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A Broad Revisionist Account of Central Asian History (1500-1800)

On February 20, 1963, a team of nineteen Americans embarked on the first expedition that would combine high-altitude climbing with scientific research.

Jacob Marcus's The Jews in The Medieval World (1938) has remained an indispensable resource for its comprehensive view of Jewish historical experience from late antiquity through the early modern period using primary source documents in English translation. This new work based on Marcus's book centres the focus squarely on Christian Europe.

Traces the Arc of Pittsburgh's Rise from Frontier Outpost to Dynamic Industrial Region

The story of the "conflict thesis" between science and religion--the notion of perennial conflict or warfare between the two--is part of our modern self-understanding. As the story goes, John William Draper (1811-1882) and Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918) constructed dramatic narratives in the nineteenth century that cast religion as the relentless enemy of scientific progress. And yet, despite its resilience in popular culture, historians today have largely debunked the conflict thesis. Unravelling its origins, James Ungureanu argues that Draper and White actually hoped their narratives would preserve religious belief. For them, science was ultimately a scapegoat for a much larger and more important argument dating back to the Protestant Reformation, where one theological tradition was pitted against another--a more progressive, liberal, and diffusive Christianity against a more traditional, conservative, and orthodox Christianity. By the mid-nineteenth century, narratives of conflict between "science and religion" were largely deployed between contending theological schools of thought. However, these narratives were later appropriated by secularists, freethinkers, and atheists as weapons against all religion. By revisiting its origins, development, and popularization, Ungureanu ultimately reveals that the "conflict thesis" was just one of the many unintended consequences of the Protestant Reformation.

Winner of the 2024 Cave Canem Poetry Prize

The First Thorough Examination of the Enduring Significance of Plants in Spanish American Literature and Culture

How Paper Tools Transformed the Infrastructure of Modern Research in Prussia at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century

Positions Bartram's Illustrations as Central to His Understanding of the Natural World

How Theater Expanded the Public Sphere and Contributed to Argentina's Democratization

Ayn Rand controversially defended rational egoism, the idea that people should regard their own happiness as their highest goal. Given that numerous scholars in philosophy and psychology alike are examining the nature of human flourishing and an ethics of well-being, the time is ripe for a close examination of Rand's theory. Egoism Without Permission illuminates Rand's thinking about how to practice egoism by exploring some of its crucial psychological dimensions. Tara Smith examines the dynamics among four partially subconscious factors in an individual's well-being: a person's foundational motivation for being concerned with morality; their attitude toward their desires; their independence; and their self-esteem. A clearer grasp of each, Smith argues, sheds light on the others, and a better understanding of the set, in turn, enriches our understanding of self-interest and its sensible pursuit. Smith then traces the implications for a broader understanding of what a person's self-interest genuinely is, and, correspondingly, of what its pursuit through rational egoism involves. By highlighting these previously underexplored features of Rand's conceptions of self-interest and egoism, Smith betters our understanding of how vital these psychological levers are to a person's genuine flourishing.

Navigates the Complicated History of the City as Both Site of Oppression and Space for Self-Determination

Reveals a New Story of Unexpected Sympathies, Solidarities, and Care in the Guantánamo Borderlands

Illustrates the Unevenness of Democracy in Latin America

Highlights the Transformative Effects of Border Conflicts on Culture and Politics

A Complex and Innovative Analysis of Discipline Formation in Nineteenth-Century Science

Offers New Perspectives on Local and Western Opposition to State Socialism and the Cold War Order

The First Comprehensive Biography on a Barrier-Breaking Black Radio and Television Newscaster

A Literary Exploration of Chicana Coming of Age, Identity, and Belonging

Letters Covering Tyndall's Infamous Belfast Address

A Revealing New Biography of a Pathbreaking Female Figure in Modern Indian History

Offers a New Rhetorical Repertoire for Interactive Writing in Social Media and Other Digital Spaces. Rhetoric and composition scholar Donna LeCourt combines theoretical inquiry, qualitative research, and rhetorical analysis to examine what it means to write for the ?public? in an age when the distinctions between public and private have eroded. Public spaces are increasingly privatized, and individual subjectivities have been reconstructed according to market terms. Part critique and part road map, Social Mediations begins with a critical reading of digital public pedagogies, then turns to developing a new theory that can guide a more effective writing pedagogy. LeCourt offers a theory based in embodied relationality that uses information economies to develop public spheres. She highlights how information commodities generate value through circulation, orchestrate relationships among people, and support unequal power structures. By demonstrating how we can use information capital for social change rather than market expansion, writers and readers are encouraged to seek out encounters with cultural and political impact. AUTHOR: Donna LeCourt is professor and chair of the English Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she teaches courses in rhetoric and composition, digital writing, teaching writing, and issues of difference in writing studies. She is the author of Identity Matters: Schooling the Student Body in Academic Discourse and coeditor of Rewriting Success: Constructing Careers and Institutional Change in Rhetoric and Composition.

Provides a Detailed Analysis of Argentine and Brazilian Political Economy Over the Last Three Decades

Demonstrates How Public Opinion Can Be Brought to Bear against Powerful Nations

An Original Intervention into Theorizations of Buenos Aires's Urban History

Captures the Complexity of Foucault's Political Engagements and Breaks with the Orthodox View That He Was Anti-Marxist

An Introduction to the Life, Work, and "Difficulty" of Reginald Shepherd