasty (960–1279) and Ming Dynasty campus life, the fluid relationship between the
(1368–1644) prized military force and shrewdly city and its residents, and the actions of alleg-
assessed the strength of China’s adversaries. edly cultural student organizations. Through a
They adopted defensive strategies only when careful analysis of everyday life and urban space,
their country was weak and pursued expansive he radically reconceptualizes the emergence of
goals, such as territorial acquisition, enemy de- “worker,” “activist,” and “student” and how they
struction, and total military victory, when their anchored and informed political action. He ac-
country was strong. Despite the dominance of counts for the elements that drew students to
an antimilitarist Confucian culture, warfare Tiananmen and the formation of the student as
was not uncommon. Grounding his research an enduring political subjectivity.
in primary sources, Wang outlines a politics of
“Well crafted and thought provoking. The most
power that is crucial to China’s strategies today,
sophisticated attempt by a historian to rein-
especially its policy of “peaceful development,”
terpret an episode that has always occupied a
which it has adopted only because of military,
central place in the historiography—and in the
economic, and technological weakness in rela-
imagination—of modern China.”—Michael Tsin,
tion to the United States.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Haiku Before Haiku
A s i a n St u d i e s
From the Renga Masters to Bashō
Translated and with an introduction by Haiku
Steven D. Carter From the Renga Master s
Under the mastery of Bashō, hokku first gained its mod- Translated by
Steven D. Carter
ern independence. His talents evolved the style into the
haiku beloved by so many poets today—Richard Wright,
Jack Kerouac, and Billy Collins being notable devotees.
This anthology reproduces 300 hokku poems composed
Not forgetting
between the thirteenth and early eighteenth centuries,
the crimson of spring—
from the work of the courtier Nijô Yoshimoto to the
plum leaves.
genre’s first “professional” master, Sōgi, and his subse-
quent disciples. It also features twenty masterpieces by
—Gusai,
Bashō himself. Stephen Carter, a renowned scholar of
Buddhist monk and renga master
Japanese poetry and prominent translator, includes an in-
who tutored
troduction covering the history of haiku and the form’s
Nijō Yoshimoto; co-compiler of the
aesthetics and classifies these poems according to style
first imperial
and context—renga, Haikai renga, and renga from the Edo
collection of linked-verse,
period, for example. His rich commentary and analysis
Tsukuba Collection
illuminates each work, and he adds their romanized ver-
sions and notes on composition and setting, as well as de-
Snow on pines,
scriptions of the poets and the times in which they wrote.
Green leaves on cherry limbs
St e v e n D. C a r t e r is Yamato Ichihashi Chair in Japanese History and —after storm winds.
Civilization in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at
Stanford University. His numerous books include Just Living: Poems by —Sōa
the Medieval Monk Tonna and Unforgotten Dreams: Poems by the Zen
Renga master and priest at Konrenji,
Monk Shotetsu.
a temple of the
Time sect located on Fourth Avenue
in Kyoto
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Workers, Globalization, and Crisis Unifying Hinduism
A s i a n St u d i e s
“Hensman is careful to avoid the kind of blanket “This book does much more than deal with the
condemnation of globalization that appears in so philosophy of Vijanabhiksu. It questions in an
much critical literature, and part of her originality intelligent and constructive manner the way
is showing very clearly that the problems of the Indian philosophy has been studied in modern
labor movement in India are not the result of glo- scholarship—and what has been done wrong.”
balization but have a much longer history.” —Johannes Bronkhorst, University of Lausanne,
—John Harriss, Simon Fraser University Switzerland
While it’s easy to blame globalization for shrink- Andrew J. Nicholson argues that although the
ing job opportunities, dangerous declines in idea of a unified Hindu identity is not as ancient
labor standards, and a host of related discon- as many Hindus claim, it has its roots in the in-
tents, the world’s “flattening” has also created novations of South Asian philosophy from the
unprecedented opportunities for worker orga- fourteenth to seventeenth centuries. Thinkers
nization. Using India’s labor movement as a treated the philosophies of Vedanta, Samkhya,
richly representative model, Rohini Hensman and Yoga and the deities Visnu, Siva, and Sakti
charts the successes and failures, strengths and as all belonging to a single system of belief
weaknesses, of the struggle for workers’ rights. and practice—rivers leading into the ocean of
As Indian products gain wider acceptance in Brahman, the ultimate reality.
global markets, disparities in pay, employment
conditions, and union rights between regions Drawing on the work of philosophers from
such as the European Union and countries late-medieval Vedanta traditions, including
such as India are exposed, raising the issue Vijnanabhiksu, Madhava, and Madhusudana
of globalization’s implications for labor. This Sarasvati, Nicholson shows how thinkers por-
study examines the unique pattern of “employ- trayed Vedanta philosophy as the ultimate uni-
ees’ unionism” that emerged in Bombay in the fier of diverse belief systems. This late-medieval
1950s before considering union responses to re- project paved the way for later visionaries, such
cent developments, especially the drive to form as Vivekenanda, Radhakrishnan, and Gandhi,
a national federation of independent unions. A whose teachings promoted the idea that all
key issue is how far unions can resist protec- world religions belonged to a single spiritual
tionist impulses and press for stronger global unity. Nicholson revisits monism and dualism,
standards, along with the mechanisms to en- theism and atheism, and orthodoxy and hetero-
force them. doxy, and he critiques such formulas as “the six
orthodox systems” that have worked their way
R o h i n i H e n s m a n is a writer and independent schol- into modern thinking about Indian philosophy.
ar based in Bombay and the coauthor of Beyond
Multinationalism: Management Policy and Bargaining An d r e w J. N ic h o l s o n is assistant professor of Hinduism
Relationships in International Companies. and Indian intellectual history at Stony Brook University.
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Buddhist Philosophy of Language in Śakuntalā
A s i a n St u d i e s
India Texts, Readings, Histories
Jñānaśrīmitra on Exclusion Romila Thapar
Lawrence J. McCrea and
“Through a timeless character of legend and liter-
Parimal G. Patil
ature, we are allowed a ringside view of our most
fascinating cultural—and gendered—history.”
“A readable, elegant translation and introduction
—India Today
to a central work in a neglected area of Buddhist
philosophy.”—Jonathan C. Gold, Princeton
The figure of Śakuntalā appears in many forms
University
throughout South Asian literature, most fa-
mously in the Mahābhārata and in Kālidāsa’s
Jñānaśrīmitra (975–1025) was regarded by both
fourth-century Sanskrit play, Śakuntalā and the
Buddhists and non-Buddhists as the most im-
Ring of Recollection. In these two texts, Śakuntalā
portant Indian philosopher of his generation.
undergoes a critical transformation, relinquish-
His theory of exclusion combined a philosophy
ing her assertiveness and autonomy to become
of language with a theory of conceptual content,
the quintessentially submissive woman, reveal-
or, in simpler terms, an investigation into the
ing much about the performance of Hindu
nature of our words and thoughts. His theory
femininity that came to dominate South Asian
informed nearly all the work accomplished
culture. Through a careful analysis of sections
at Vikramaśīla, a monastic and educational
from Śakuntalā and their various iterations in
complex instrumental to the development of
different contexts, Romila Thapar explores the
Buddhism. His ideas were also vividly debated
interaction between literature and history, cul-
by the Hindu and Jain philosophers who suc-
ture and gender, that frame the development of
ceeded him.
this canonical figure and a distinct conception
This volume marks the first English translation of female identity.
of Jñānaśrīmitra’s Monograph on Exclusion, a “Thapar shows how it is possible to express
careful, critical exploration of language, percep- complex ideas, rooted in philosophy and herme-
tion, and conceptual awareness. Featuring the neutics, without recourse to jargon. This book is
rival arguments of Buddhist, Hindu, and other a frontrunner for the prize of the best book on
thinkers, the Monograph reflects more than Indian history.”—The Telegraph
half a millennium of hotly contested debate.
“As fascinating as Śakuntalā’s journey is Thapar’s
Lawrence J. McCrea and Parimal G. Patil famil-
retelling of it and her careful assumption of the
iarize the reader with the authors, themes, and
role of a literary detective.”—The Hindu
topics in the text and situate Jñānaśrīmitra’s
findings within his larger intellectual milieu. “Thapar’s wide-ranging essays and monographs
make a strong case for the urgency to historicize
L aw r e n c e J . M cC r e a is assistant professor of Sanskrit
traditions and highlight the changing meanings
Studies at Cornell University.
of texts and oral cultures.”—Hindustan Times
Pa r i m a l G . Pat i l is John L. Loeb Associate Professor of
the Humanities at Harvard University. R o m i l a T h a pa r specializes in early Indian history and is
professor emeritus at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi.
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Queer Beauty
philosophy
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Dialectical Passions Animal Ethics in Context
philosophy
Negation in Postwar Art Theory Clare Palmer
Gail Day
It’s widely agreed that because animals feel pain
“A significant contribution to art theory and cul- we should not make them suffer gratuitously.
tural theory in the wake of the crisis of postmod- Some ethical theories go even further: because
ernism and the current melancholic attachment of the capacities animals possess, they have
to the ‘lost object’ of modernist art and its incipi- a right not to be harmed or killed. Such views
ent nihilism. Day reinvigorates the debate on dia- concern what not to do to animals, but we also
lectics and negation in order to clarify how much face the question of what we should do to assist
of this theory relies on a misunderstanding of the the ones that may be hungry or distressed. And
commodity-form of art under capitalism”—John if we do, say, feed a starving kitten, does this
Roberts, author of The Intangibilities of Form: commit us to feeding wild animals suffering
Skill and Deskilling in Art After the Readymade through a hard winter?
Gail Day launches a bold critique of late-twen- In this controversial book, Clare Palmer claims
tieth-century art theory and its often reductive that, with respect to assisting animals, what’s
analysis of cultural objects. Exploring core de- owed to one animal is not necessarily owed to
bates in discourses on art, from the New Left all, even if they share similar capacities. Context
to theories of “critical postmodernism” and and relation are crucial ethical factors. If ani-
beyond, Day counters the belief that recent ten- mals live independently in the wild, their fate
dencies in art fail to be adequately critical and is none of our moral business, but if humans
challenges the political inertia that results from create dependent animals, or destroy animals’
these conclusions. Day organizes her defense habitats, we may have special obligations to
around critics who have engaged substantively assist. Such arguments are familiar in human
with emancipatory thought and social process: cases—parents have special obligations to their
T. J. Clark, Manfredo Tafuri, Fredric Jameson, children, for example, or some groups owe rep-
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, and Hal Foster, arations to others they have harmed. Palmer de-
among others. She maps the tension between velops such relational concerns in the context of
radical dialectics and left nihilism and assesses wild animals, domesticated animals, and urban
the interpretation and internalization of nega- scavengers, arguing that different contexts cre-
tion in art theory. Chapters confront the claim ate very different moral relationships.
that exchange and equivalence have subsumed
the use value of cultural objects—and with it “An intensively researched, carefully structured
critical distance; the meaning of symbol and al- intervention in ongoing debates about animals
legory in 1980s art and its limited reading of the and ethics by a scholar with an impressive grasp
writings of Walter Benjamin and Paul de Man; of the literature.”—Alice Crary, The New School
and common conceptions of mediation, totality,
and the politics of anticipation. C l a r e Pa l m e r is associate professor of philosophy and
environmental studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
Ga il Day is senior lecturer in the School of Fine Art, History She is the author of Environmental Ethics and Process
of Art and Cultural Studies, University of Leeds. Thinking and editor of Animal Rights.
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Parable and Politics in Early Islamic The Persian Gulf and Pacific Asia
M i d d l e E a s t St u d i e s
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Beyond the ‘Wild Tribes’ A Metahistory of the Clash of
M i d d l e E a s t St u d i e s
Understanding Modern Afghanistan and Its Civilisations
Diaspora Us and Them Beyond Orientalism
Edited by Ceri Oeppen and Arshin Adib-Moghaddam
Angela Schlenkhoff
Beginning with the wars of ancient Persia and
International and nongovernmental organiza- Greece, Arshin Adib-Moghaddam searches for
tions, as well as journalists, are excellent sourc- the theoretical underpinnings of the “clash of
es of information on contemporary Afghanistan. civilizations” that has determined so much of
Unfortunately, their expertise is rarely tapped our political and cultural discourse. He revisits
by those who hope to better understand the the Crusades, colonialism, the Enlightenment,
country’s phenomenal complexity. This volume and our contemporary “war on terror,” and he
draws on these perspectives to build a compre- engages with both eastern and western think-
hensive portrait not only of Afghanistan itself ers, such as Adorno, Derrida, Farabi, Foucault,
but also of its widely dispersed peoples and Hegel, Khayyam, Marcuse, Marx, Said, Ibn
cultures. Contributors cull through a wealth of Sina, and Weber. His investigation explains the
research, effectively collapsing the myths and conceptual genesis of a clash of civilizations
stereotypes perpetuated by nineteenth- and and the influence western and Islamic repre-
twentieth-century European texts. Their essays sentations of the “other.” He highlights the dis-
are so wide-ranging, they address everything continuities between Islamism and the canon
from the causes of the country’s protracted of Islamic philosophy, which distinguishes be-
conflicts to the nature and future of its musi- tween “Avicennian” and “Qutbian” discourses
cal traditions. Anyone interested in an intimate, of Islam, and he reveals how violence became
engaging, and uncommon encounter with an inscribed in ideas of the West, especially dur-
increasingly critical nation will devour this ex- ing the Enlightenment. Expanding critical
pertly-crafted collection. theory to include Islamic philosophy and po-
etry, this metahistory refuses to treat Muslims
“The dedicated scholar-practitioners who contrib-
and Europeans, Americans and Arabs, and the
ute to this book seek to locate the ills and chal-
Orient and the Occident as separate entities.
lenges facing Afghanistan today. The issues they
wrestle with are timeless (in the Afghan context), “Eloquent, powerful, incisive, and impressive, A
and their combined reflections and findings will Metahistory of the Clash of Civilisations is a mas-
have an enduring relevance.”—Amalendu Mishra, terly work of critical deconstruction in the finest
Lancaster University tradition of Michel Foucault and Edward Said. For
anyone wishing to better understand the current
C e r i O e p p e n earned her Ph.D. at the Sussex Centre for
state of international politics, this book is abso-
Migration Research, University of Sussex. Her research
concerns migrant transnationalism and integration and mi- lutely essential.”—Richard Jackson, secretary of
grants’ involvement in development. the British International Studies Association
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Robert K. Merton Knowledge Matters
sociology
Sociological Theory and the Sociology of Science The Public Mission of the Research University
Edited by Craig Calhoun Edited by Diana Rhoten and
Craig Calhoun
“Calhoun and his colleagues delve into the vast
depths of Robert K. Merton’s relatively unfamiliar “An impressive array of international scholars
writings, including those unpublished, and pres- who, individually and collectively, marshal a wide
ent us with an astonishingly complex and ger- range of evidence around the very large puzzle
mane vision of sociological inquiry.”—Margaret R. of university transformation in the early twenty-
Somers, University of Michigan first century.”
—Mitchell L. Stevens, Stanford University
Robert K. Merton (1910–2003) was one of the
most influential sociologists of the twentieth Reporting from Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin
century. His reach can be felt in the study of America, and North America, scholars confront
social structure, social psychology, deviance, the realities of higher education and the future
professions, organizations, culture, and science. of its public and private agenda. Their perspec-
Yet for all his fame, Merton is only partially un- tive illuminates the trajectory of education in
derstood, treated by scholars as a functional an- the twenty-first century and the continuing
alyst when in truth his contributions transcend importance of the university’s public mission.
paradigm. Contributors focus on the research university
and its effort to create new knowledge. They
Joining twelve sociologists with major reputa- examine the implications of different admin-
tions in the field, Craig Calhoun launches a istrative and policy decisions and the signifi-
thorough reconsideration of Merton’s achieve- cance of various approaches to assessment and
ments and inspires a renewed engagement with evaluation. Essays track the shifting relation-
sociological theory. Merton’s work addresses the ship between public and private goods and pur-
challenges of integrating research and theory. It poses, such as whether student access should
connects different fields of empirical research award individual achievement or function as an
and speaks to the importance of overcoming investment in social contribution, or whether
the sharp divisions between allegedly pure and scientific research should be treated as pri-
applied sociology. Merton realized the value of vate intellectual property or as an open-access
sociological methods that respect the institu- resource. Is it right for a university to serve
tional analysis of science and knowledge. By the economic interests of private corporations?
bringing together different aspects of his work Instead of reducing such questions to elements
in one volume, Calhoun illuminates the truly of good and bad, this anthology empirically
interdisciplinary—and unifying—dimensions assesses how they play out in practice.
of Merton’s approach. He also advances the
intellectual agenda of an increasingly relevant D i a n a R h o t e n is the founder and director of the
area of study. Knowledge Institutions program and the Digital Media and
Learning project at the Social Science Research Council.
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Mobilizing the Community Resolving Community Social Work and Human
Social Work
for Better Health Conflicts and Problems Rights
What the Rest of America Can Learn Public Deliberation and Sustained A Foundation for Policy and Practice
from Northern Manhattan Dialogue Second Edition
Edited by Allan J. Formicola Edited by Roger A. Lohmann, Elisabeth Reichert
and Lourdes Hernández- Jon Van Til, and Dolly Ford
Cordero Social Work and Human Rights
Public deliberation and group is a standard text underscoring
For the past ten years, the discussion can strengthen civil the role of social work in pro-
Northern Manhattan Commu- society, even when participants tecting the rights of vulnerable
nity Voices Collaborative has share a historical animosity. populations, both within and
put Columbia University and Recently, scholars have begun outside of the United States.
its hospitals in touch with sur- to study the dialogue that sus- Through rigorous analysis,
rounding community organiza- tains these conversations, es- classroom exercises, and a
tions and churches to facilitate pecially its power to unite and frank discussion of the impli-
vaccines, dental care, and nu- divide. In these twenty-four es- cations for practice, the volume
tritional improvement, along says, contributors read public effectively acquaints readers
with other forms of healthcare exchanges and their sustained with the political, economic,
and support. Authored by staff dialogue in the context of race and social dimensions of rights
members from participating relations, social justice, ethnic issues and the documents that
institutions, this collection conflicts, public safety, public guarantee them. New mate-
shares the successes, failures, management, community de- rial covers international events,
and obstacles of implementing sign, and family therapy. They such as the United Nation’s
such a vast and delicate pro- especially focus on the college Millennium Project and its
gram. Allan J. Formicola and campus and its network of effort to reduce the poverty and
Lourdes Hernández-Cordero organizations and actors, in suffering of billions worldwide.
outline the beginnings and in- which open discussion might The volume now features an
frastructure of the collabora- seem like an idealistic if not emphasis on cultural rights
tion and the relationships that foolhardy gesture but neverthe- and a probing lesson in cultural
fueled positive outcomes. They less is a crucial component of relativism. It turns a critical eye
demonstrate how grassroots civic harmony. toward the failure in the U.S.
solutions can mutually benefit to address social welfare issues
communities and institutions. R o g e r A . Lo h m a n n is professor of
and to rectify policies that favor
social work at West Virginia University
one group over another.
and chair of the school’s Nova Institute.
Al lan j. Fo rmicola is a former dean
of the Columbia University College of J o n Va n T i l is professor emeritus of E l i s a b e t h R e i c h e r t is a profes-
Dental Medicine. urban studies and community plan- sor at the Southern Illinois University
ning at Rutgers University. of Carbondale School of Social Work
Lourdes HernÁndez-Cordero
is an assistant professor of clinical and author of Challenges in Human
D o l ly F o r d is senior lecturer in
sociomedical sciences at Columbia Rights: A Social Work Perspective
the Division of Social Work at West
University’s Mailman School of Public and Understanding Human Rights: An
Virginia University.
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Y u s h o d o C o . Lt d .
(Miyakowasure no ki)
Jun’ichiro Tanizaki
Translated by Amy Heinrich
Foreword by Donald Keene
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auteur publishing
Let the Right One In Witchfinder General
Anne Billson Ian Cooper
Directed by Tomas Alfredson and adapted Witchfinder General (1968), known as The
for the screen by John Ajvide Lindqvist, the Conqueror Worm in America, was directed by
Swedish film Làt den rätte komma in (2008), Michael Reeves and occupies a unique place
known to American audiences as Let the Right in British cinema. The film fictionalizes the ex-
One In, is the most exciting, subversive, and ploits of Matthew Hopkins, a prolific, real-life
original horror production since the 1970s. Set “witch hunter,” during the English Civil War.
in a snowy, surburban housing estate in 1980s For critic Mark Kermode, the release was “the
Stockholm, the film combines supernatural ele- single most significant horror film produced
ments with social realism. It features Oskar, a in the United Kingdom in the 1960s,” while
lonely, bullied child, and Eli, the girl next door. playwright Alan Bennett called it “the most per-
“Oskar, I’m not a girl,” she tells him, and she’s sistently sadistic and rotten film I’ve ever seen.”
not kidding—she’s a vampire. Anne Billson re- The film is now treated as a landmark, though
views the near century of vampire cinema that problematic, accomplishment, existing in a
preceeded this film and the legacy of (and new number of recut, retitled, and rescored versions.
twists on) such classics as Nosferatu (1922) and This in-depth study positions the film within
Dracula (1931). She discusses the genre’s early the history of horror and discusses its impor-
fliration with social realism in Martin (1977) tance as a British and heritage film. It also con-
and Near Dark (1987), along with its adapta- siders the script’s relationship to the novel by
tion of mythology to the modern world, and she Ronald Bassett, and the iconic persona of the
examines the changing relationship between film’s star, Vincent Price. Ian Cooper closely
vampires and humans, the role of the vampire’s reads specific scenes and explores various con-
assistant, and the enduring figure of vampires texts, from the creation of the X certificate and
in popular culture. the tradition of Hammer gothic to the influence
on Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971) and the “tor-
A n n e B i l l s o n is a novelist, film critic, and photographer
ture porn” of twenty-first-century horror.
based in Paris. She reviews films for the Sunday Telegraph
and writes a film column for the Guardian.
i a n Co o p e r is a freelance writer and educator based in
Germany.
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auteur publishing
In this new edition of Auteur’s highly success- In this new edition of the acclaimed Teacher’s
ful introductory textbook, expert instructors Guide and Classroom Resources, Rob McInnes
and examiners revise, update, and expand key references films released in the past twelve
entries. Exploring the Media unpacks core con- months and reassesses traditional approaches
cepts and develops students’ analytical, research, to teaching the genre. The Teacher’s Guide re-
and production skills. As with the first edition, views action/adventure narrative, formal con-
the initial section covers the major concepts of ventions, issues of representation, institutional
media studies—genre, narrative, representa- practices, and critical debates, especially those
tion, and audience—in various media forms relating to propaganda and censorship. The
and includes a new section on ethnicity. The accompanying Classroom Resources provides
second section evaluates (revised) case studies copiable sheets for teaching and covers key
of television programs, computer games, films, theoretical issues plus guidelines for practical
magazines, and advertising, and adds the music tasks, such as storyboarding, producing a film
industry, newspapers, and radio. The third re- trailer, and designing a movie poster.
flects recent changes in technology, audience,
R o b M c Inn e s teaches media studies in London and is the
and production.
author of Teen Movies: A Teacher’s Guide and Teen Movies:
Classroom Resources.
B arbara Co nnell is the subject leader for media studies
at Coleg Glan Hafren, Cardiff, Wales.
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Studying British Cinema: Splice Splice
The 1980s Volume 4, Issue # 3 Volume 5, Issue # 1
Freddie Gaffney Edited by John Atkinson Edited by John Atkinson
In this new installment of Splice bridges the gap between Splice bridges the gap between
Auteur’s series on Studying contemporary cinema and in- contemporary cinema and in-
British Cinema (volumes telligent discourse. Facilitating telligent discourse. Facilitating
on the 1960s, 1990s and the the study of contemporary cin- the study of contemporary cin-
2000s now available), Freddie ema, it offers a practical solu- ema, it offers a practical solu-
Gaffney recounts a decade that tion for teachers and students tion for teachers and students
prompted a renaissance in of film studies, media studies, of film studies, media studies,
British filmmaking. He selects and related disciplines. and related disciplines.
films that underscore social,
political, historical, and indus- This edition follows the “best The innaugural issue of vol-
trial developments. Beginning films you didn’t see,” showing ume 5 focuses on remakes,
with an overview that captures how a variety of underviewed especially quality productions
the state of British cinema at gems can be used in the class- and why they are so relentless-
the turn of the decade Gaffney room and beyond. Films in- ly pursued today. Are retreads
explains why the 1980s marked clude the Colin Farrell vehicle even worth studying? Topics
a significant turning point in In Bruges (2008), the remake discussed include the return of
the evolution of British cinema of the Western classic 3:10 to 1970s and 1980s horror films,
and follows with a succession Yuma (2007), the almost forgot- such as Halloween (2007) and
of case studies emblematic of ten, dark British comedy Funny A Nightmare on Elm Street
the topics he confronts. Bones (1995), and Josie and the (2010), and the similarities and
Pussycats (2001). differences between dueling
F r e d d i e G a f f n e y is subject leader versions of The Day the Earth
in broadcasting and screenwriting at J o h n At k i n s o n is the UK-based pub-
Stood Still and Alfie.
Ravensbourne College of Art and the lishing director of Auteur.
author of On Screenwriting.
J o h n At k i n s o n is the UK-based pub-
lishing director of Auteur.
St u dy i n g B r i t i s h C i n e m a
Fi l m St u d i e s
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wa l l f low e r p r e s s
Revisioning 007 The Cinema of India Film Authorship
James Bond and Casino Royale Edited by Lalitha Gopalan Auteurs and Other Myths
Edited by Christoph Lindner C. Paul Sellors
The Cinema of India examines
Revisioning 007 presents origi- twenty-four landmark films, Few topics in the study of film
nal essays on the reinvention providing a novel framework produce as much controversy
of James Bond in Casino Royale for deciphering Indian film as authorship. Critics, histori-
(2006), a film starring Daniel production and reception ans, and theoreticians argue
Craig in his first appearance nationally and globally. The about the nature of author-
as Agent 007. Treating Casino volume considers different ship and question whether
Royale as a case study in popu- regional cinemas; the role of films even have authors at
lar film culture and as a sig- studios; the place of “middle” all. Film Authorship evaluates
nificant turning point in the cinema and its relationship these debates in a rigorous and
007 series, this book reads the to state subsidies; the style of accessible manner. Generously
interrelations among the Bond popular films; the allure of illustrated, the book analyzes
franchise, the culture industry, stardom; the resistant style the historical development and
and recent developments in of art films; the resurgence theoretical underpinnings of
cinema, society, and world poli- of auteurism; and the poet- the concepts of film authorship
tics. Topics range from 007’s ics of documentary. The study and the auteur. It then exam-
masochism, voyeurism, and discusses a range of films ines recent theories and recon-
hyper-mobility to the film’s tes- released over more than sixty ceptualizes the topic firmly in
ticular torture scene, the links years, including Sant Tukaram empirical analyses of film pro-
between international politics (1936), Parasakthi (1952), Pather duction.
and high-stakes gambling, Panchali (1955), Bhuvan Shome
c . pa u l s e l lo r s is lecturer in pho-
and the new role of the secret (1969), Ghattashradda (1977),
tography and film at Napier University,
agent. and Ram Ke Nam (1991).
Edinburgh. His essays on film theory
and philosophy have appeared in
c h r i s to p h l i n d n e r is professor of l a l i t h a g o pa l a n is associate pro-
Screen, Film, and Philosophy and The
English literature at the University of fessor in the Department of Radio-
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.
Amsterdam. Television-Film at the University of
Texas at Austin.
24 frame s
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in Eagle The Lodger Downhill Easy The Pleasure Garden Downhill Easy
Wife Champagne The Manxman Virtue The Ring The Manxman
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es from Vienna The Man Who Knew Seventeen Rich and The Man Who
Agent Sabotage Young and Innocent Knew Too Much Young and Inno
becca Foreign Correspondent Mr. and cent The Lady Van Rebecca Foreign
adow of a Doubt Lifeboat Spellbound Correspondent Mr. Shadow of a
Under Capricorn Stage Fright Strangers Doubt Lifeboat Rope Under Cap
Murder Rear Window To Catch a ricorn Stage Fright D i a l M f or
The Man Who Knew Too Much The Murder Rear Window To Catch a Thief The Trouble with Harry The Man
thwest Psycho The Birds Marnie Torn Who Knew Too Much The Wrong Man Vertigo North by Northwest Psycho
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Sabotage Young and Innocent The Much Waltzes from Vienna Secret Agent Jamaica Inn Sabotage
ecca Foreign Correspondent Mr. and Young and Innocent Rebecca Hitchcock Annual 2010 The Lady Vanishes
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This new issue of the Hitchcock Annual contains This collection showcases the best essays from
studies of Hitchcock and theater, Hitchcock’s six issues of film studies’ leading platform for
atheology, and the filmmaker’s influence on Hitchcock scholarship. Contributions include
the stalker genre. It features analyses of Rear works by Charles Barr, Thomas Elsaesser, Mark
Window and Gus Van Sant’s shot-by-shot re- Rappaport, Michael Walker, and Slavoj Žižek,
make of Psycho, a dossier on To Catch a Thief, among others, covering Hitchcock’s entire
and an early essay by Hitchcock himself. The oeuvre, from his early silent films to his late
Hitchcock Annual will now be published every American masterpieces. It contains an overview
spring, beginning in 2011 with volume 17. of Hitchcock criticism, a screenwriter’s forum
on “Working with Hitch,” and early essays on
Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s : film by both Hitchcock and Alma Reville.
“Hitchcock in 1928: The Auteur as Autocrat” • “An Autocrat
S i d n e y G ot t l i e b is professor of media studies at Sacred
of the Film Studio” by Alfred Hitchcock • “A Perfect Place
Heart University and editor of Hitchcock on Hitchcock:
to Die? The Theatre in Hitchcock Revisited” • “Reflections
Selected Writings and Interviews and Alfred Hitchcock:
on the Making of To Catch a Thief: André Bazin, Sylvette
Interviews.
Baudrot, Grace Kelly, Charles Vanel, and Brigitte Auber” •
“What We Don’t See, and What We Think It Means: Ellipsis R i c h a r d A l l e n is professor of cinema studies at New
and Occlusion in Rear Window” • “The Destruction That York University. He is the author of Hitchcock’s Romantic
Wasteth at Noonday: Hitchcock’s Atheology” • “Gus Irony and coeditor of Hitchcock: Past and Present and
Van Sant’s Mirror-Image of Hitchcock: Reading Psycho Alfred Hitchcock: Centenary Essays.
Backwards” • “Hitchcock, Unreliable Narration, and the
Stalker Film”
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Virtue The Ring The Farmer’s Wife Champagne The Manxman Virtue The Ring The Manxman
Blackmail Juno and the Paycock Murder! The Skin Game Number Blackmail Juno Game Number
Seventeen Rich and Strange Waltzes from Vienna The Man Who Knew Seventeen Rich and The Man Who
Too Much The 39 Steps Secret Agent Sabotage Young and Innocent The Knew Too Much Young and Inno
Lady Vanishes Jamaica Inn Rebecca Foreign Correspondent Mr. and cent The Lady Van Rebecca Foreign
Mrs. Smith Suspicion Saboteur Shadow of a Doubt Lifeboat Spellbound Correspondent Mr. Shadow of a
Notorious The Paradine Case Rope Under Capricorn Stage Fright Strangers Doubt Lifeboat Rope Under Cap
on a Train I Confess Dial M for Murder Rear Window To Catch a pricorn Stage Fright Dial M for Mur
Thief The Trouble with Harry The Man Who Knew Too Much The der Rear Window To Catch a Thief The Trouble with Harry The Man
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Much Downhill Secret Agent Sabotage Young and Innocent The Lady Much Waltzes from Vienna Secret Agent Jamaica Inn Sabotage
Vanishes Jamaica Inn Rebecca Foreign Correspondent Mr. and Mrs. Young and Innocent Rebecca Hitchcock Annual 2003-04 The Lady
Smith Suspicion Saboteur Shadow of a Doubt Lifeboat Spellbound Vanishes Suspicion Foreign Correspondent Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Notorious The Paradine Case Rope Under Capricorn Stage Fright Saboteur Shadow of a Doubt Lifeboat Spellbound Notorious The
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on Murder! n Thomas leitch on Hitchcock and Company
n nathalie Morris on Alma Reville
n Hitchcock and Wartime Britain n Sidney Gottlieb on Hitchcock on Griffith n Alma in Wonderland and Alma Reville on
Cutting and Continuity
nelly, Jr. on Hitchcock’s Carnival n Alfred Hitchcock on Griffith
n James M. Vest on Visual Patterns in Downhill
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on Downhill n James M. Vest on the Making of Downhill
13 14
n Edward Gallafent on The Trouble with Harry
er on Topaz n Michael Walker on Torn Curtain n Deborah Thomas on Marnie
14 15
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on Hitchcock and Fascism n Jacqueline Tong on Rear Window and n Michael Walker on Hitchcockian narrative
2005 06 Backyard Adventures
2006 07 n Dossier on Hitchcock and Hindi Cinema, with essays by
ichael Healey, Leland Poague,
let and William G. Simon n Reviews Essays by leland Poague, Angelo Restivo, Richard Allen, Sidney Gottlieb, Richard ness, and
and Kenneth Sweeney Priyadarshini Shanker, and an interview with Hitchcock
n Reviews by Charles Barr, lisa Broad, Marshall n Review Essay by Thomas leitch
Deutelbaum, Sidney Gottlieb, Michael Healey, ISSn 1062-5518 n Reviews by Moya luckett, Charles l.P. Silet, and David Sterritt
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Wartime Britain; Hitchcock Company; Hitchcock on Narrative; Hitchcock and
and Carnival; Hitchcock and Griffith; essays on Downhill, India dossier; essays on Alma
Fascism; essays on Murder!, R e a r Wi n d o w , B a c k y a r d Reville, Downhill, The Trouble
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Co n te mp o r a ry Ethi c a l D e bat e s
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Deleuze and Political
A d r i a n Pa r r is professor of critical
theory at the University of Cincinnati.
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edinburgh university press
Pl ate au s - Ne w D i r e ctions in EDINBUR G H CRIT ICAL STUDIES IN VICTO - THE FRONT IERS O F THEORY
D e l e u ze St ud i e s RIAN CULTURE
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Derrida and Hospitality The Persistence of the The Foreign Policy of Lyndon
Theory and Practice Negative B. Johnson
Judith Still A Critique of Contemporary The United States and the World,
Continental Theory 1963–69
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Media Persian
edinburgh university press
Dominic Brookshaw
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Edinburgh Guides to Islamic Finance
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Young British Muslims
edinburgh university press
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Beckett and Germany
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edinburgh university press
Written by Mary Elizabeth Turning to late Victorian “dyna- Sydney Janet Kaplan builds a
Braddon in 1862, Lady Audley’s mite novels” (or fiction that literary biography around the
Secret is an early pulp detective portrays terrorism), as well as personal lives of John Middle-
novel that was wildly successful radical journalism and mod- ton Murry, Katherine Mans-
(and highly condemned) in its ernist writing, Blasted Literature field, and D. H. Lawrence, and
day. It has also never gone out proves the centrality of terror- recounts their relationship with
of print. Reclaiming the signifi- ism within the literary imagi- other prominent modernists,
cance of this overlooked text, nation of 1880 to 1915. During including T. S. Eliot, Virginia
Saverio Tomaiuolo connects the this period, a range of writers Woolf, Lady Ottoline Morrell,
novel to Victorian literature’s exploited the sensational draw Mark Gertler, and Henri Gaud-
three main genres: the Gothic, of terrorist plotlines. Mapping ier-Brzeska. Kaplan reconsid-
the detective, and the realistic. the political and aesthetic links ers Murry, once known as “the
Through an analysis of nar- between “shilling shockers” best-hated man of letters,” as
rative, ideology, and culture, and the triumphs of modern- a skilled “circulator” of ideas
he shows how Braddon’s ma- ism, Deaglán Ó Donghaile and reputations and prompts a
nipulation of Victorian literary reads the relationship between renewed discussion of the con-
convention sets her apart from late-nineteenth-century popu- cept of genius, the question of
other sensational writers and lar fiction and twentieth-cen- the personal, the influence of
reaffirms her role in the nine- tury modernism as a process of psychoanalysis, and the ratio-
teenth-century literary scene. synthesis and exchange. nale of twentieth-century con-
fessionalism.
S av e r i o T o m a i u o l o is lecturer in D e ag l á n Ó D o n g h a i l e is lecturer
English literature and language at in nineteenth-century literature at S y d n e y J a n e t K a p l a n is profes-
Cassino University, Italy. Liverpool Hope University. sor of English at the University of
Washington.
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C e nt u ry L it e r at u r e i n B rita in
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The Romantic Predicament
edinburgh university press
Paul de Man
Edited by Martin McQuillan
L i t e r a r y St u d i e s L i t e r a ry St u d i e s
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edinburgh university press
Edmund Spenser’s The John Webster, Renaissance Medieval Literature and
Faerie Queene Dramatist Postcolonial Studies
A Reading Guide David Coleman Lisa Lampert-Weissig
Andrew Zurcher
Transgressive and darkly Lisa Lampert-Weissig exam-
Andrew Zurcher’s guide of- brilliant, the drama of John ines the historical connections
fers an innovative introduction Webster has long been cel- between postcolonial and me-
to The Faerie Queene and its ebrated as one of the crown- dieval studies, conducting new
complex poetic construction. ing glories of the English readings of key medieval texts
Through a representative selec- Renaissance. David Coleman from different European tradi-
tion of excerpts, Zurcher out- locates Webster’s remarkable tions. These include Wolfram
lines the skills and interpretive plays within Jacobean London’s von Eschenbach’s Parzival,
methods students will need as tumultuous political, religious, Bernard Mandeville’s Travels,
they experience Spenser’s key and economic climate. He and Guillaume de Palerne, a
themes and techniques. He reintroduces readers to the French romance about were-
identifies relevant contexts and playwright’s great tragedies wolves in Norman Sicily.
related texts, which not only en- and familiarizes them with Lampert also incorporates
hance the reading experience lesser-known works. Coleman insights from later historical
for newcomers but also build a explores and recounts perfor- fiction, such as Walter Scott’s
rich course that stretches into mances, from original stage Ivanhoe and contemporary
other disciplines and fields. productions to today’s cine- works by Salman Rushdie,
matic interpretations, complet- Tariq Ali, Juan Goytisolo, and
A n d r e w Z u r c h e r is fellow and
ing the only guide to Webster’s Amitav Ghosh.
Newton Trust Lecturer in the Faculty of
work that takes recent scholar-
English at the University of Cambridge L i s a L a m p e r t- W e i s s i g is associ-
and the author of Spenser’s Legal ship into account.
ate professor in the Department of
Language: Law and Poetry in Early Literature and director of the German
Modern England. Dav i d C o l e m a n is lecturer in early
studies program at the University of
modern literature at Nottingham Trent
California, San Diego.
University.
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The American Short Story Selected Poems by Robert
edinburgh university press
BAAS Pap e r b ac ks
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p r e v i o u s ly a n n o u n c e d ,
n e w i n pa p e r
n o w ava i l a b l e
John Storey
Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture
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Cultural Studies and the Czech and Slovak Cinema Hollywood’s Blacklists
Study of Popular Culture Peter Hames A Political and Cultural History
Third Edition Reynold Humphries
John Storey Peter Hames examines the A C h o ic e O u t s ta n d i n g
key themes and traditions of Ac a d e m i c T i t l e
This third edition marks a
Czech and Slovak cinema.
revised and fully updated in- “Are you now or have you
Joining interwar and postwar
troduction to the theories and ever been a member of the
cinema with films produced
methods of studying con- Communist Party?” That
during the post-communist
temporary popular culture. question was asked repeat-
period, Hames follows interac-
Organized around a series edly during the anticommunist
tions among theme, genre, and
of case studies, each chapter investigations of the House
visual style and explores the
focuses on a different media Committee on un-American
way in which a range of styles
form and presents a critical Activities (HUAC). When ten
and traditions extend across
overview of the methodologies members of the film industry
different periods and regimes.
used to analyze it. Television, refused to answer, they were
Taken altogether, Hames’s
fiction, film, journalism, popu- blacklisted and fired. Scores of
microanalysis of Czech and
lar music, consumerism, and actors, writers, and directors
Slovak cinema opens a unique
the culture of globalization are shared a similar fate, labeled
window onto greater themes in
discussed, and new sections on communists or communist
Central European film history.
print media and celebrity, com- sympathizers. Hollywood’s
munities in cyberspace, and P e t e r H a m e s is honorary research Blacklists explains why these in-
the circuit of culture have been associate in film and media studies at vestigations took place, the role
added. Staffordshire University. His books in-
films played during World War
clude The Czechoslovak New Wave,
j o h n sto r e y is professor of cultural
The Cinema of Central Europe (editor),
II and the Cold War, and the
studies and director of the Centre for and The Cinema of Jan Švankmajer: values at stake as the Left con-
Research in Media and Cultural Studies Dark Alchemy. fronted the Right.
at the University of Sunderland.
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Bollywood in the Age of New
edinburgh university press
Media
The Geo-Televisual Aesthetic
Anustup Basu
Li te rat ure
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Urban North-Eastern English
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Modern Diachronic Corpus- Scottish Literature and
edinburgh university press
They compare two sets of cor- Empire, the advent of devolu- Edited by Ian Brown
pora using keyword analyses tion together with the develop-
and targeted searches of such ment of Scottish literature has From Tartan to Tartanry criti-
terms as moral, ethics, and sci- encouraged critics to reread cally reevaluates one of the
ence. Papers are drawn from Scottish texts in a postcolonial more controversial issues in
Corpus-Assisted Discourse light. This collection compares Scottish culture—the debate
Studies (CADS), which com- Scottish writing to the works of over whether Scottish iden-
bine a quantitative, statistical postcolonial countries, proves tity and ideas about Scotland
approach with a more quali- the value of the postcolonial ap- are manufactured or organi-
tative method typical of dis- proach to Scottish literary stud- cally produced. Ian Brown, a
course analysis. Through such ies, and reveals the challenges prolific writer on Scottish sub-
corpora, the authors study that Scottish literature poses to jects, unites the voices of lead-
changes in newspaper prose debates in postcolonialism. ing researchers, who conduct
style and shifting relation- historical and critically sound
M i c h a e l G a r d i n e r is an assistant
ships between newspapers and evaluations of an ongoing con-
professor in the Department of English
their readerships—and overall and Comparative Literary Studies at cern.
changes in language—over the University of Warwick.
long periods. They also per- Ia n B r ow n is a freelance scholar, arts
G r a e m e M a c D o n a l d is a lecturer
and education consultant, playwright,
form various forms of content in the Department of English and and poet. He is a visiting professor in
analysis, examining new and Comparative Literary Studies at the the Department of Scottish Literature
older attitudes toward social, University of Warwick. at Glasgow University and external
cultural, and political phenom- N i a l l O ’ G a l l ag h e r is honorary re-
professor at the Centre for the Study
ena. search associate in the Department of of Media and Culture in Small Nations
A l a n Pa r t i n g to n is associate pro-
fessor of linguistics at the University of
Bologna.
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A l a n R . M ac D o n a l d is a lecturer in A l e xa n d e r B r oa d i e is professor of
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A History of Everyday Life in Essays in Criminal Law
edinburgh university press
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P r e v i o u s ly A n n o u n c e d , N o w A v a i l a b l e
Active Citizenship
related global perspectives. A ology, social movement, and numerous books include In Defence of
anist literature and theory; and Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Citizenship; and Youth Justice and
Child Protection.
African American religion and and Sweden.
philosophy.
paw e l k a r o l e w s k i is adjunct pro-
fessor of political science, University
j e a n e t t e r . dav i d s o n is director
of Potsdam. a n d r z e j s u s z yc k i is a
of the African and African American
senior lecturer in international politics,
studies program at the University of
Humboldt University.
Oklahoma.
i nt ro d u c i ng e thn i c st ud i es
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CHINESE UNIVERSI T Y PRESS
and annotation of the classical philosophical treatise The B e i Dao is one of China’s most celebrated poets. His po-
Mozi. His published work concerns the later Mohists, and he etry collections include Unlock, At the Sky’s Edge: Poems,
has completed two translations of early Chinese poetry. 1991–1996, Landscape Over Zero, and Forms of Distance,
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A Step Towards the Unknown Hong Kong Taxation
A Memoir Law and Practice, 2010–2011
Charles K. Kao Garry Laird and Ayesha Macpherson
Charles K. Kao was awarded the Nobel Prize Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice, 2010–2011
in physics for “groundbreaking achievements is a comprehensive yet practical guide to the
concerning the transmission of light in fibers Hong Kong tax system. The volume explains
for optical communication.” This memoir the three main types of taxes in Hong Kong:
chronicles his personal and scientific odyssey property tax, salaries tax, and profits tax, and de-
from an unfathomable childhood in war-torn tails all information relating to administration,
Shanghai to seminal work with glass fibers. Kao assessment, and collection. Written clearly and
shares his experiences as vice chancellor of the accessibly with real-life examples and case stud-
Chinese University of Hong Kong and muses ies, this popular resource continues to set the
on his legacy as the “father of fiber optics.” His standard for up-to-date information on Hong
groundbreaking research (based in part on the Kong taxation law. This new edition covers taxa-
discovery that signal loss in fiber cables was a tion changes up to July of 2010.
direct result of glass impurities rather than
G a r r y L a i r d is a senior tax advisor with KPMG. Prior
technology flaws) laid the groundwork for our
to working with KPMG, Laird was a tax specialist with
present day communication infrastructure.
the Australian Taxation Office and the Inland Revenue
Department in Hong Kong.
Born in Shanghai in 1933, C h a r l e s K . K ao moved to
Hong Kong in 1948, eventually joining the staff at the Ay e s h a M ac p h e r s o n is the partner in charge of tax ser-
Chinese University of Hong Kong. He founded the univer- vices at Hong Kong SAR, KPMG China. She began her work
sity’s Department of Electronics (later the Department of with KPMG in London before joining its Hong Kong offic-
Electronic Engineering) in 1970 and taught for many years es in 1993. She is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of
before serving as vice chancellor. He has won many awards Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Chartered
and distinctions. Accountants in England and Wales. She is also the chairper-
son of the Taxation Committee of the Hong Kong Institute
of Certified Public Accountants.
SciencE / Memoir
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Through an American Lens, Hungary, 1938 Hungarian-Soviet Relations, 1920–1941
EAS T EUROPEAN M ONO G RAPHS
EEM # 7 75 EE M #772
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The Memory of the Habsburg Empire in Balkan Cultural Legacies
G e r g e ly R o m s i c s is a research fellow at the Hungarian garde: The Arts in Serbian Culture Between the Two World
Institute of International Affairs. Wars; Panslavism and National Identity in the Balkans, 1830–
1880: Images of the Self and Other; The Eastern Question
and the Voices of Reason: Austria-Hungary, Russia, and the
Balkan States, 1875–1908; and Aspects of Balkan Culture:
Social, Political, and Literary Perceptions.
EE M # 7 73 EEM #77 1
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Neither Woman Nor Jew Minority Hungarian Risky Region
EAS T EUROPEAN M ONO G RAPHS
Erika Szívós National Minorities at the Hungarian els, short stories, and plays.
Academy of Sciences.
EE M # 76 8 EE M #774 EE M #770
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Hungary Under Soviet The Place of Russia in The Novel of Crepuscular
EEM #764
Era (1957–1989) and the affect University, Budapest. He is the author
of fifteen books on Muscovy and the
of “Hungarian Socialism.”
age of Peter the Great. His previous
English-language monograph, False Hungarian Americans in the
György Gyarmati is chief director of
the State Security Services Historical
Tsars, was published in 2000. Current of History
Archives. His primary research con- Steven Béla Várdy and
cerns Hungarian political and social Agnes Huszár Várdy
history in the second half of the twen-
tieth century.
Twelve essays on Hungarian-
T i b o r Va lu c h is senior researcher at American history discuss
the Institute for the History of the 1956 Louis Kossuth’s tumultuous
Hungary Revolution. He specializes in
mid-nineteenth-century visit
twentieth-century Hungarian social
and cultural history.
to the United States, the po-
litical activities of Hungarian
Americans during and after
World War II, and the question
of dual and multiple identities,
among other topics.
S t e v e n B é l a Vá r dy is McAnulty
Distinguished Professor of European
History, and Ag n e s H u s z á r Vá r dy
is adjunct professor of comparative lit-
erature at Duquesne University.
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