After an acrimonious divorce, Gebhart, an artist and writer, has lost his family, his home and a woman who once loved him. Knowing that he needs to start anew, he…

Catastrophic events like the bombing of Hiroshima, Hurricane Katrina s devastation of New Orleans, and drone strikes periodically achieve renewed political significance as subsequent developments summon them back to public…

Under the banner of family values, a war of more than words is being waged. At stake is the control of contemporary national culture-and the consciousness of succeeding generations. Michael…

Contains selected papers from the ISAAC conference 2007 and invited contributions. This book covers various topics that represent the main streams of research in hypercomplex analysis as well as the…

In The Phenomenology of Religious Belief, the renowned philosopher Michael J. Shapiro investigates how art - and in particular literature and film - can impact upon both traditional interpretations and…

To understand the historical complexity of the Pakistan-Afghanistan borderland, this book brings together some of the foremost thinkers of this borderland and seeks to approach its various problematic dimensions.

Americans face economic hardship but respond with fantastical solutions, from tax-cut magic to the end of capitalism. Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro focus on what truly worries people: their own…

Globalization inevitably turns to questions of sovereignty. This book explores the changes through readings of humanitarian intervention, human rights discourses, securitization, refugees, the fragmentation of identities and the practices of…