This book maintains that it was not passive reception but active participation of readers—including those who listened to fiction read out loud—that f..
Placing the works of Charles Dickens and Walter Benjamin in conversation with one another, Piggott argues that the two writers display a shared vision..
Fifteen of these essays by one of the leading authorities on Renaissance Platonism explore the complex philosophical, hermeneutical, and mythological ..
A long overdue translation of Schopenhauer’s 1913 thesis, the only philosophical work of the corpus not previously available in English. The translati..
This book offers the definitive introduction to current scholarship on Cesare Lombroso, his work and his legacy. It brings together essays by leading ..
This book is an analytic and historical portrait of the volatile decades at the beginning of the 20th century. Engaging with avant-garde art and thoug..
This book sketches the history, from ancient times to the present, of higher education in parallel to the development of science. It explores the hist..
The United States is a nation whose identity is defined by the idea of democracy. Yet democracy in the U.S. is often taken for granted, narrowly under..
With contributions by both established and rising scholars, Socrates in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries surveys interpretations and uses of thi..
With contributions by both established and rising scholars, Socrates from Antiquity to the Enlightenment surveys interpretations and uses of this most..
Augenblick, meaning literally 'In the blink of an eye', describes a 'decisive moment' in time that is fleeting, yet momentously eventful and incredibl..
This volume features articles which employ source-work research to trace Kierkegaard's understanding and use of authors from the Patristic and Medieva..