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Book SynopsisYitzhak Melamed here offers a new and systematic interpretation of the core of Spinoza''s metaphysics. In the first part of the book, he proposes a new reading of the metaphysics of substance in Spinoza: he argues that for Spinoza modes both inhere in and are predicated of God. Using extensive textual evidence, he shows that Spinoza considered modes to be God''s propria. He goes on to clarify Spinoza''s understanding of infinity, mereological relations, infinite modes, and the flow of finite things from God''s essence. In the second part of the book, Melamed relies on this interpretation of the substance-mode relation and the nature of infinite modes and puts forward two interrelated theses about the structure of the attribute of Thought and its overarching role in Spinoza''s metaphysics. First, he shows that Spinoza had not one, but two independent doctrines of parallelism. Then, in his final main thesis, Melamed argues that, for Spinoza, ideas have a multifaceted (in fact, infinitely faceted) structure that allows one and the same idea to represent the infinitely many modes which are parallel to it in the infinitely many attributes. Thought turns out to be coextensive with the whole of nature. Spinoza cannot embrace an idealist reduction of Extension to Thought because of his commitment to the conceptual separation of the attributes. Yet, within Spinoza''s metaphysics, Thought clearly has primacy over the other attributes insofar as it is the only attribute which is as elaborate, as complex, and, in some senses, as powerful as God.Trade ReviewMelamed remarks that 'it is better to observe the beast' of Spinoza's bold metaphysics 'than to tame it'. Anyone seeking to understand the magnificent beast will benefit enormously from his skilled observations of it. * Don Garret, Journal of Philosophy *Spinoza's Metaphysics will stimulate and inform discussion of Spinoza for years to come. * Journal of the History of Philosophy *Focused on some of the most fundamental issues in the interpretation of Spinoza's metaphysics, this volume is original, deeply informed, and compellingly argued. There is no question that this is excellent work that will be of great interest to scholars and students interested in understanding Spinoza's metaphysics. * Don Garrett, Professor of Philosophy, New York University *One of Melamed's most important contributions is that he rehabilitates the traditional view of Spinoza as a pantheist. * Michah Gottlieb, Jewish Review of Books *Table of ContentsContents ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: The Substance-Mode Relation as a Relation of Inherence and Predication ; Chapter 2: Immanent Cause, Acosmism, and the Distinction between 'Modes of God' and 'Modes of an Attribute' ; Chapter 3: Inherence, Causation, and Conception ; Chapter 4: The Infinite Modes ; Chapter 5: Spinoza's Two Doctrines of Parallelism ; Chapter 6: The Multifaceted Structure of Ideas and the Priority of Thought ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook is intended to show the links between the philosophy written in the Middle Ages and that being done today. Essays by over twenty medieval specialists, who are also familiar with contemporary discussions, explore areas in logic and philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, moral psychology ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy and philosophy of religion. Each topic has been chosen because it is of present philosophical interest, but a more or less similar set of questions was also discussed in the Middle Ages. No party-line has been set about the extent of the similarity. Some writers (e.g. Panaccio on Universals; Cesalli on States of Affairs) argue that there are the closest continuities. Others (e.g. Thom on Logical Form; Pink on Freedom of the Will) stress the differences. All, however, share the aim of providing new analyses of medieval texts and of writing in a manner that is clear and comprehensible to philosophers who are not medieval specialists. The HaTrade ReviewEdited by Marenbon, this volume succeeds remarkably well in its attempt to be a state-of-the-art overview of analytic approaches to medieval philosophy. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Making the Case for Medieval Philosophy, John Marenbon ; I. A Survey of Medieval Philosophy ; 1. The Late Ancient Background to Medieval Philosophy, John Marenbon ; 2. Greek philosophy, Borje Byden and Katerina Ierodiakonou ; 3. Arabic Philosophy before Avicenna, Peter Adamson ; 4. Avicenna and Afterwards, Nadja Germann ; 5. Averroes and Philosophy in Islamic Spain, Matteo Di Giovanni ; 6. Jewish Philosophy in Arabic, Charles Manekin ; 7. Jewish Philosophy in Hebrew, Steven Harvey ; 8. Latin Philosophy to 1200, Christophe Erismann ; 9. Latin Philosophy 1200-1350, Russell Friedman ; 10. Latin philosophy 1350-1550, John Marenbon ; 11. Medieval philosophy after the Middle Ages, Jacob Schmutz ; II. Issues in Medieval Philosophy ; Logic and Philosophy of Language ; 12. Logical Form, Paul Thom ; 13. Propositional Logic, Christopher J. Martin ; 14. Modality, Simo Knuuttila ; 15. Theories of Meaning, Margaret Cameron ; 16. Mental Language, Martin Lenz ; Metaphysics and Epistemology ; 17. Universals, Claude Panaccio ; 18. Being, Gyula Klima ; 19. States of Affairs, Laurent Cesalli ; 20. Parts, Wholes, and Identity, Andrew Arlig ; 21. Material Substance, Henrik Lagerlund ; 22. Mind and Hylomorphism, Robert Pasnau ; 23. Body and Soul, Peter King ; 24. Eternity, Taneli Kukkonen ; 25. Skepticism, Dominik Perler ; Moral Psychology, Ethics, Political Philosophy and Aesthetics ; 26. Freedom of the Will, Thomas Pink ; 27. Moral Intention, Ian Wilks ; 28. Virtue and Law, Terence Irwin ; 29. Natural Law, Anthony Lisska ; 30. Rights, Cary Nederman ; 31. Aesthetics, Andreas Speer ; Philosophy of Religion ; 32. Arguments for the Existence of God, Graham Oppy ; 33. Philosophy and the Trinity, Richard Cross

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Frances Courtney Kneupper examines the apocalyptic prophecies of the late medieval Empire, which even within the sensational genre of eschatological prophecy stand out for their bitter and violent nature. In addition to depicting the savage chastisement of the clergy and the forcible restructuring of the Church, these prophecies also infuse the apocalyptic narrative with explicitly German elements-in fact, German speakers are frequently cast as the agents of these stirring events in which the clergy suffer tribulations and the Church hierarchy is torn down.These prophecies were widely circulated throughout late medieval German-speaking Europe. Kneupper explores their significance for members of the Empire from 1380 to 1480, arguing that increased literacy, the development of strong urban centers, the drive for reform, and a connection to the imperial crown were behind their popularity. Offering detailed accounts of the most significant prophecies, Kneupper shows how they fit into currents of thought and sentiment in the late medieval Empire. In particular, she considers the relationships of German prophecy to contemporary discourses on Church reform and political identity. She finds that eschatological thought was considered neither marginal nor heretical, but was embraced by a significant, orthodox population of German laypeople and clerics, demonstrating the importance of popular eschatological thought to the development of a self-conscious, reform-minded, German-identified Empire on the Eve of the Reformation.Trade ReviewKneupper's book is a brilliant, engaging and most-needed analysis of a relatively reduced but influential corpus of late medieval literature that contributes to the understanding of the religious and political genesis of the Protestant Reform. * Carme Font Paz, Comitatus *The Empire at the End of Time should find an eager readership among historians of the late Middle Ages and the early Reformation, but also among readers curious to learn more about Christian apocalyptic traditions. * Jesse Spohnholz, Reading Religion *Kneupper treats her subject with admirable care and precision. * John Watkins, The American Historical Review *By showing more concretely and in greater detail than ever before the ways in which the spread of anticlerical and apocalyptic prophecies went hand in hand with an emerging sense of what it meant to be German, Kneupper's work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of late medieval culture. Scholars in early modern studies, including those who focus on the Reformation era, can gain valuable insights here as well. * Robin B. Barnes, Renaissance Quarterly *Table of ContentsMap Acknowledgments Preface Introduction SECTION ONE: CONTEXT 1 Audience and Reception SECTION TWO: INDIVIDUAL PROPHECIES OF LATE MEDIEVAL GERMAN-SPEAKING EUROPE 2 The Gamaleon Prophecy 3 The Letter of Brother Sigwalt 4 The Auffahrt Abend Prophecy 5 The Wirsberger Letters SECTION THREE: THEMES IN LATE MEDIEVAL GERMAN PROPHECY 6 The Church and Clergy in Prophetic Thought 7 German Identity in Prophetic Thought CONCLUSION Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Bohemian preacher and religious reformer Jan Hus has been celebrated as a de facto saint since being burned at the stake as a heretic in 1415. Patron Saint and Prophet analyzes Hus''s commemoration from the time of his death until the middle of the following century, tracing the ways in which both his supporters and his most outspoken opponents sought to determine whether he would be remembered as a heretic or saint. Phillip Haberkern examines how specific historical conflicts and exigencies affected the evolution of Hus''s memoryâwithin the militant Hussite movement that flourished until the mid-1430s, within the Czech Utraquist church that succeeded it, and among sixteenth-century Lutherans who viewed Hus as a forerunner and even prophet of their reform. Using close readings of written sources such as sermons and church histories, visual media including manuscript illuminations and monumental art, and oral forms of discourse such as vernacular songs and liturgical prayers, this book offers a fascinating account of how changes in media technology complemented the shifting theology of the cult of saints in order to shape early modern commemorative practices. By focusing on the ways in which the invocation of Hus catalyzed religious dissent within two distinct historical contexts, Haberkern compares the role of memory in late medieval Bohemia with the emergence of history as a constitutive religious discourse in the early modern German land. In this way, he also provides a detailed analysis of the ways in which Bohemian and German religious reformers justified their dissent from the Roman Church by invoking the past.Trade ReviewThanks to Haberkern's careful work...ironies of history are brought to light as we continue to peel back the multiple layers of memory that undergirded the Bohemian and German Reformations * Ian Christopher Levy, Providence College, The Journal of Religion *This volume is a welcome contribution to the historiography of the calls for and approaches to reform in the late middle ages and the onset of the early modern period. Haberkern assesses the image of Hus in written manuscripts and books, songs, and visual representations, so that readers have access to the broader field of propagating ideas in this time. This book is a most welcome broadening of our perspective on an important figure of the Reformation era and the manner in which the interpretations of his thought and life story served following generations as they saw in their image of Hus helpful aid for conveying their own ideas. * Robert Kolb, Concordia Journal *This fascinating book offers us new insights into the old question of 'forerunners of the Reformation.' By examining the afterlife of Jan Hus in Hussite, Lutheran and Catholic polemics, Phillip Haberkern brilliantly shows the range of ways in which an earlier form of dissent could be reinterpreted by its followers, its successors and its critics. This book is both deeply scholarly and very readable. * Euan Cameron, author of The European Reformation *The image of Jan Hus underwent a remarkable transformation in the 150 years after his death. Paying careful attention to historical context, Philip Haberkern masterfully demonstrates that each generation shaped its view of the reformer to match its own concerns. This is a major contribution to studies of both the Bohemian and German Reformations that reveals the significance and the malleability of historical memory in the early modern period. * Amy Nelson Burnett, Paula and D.B. Varner University Professor of History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln *A marvelous study bridging the religious cultures of late medieval and early modern Central Europe, a creative work of scholarship connecting the Reformations of Jan Hus and Martin Luther. Like Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County, the terrain that Phillip Haberkern so expertly surveys is a region where the past is never dead and where, as he demonstrates, successive generations of reformers skillfully manipulated the memory of Jan Hus to justify their confessional agendas. * Howard Louthan, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Austrian Studies at the University of Minnesota *Overall, Patron Saint and Prophet evinces a winning formula of clear prose and cogent argumentation. The author indulges repeatedly in playful language. * Armin Kohnle and Eike Thomsen, German Historical Institute London Bulletin, *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Saint Chapter 2: The Founder Chapter 3: The Patron Chapter 4: The Apocalyptic Witness Chapter 5: The Prophet Chapter 6: The Catholic Chapter 7: The Exemplar Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe period 550 to 750 was one in which monastic culture became more firmly entrenched in Western Europe. The role of monasteries and their relationship to the social world around them was transformed during this period as monastic institutions became more integrated in social and political power networks. This collected volume of essays focuses on one of the central figures in this process, the Irish ascetic exile and monastic founder, Columbanus (c. 550-615), his travels on the Continent, and the monastic network he and his Frankish disciples established in Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy.The post-Roman kingdoms through which Columbanus travelled and established his monastic foundations were made up of many different communities of peoples. As an outsider and immigrant, how did Columbanus and his communities interact with these peoples? How did they negotiate differences and what emerged from these encounters? How societies interact with outsiders can reveal the inner workings and social norms of that culture. This volume aims to explore further the strands of this vibrant contact and to consider all of the geographical spheres in which Columbanus and his monastic communities operated (Ireland, Merovingian Gaul, Alamannia, Lombard Italy) and the varieties of communities he and his successors came in contact with -- whether they be royal, ecclesiastic, aristocratic, or grass-roots.Trade Reviewthe whole of Columbanus and the Peoples of Post-Roman Europe ought to be essential reading for any researchers of these centuries. * Erica Steiner, University of Sydney, Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association *[C]ontains contributions from nearly all the leading scholars active in the field of Columbanian studies. The work is organized around the theme of the various ethnic groups – the gentes – that interacted with the saint or his monasteries. * Matthew Mattingly, Early Medieval Europe *If all the volumes arising from these conferences are as excellent as this one, the scholarly world will be blessed. * Nathan J. Ristuccia, Church History *[this book] certainly advances the state of knowledge with some fine examples of careful revision and probing. It is thus a welcome addition to the scholarship on a fascinating historical and hagiographical figure. * Diarmuid Ó Riain, Journal of Ecclesiastical History *Without question, O'Hara's Columbanus and the Peoples of Post-Roman Europe provides a substantial leap forward, most immediately for scholarship on Columbanus himself, and more broadly for this caliginous era of late antique Western/European history...Indeed, what this volume demonstrates above all is how much there is yet to learn, and how fruitful a field of research Columbanus studies remain. * Kristen Carella, Assumption College, Speculum *From a scholarly perspective, there is much here of great value to the study of this Irish and European saint's background, career and legacy, for which the editor and contributors should be congratulated. But the book also has a broader, contemporary message. * Patrick Wadden, Belmont Abbey College, The English Historical Review *Each contribution is insightful and many offer valuable reassessments of the sources for Columbanus and his legacy in Western Europe; the volume as a whole is tightly edited and remarkably cohesive. * Patrick Gleeson, Queen's University Belfast, The Society for Medieval Archaeology *The book is rich in content, and innovative and comprehensive in its approach. Each contribution is accompanied by an up-to-date bibliography and manages to apply new conceptual tools to older problems of Columbanian scholarship. The reader will find much that is of general interest for the study of the period and will gain considerable insight into the dynamics of intergroup relationships during an important phase of European history. * Carlo Cedra, History Ireland *The authors have carefully and creatively teased out the well-known documents to deepen our understanding of this period. Many of the essays also reinforce and nuance ideas across multiple chapters [...] Each essay also includes an up-to-date bibliography that will be invaluable to scholars wanting to explore these topics. This is an important volume of well-written essays that contribute much to the field and is highly recommended * The Medieval Review *In this wonderful collection of essays the reader travels with Columbanus through the Christian West, from Ireland to Brittany, from Northern Gaul to the Rhine, Bavaria, Alamannia, and Italy. Through the great Irishman's encounters with secular and ecclesiastical elites, with various religious cultures, Roman traditions, post-Roman states and peoples, this volume illuminates the profound changes that characterize the transition from the ancient to the medieval world. * Helmut Reimitz, Princeton University *The book is rich in content, and innovative and comprehensive in its approach. Each contribution is accompanied by an up-to-date bibliography and manages to apply new conceptual tools to older problems of Columbanian scholarship. The reader will find much that is of general interest for the study of the period and will gain considerable insight into the dynamics of intergroup relationships during an important phase of European history. * Carlo Cedro, History Ireland *Table of ContentsPreface List of Abbreviations Maps Contributors Foreword Walter Pohl Part I: Columbanus in Context Chapter 1: Introduction: Columbanus and Europe Alexander O'Hara Chapter 2: Columbanus and the Language of Concord Damian Bracken Part II: The Insular Background Chapter 3: The Political Background to Columbanus's Irish Career Dáibhí Ó Cróinín Chapter 4: Movers and Shakers? How Women Shaped the Career of Columbanus Elva Johnston Chapter 5: Columbanus's Ulster Education Alex Woolf Part III: The Frankish World Chapter 6: Columbanus in Brittany Ian Wood Chapter 7: Columbanus and Shunning: The Irish peregrinus between Gildas, Gaul, and Gregory Clare Stancliffe Chapter 8: Orthodoxy and Authority: Jonas, Eustasius, and the Agrestius Affair Andreas Fischer Chapter 9: Columbanus and the Mission to the Bavarians and the Slavs in the Seventh Century Herwig Wolfram Part IV: On the Fringe: Columbanus and Gallus in Alamannia Chapter 10: Between the Devil and the deep Lake Constance: Jonas of Bobbio, interpretatio Christiana, and the Pagan Religion of the Alamanni Bernhard Maier Chapter 11: Drinking with Woden: A Re-Examination of Jonas's Vita Columbani I. 27 Francesco Borri Chapter 12: Between Metz and Überlingen: Columbanus and Gallus in Alamannia Yaniv Fox Chapter 13: Quicumque sunt rebelles, foras exeant! Columbanus's Rebellious Disciple Gallus Philipp Dörler Part V: Lombard Italy and Columbanus's Legacy Chapter 14: Columbanus, Bobbio, and the Lombards Stefano Gasparri Chapter 15: Disputing Columbanus's Heritage: The Regula cuiusdam patris (with a translation of the Rule) Albrecht Diem

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Book SynopsisConsidered one of the original texts foretelling the black feminist movement, this collection of essays, first published in 1892, offers an unparalleled view into the thought of black women writers in nineteenth-century America. A leading black spokeswoman of her time, Anna Julia Cooper came of age during a conservative wave in the black community, a time when men completely dominated African-American intellectual and political ideas. In these essays, Cooper criticizes black men for securing higher education for themselves through the ministry, while erecting roadblocks to deny women access to those same opportunities, and denounces the elitism and provinciality of the white women''s movement. Passionately committed to women''s independence, Cooper espoused higher education as the essential key to ending women''s physical, emotional, and economic dependence on men.Trade ReviewAn excellent book....Highly complex but not complicated. * James N. Upton, Ohio State University "A first-class series of essays that cut to the heart of the issues as much today as when it was first published.Robert Carr, George Mason University *A very useful and thorough presentation of black woman's lives during the post-reconstruction era. * James N. Upton, Ohio State University *So glad to have this important text available for my course. * Elizabeth Keyser, Hollins College *A brilliant example of how to discuss together the issues of both gender and race, one of the first in US American discourse to so approach such matters. * Dr. Imafedia Okhamafe, University of Nebraska *

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Book SynopsisWhen William Freehling''s Prelude to Civil War first appeared in 1965 it was immediately hailed as a brilliant study of the origins of the American Civil War. Three decades later, its importance remains undiminished and is still considered one of the most significant studies in its field. This vivid description of a society on the brink powerfully conveys the combustive social elements of the Old South, as well as the political manoeuvring and combative personalities that finally ensured secession and war, and insists upon the central importance of the South''s `peculiar institution'' in understanding the roots of the Civil War.Trade Review"The definitive study of the nullification crisis in South Carolina."--The Free Lance-Star "Well done....Fine companion to Freehling's other work. Chapters are well organized; summaries are excellent."--Richard Owens, Lewis University "Combines incisive analysis with great narrative power....An important event....Highly readable and absorbing."--Book Week "An excellent piece of research and writing."--Library Journal "[Freehling's] special talent seems to be the capacity to etch characters richly, precisely, and briefly. By this means a very complicated story is made clear and interesting."--The Virginia Quarterly Review

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Book SynopsisPlease Please Me offers an insider's view of the British pop-music recording industry during the seminal period of 1956 to 1968, based on personal recollections, contemporary accounts, and all relevant data that situate this scene in the economic, political, and social context of postwar Britain.Trade Reviewa geniune and important contribution to the cannon of 1960s musical literature... the book offers a highly readable and clearly conveyed account of how the pop industry worked in its most fertile and experimental decade. * Paul Martin, Journal of Contemporary British History *this meaty paperback is an academic, but throughly engrossing stugy of the UK recording industry in the 60s... His text blends facts, personal recollections and period flavour, with enlightening first-hand quotes woven throughout its pages helping to capture the special atmosphere. * Russell Newmark, The Beat magazine *Table of ContentsPreface, Acknowledgements / Introduction / 1. The Velvet Glove: The Art of Production / 2. A Question of Balance: Engineering Art / 3. Mediating Change: Setting Musical Directions / 4. The Write Stuff: Songwriters / 5. Red-Light Fever: Musicians / 6. Please Please Me / 7. London Recording Studios / Discography / Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Arts of the Prima Donna assembles a star-studded yet well-balanced cast of contributors, whose essays combine theoretical approaches to text and narrative, and current theory on gender, performativity, and the commodification of the female body, with the growing understanding of the lives, careers, and performances of the female opera singer.Trade ReviewThe essays offer a rich variety of approaches to the prima donna, and the quality of scholarship and writing is high. Together they reveal the contradictory views of the prima donna in different times and places, the ideologies of gender that shaped perception, and the challenges these singers presented to traditional male/female power dynamics. * Sarah Hibberd, Studies in Theatre and Performance *this volume makes a unique contribution to the literature ... Highly recommended * R. Pitts, CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Rachel Cowgill and Hilary Poriss ; PART ONE: PROMOTION AND IMAGE-MAKING ; Chapter 1. Divas and Sonnets: Poetry for Female Singers in Teatri arti e letteratura ; Francesco Izzo ; Chapter 2. Idealizing the Prima Donna in Mid-Victorian London ; Roberta Montemorra Marvin ; Chapter 3. Prima Donnas and the Performance of Altruism ; Hilary Poriss ; Chapter 4. Staging Scandal with Salome and Elektra ; Joy H. Calico ; Chapter 5. Screening the Diva ; Mary Simonson ; Chapter 6. The Prima Donna's Art of Politics ; James R. Currie ; INTERLUDE 1: The Prima Donna Creates ; Julian Rushton ; PART TWO: FANTASY AND REPRESENTATION ; Chapter 7. Gautier's "Diva": The First French Use of the Word ; James Q. Davies ; Chapter 8. Artistic Experiment and the Reevaluation of the Prima Donna in George Moore's Evelyn Innes ; Grace Kehler ; Chapter 9. Ars moriendi: Reflections on the Death of Mimi ; Helen Greenwald ; Chapter 10. Lakme's Echoing Jewels ; Gurminder Kaur Bhogal ; INTERLUDE 2: Breath's End: Opera and Mortality ; Terry Castle ; PART THREE: CULTURES OF CELEBRITY ; Chapter 11. "Attitudes with a Shawl": Performance, Femininity, and Spectatorship at the Italian Opera in Early Nineteenth-Century London ; Rachel Cowgill ; Chapter 12. From Diva to Drama Queen ; Tracy C. Davis ; Chapter 13. The Prima Donna as Opera Impresario: Emma Carelli and the Teatro Costanzi, 1911-1926 ; Susan Rutherford ; Chapter 14. "In Imitation of My Negro Mammy": Alma Gluck and the American Prima Donna ; Susan C. Cook ; Chapter 15. "The Finest Voice of the Century": Clara Butt and Other Concert-Hall and Drawing-Room Singers of Fin-de-siecle Britain ; Sophie Fuller ; Chapter 16. Galli-Curci Comes to Town: The Prima Donna's Presence in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction ; Alexandra Wilson ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe collapse of the USSR seemed to spell the end of the empire, yet it by no means marked the end of Russia''s enduring imperial preoccupations, extending over four and a half centuries since the reign of Ivan IV. Is there such a thing as an imperial trace in Russia''s contemporary culture? Condee argues that we cannot make sense of contemporary Russian culture without accounting for its imperial legacy and mapping out the terms of such an analysis. She turns to the instance of contemporary cinema to focus this line of inquiry. Within film (and implicitly other cultural fields as well) do we limit our accounting to narrative evidence-Chechen wars at the periphery, historical costume dramas of court life-or could an imperial trace be sought in other, more embedded ways, in the manner and structure or representation, the conditions of productions, the recurrent preoccupations of its leading filmmakers, the ways in which collective belonging is figured or disfigured? This book organizes tTrade ReviewThe Imperial Trace is hands down the most thought-provoking book that I have read in quite some time. It is as well (and wittily) written as it is thoroughly researched and skillfully argued, no mean feat given the complexity of the ideas therein. This superb book is essential reading for anyone interested in nations and empire and their cultural manifestations, in Russian cultural politics, and in late Soviet and contemporary Russian film. * Slavic Review *Offers some compelling interpretations for six of Russia's contemporary directors. This is greatly appreciated and provides a starting point for other such scholarly discussions...Condee provides much insight into late- and post-Soviet cinema, which will be a relevant source for future scholarship. * Slavic and East European Journal *Imperial Trace provides insightful, always absorbing, sometimes provocative readings of the dialogue with the imperial legacy in the work of the six most significant film directors working in contemporary Russia. * Julian Graffy, University College London *This is a book full of surprises; rather than settling issues, it breaks open the discussion. * Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan *This study represents not only a superb overview and nuanced reading of works by major Russian filmmakers bridging the late Soviet and post-Soviet period, but also a groundbreaking study of the intersection between constructions of empire, cultural institutions, and cinematic texts. * Catharine Nepomnyashchy, Columbia University *Table of ContentsList of illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; 1. Introduction: Custodian of the Empire ; 2. Cine-Amnesia: How Russia Forgot to Go to the Movies ; 3. Mikhalkov: European but Not Western ; 4. Muratova: The Zoological Imperium ; 5. Abdrashitov-Mindadze: A Comuunity of Somnambulants ; 6. Sokurov: Shuffling Off the Imperial Coil ; 7. German: Forensics in the Dynastic Capital ; 8. Balabanov: The Metropole's Death Drive ; 9. Postscript ; References ; Index

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Book Synopsis''I am inclined to think that we want new forms . . . as well as thoughts'', confessed Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning in 1845. The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Poetry provides a closely-read appreciation of the vibrancy and variety of Victorian poetic forms, and attends to poems as both shaped and shaping forces. The volume is divided into four main sections. The first section on ''Form'' looks at a few central innovations and engagements--''Rhythm'', ''Beat'', ''Address'', ''Rhyme'', ''Diction'', ''Syntax'', and ''Story''. The second section, ''Literary Landscapes'', examines the traditions and writers (from classical times to the present day) that influence and take their bearings from Victorian poets. The third section provides ''Readings'' of twenty-three poets by concentrating on particular poems or collections of poems, offering focused, nuanced engagements with the pleasures and challenges offered by particular styles of thinking and writing. The final section, ''The PlaceTrade ReviewAn astounding volume ... a blessing ... deeply thoughtful but eminently approachable essays ... including Bevis's concise but masterful introduction ... The Oxford Handbook should, indisputably, find its way to the shelves of every university library ... it will no doubt be a source of rich reflective scholarship for generations of researchers. * The Year's Work in English Studies *Impressive ... a substantial volume ... essays in Matthew Bevis's The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Poetry may be regarded as marking something of a breakthrough. * Victorian Poetry *All of the essays are well informed, wisely crafted, and meticulously edited. * Choice *Bevis's editorial work combines rigour with play ... [he] gives us a book which is united by its refusal to conform to any one pattern or mould ... The essays [on form] ... are full of flair and reflexive comedy ... The section on 'Literary Landscapes' impresses with its originality and strength ... Bevis's volume is particularly strong for the way in which it unsettles chronological and generic boundaries ... The final section on 'The Place of Poetry' offers intriguing collisions ... Perhaps the greatest pleasure of this book is the editor's resistance to simplification ... The Handbook can act as a useful scholarly touchstone, but it is much more than this. * Sophie Ratcliffe, Tennyson Research Bulletin *Table of ContentsFORM; LITERARY LANDSCAPES; READINGS; THE PLACE OF POETRY

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Book SynopsisA History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe is a synthetic work, authored by an international team of researchers, covering twenty national cultures and 250 years. It goes beyond the conventional nation-centered narratives and presents a novel vision especially sensitive to the cross-cultural entanglement of political ideas and discourses. Its principal aim is to make these cultures available for the global ''market of ideas'' and revisit some of the basic assumptions about the history of modern political thought, and modernity as such.The present volume is a sequel to Volume I: Negotiating Modernity in the ''Long Nineteenth Century''. It begins with the end of the Great War, depicting the colorful intellectual landscape of the interwar period and the increasing political and ideological radicalization culminating in the Second World War. Taking the war experience both as a breaking point but in many ways also a transmitter of previous intellectual traditions, it mapsTrade Review[the reader] will receive something like a universal formula encompassing the history of the region's political thought from the eighteenth century until the present ... The merit of this book is that it has introduced -- hopefully for good -- a whole series of previously-missing links into international academic discourse ... it is really worthwhile to read this weighty work. * Maciej Górny, Acta Poloniae Historica *The History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe is a brilliant book. It combines the intellectual history of Central East Europe with the regions political, sociological, and legal past for the first time. It is based on a very deep knowledge of the individual development of the various nations of East Central Europe and brings them together in a new, original, and innovative synthesis. * Martin Schulze Wessel, Professor of Eastern European History, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich *The authors give us a work of reflection and learning that readers will turn to for generations; they not only recover the political thought of dozens of important writers across East Central Europe, but also uncover a lost map of hopes and insights, showing paths taken and not taken, right, left, and center, all of relevance to a region that continues to seek orientation. The authors come from many countries, but their voice is unified, and prose a pleasure to read, wherever one dips in, remarkably balanced throughout, leaning only in the direction of resolute, disinterested scholarship. * John Connelly, Professor of History, University of California Berkeley *An ambitious collective endeavor by leading scholars of the post-1989 generation to revisit the key issues and rediscover the leading figures shaping the main currents of political thought in twentieth-century East-Central Europe. Its major contribution lies precisely in the transnational approach to the subject, providing a complex historical narrative and original insights into the political cultures of the region and their lasting relevance. Required reading for those who want to understand the intellectual background to the main political trends coming from East Central Europe today. * Jacques Rupnik, Director of Research, Sciences Po, Paris *Table of ContentsPart I: Transcending Modernity: Interwar and Wartime Visions of Regeneration 1: Nation-State Building and its Alternatives 2: Liberalism on the Defensive 3: The Many Faces of Leftism 4: The 'Third Way' 5: Towards a Conservative Revolution 6: A New State for 'New Men' 7: World War II: Collaboration, Resistance, and Visions of the Postwar Orde Part II: Hybridized Modernity: Communism, Reformism, and Dissent in a Divided Europe 8: The Postwar 'Transition Years' 9: Stalinism and De-Stalinization 10: Towards Socialism with a Human Face?

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Book SynopsisThe study of medieval literature has experienced a revolution in the last two decades, which has reinvigorated many parts of the discipline and changed the shape of the subject in relation to the scholarship of the previous generation. ''New'' texts (laws and penitentials, women''s writing, drama records), innovative fields and objects of study (the history of the book, the study of space and the body, medieval masculinities), and original ways of studying them (the Sociology of the Text, performance studies) have emerged. This has brought fresh vigour and impetus to medieval studies, and impacted significantly on cognate periods and areas. The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English brings together the insights of these new fields and approaches with those of more familiar texts and methods of study, to provide a comprehensive overview of the state of medieval literature today. It also returns to first principles in posing fundamental questions about the nature, scope, and sTrade ReviewElisabeth Dutton's chapter 'Secular Drama' in The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Literature in English...provides an examination of the nature of secular medievaldrama in England against the dominant force of the mystery cycles, which have hitherto garnered the lion's share of critical attention. * Daisy Black and Sarah Brazil, The English Association *Table of ContentsPROLOGUE; LITERARY PRODUCTION; LITERARY CONSUMPTION; LITERATURE, CLERICAL, AND LAY; LITERARY REALITIES; COMPLEX IDENTITIES; LITERARY PLACE, SPACE, AND TIME; LITERARY JOURNEYS; EPILOGUE; INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS; GENERAL INDEX

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Book SynopsisIt has long been assumed that England lay outside the Western European tradition of castle-building until after the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is now becoming apparent that Anglo-Saxon lords had been constructing free-standing towers at their residences all across England over the course of the tenth and eleventh centuries. Initially these towers were exclusively of timber, and quite modest in their scale, although only a handful are known from archaeological excavation. There followed the so-called ''tower-nave'' churches, towers with only a tiny chapel located inside, which appear to have had a dual function as buildings of elite worship and symbols of secular power and authority. For the first time, this book gathers together the evidence for these remarkable buildings, many of which still stand incorporated into the fabric of Norman and later parish churches and castles. It traces their origin in monasteries, where kings and bishops drew upon Continental European practice to constTrade ReviewMuch of interest * P.S. Barnwell, Ecclesiology Today *The volume certainly fulfils its aim to establish tower-nave churches as a recognisable part of the architectural repertoire of the early medieval period, and it does so in an accessible and engaging manner. * Claire Nesbitt, Antiquity *anglo-Saxon Towers of Lordship brings refreshing new intelligence to a topic bedecked with two centuries of scholarly tradition * David Stocker, University of Leeds, The Society for Medieval Archaeology *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I: SYNTHESIS 1: A corpus of monastic tower-naves 2: A corpus of lordly tower-naves PART II: INTERPRETATION 3: Monastic tower-naves and tower-nave origins 4: Tower-naves, lordly towers, and the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy 5: Tower-nave churches in comparative perspective Conclusion Appendix: A List of Equivocal Tower-Naves

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Book SynopsisRevivals are outbursts of religious enthusiasm in which there are numerous conversions. In this book the phenomenon of revival is set in its broad historical and historiographical context. David Bebbington provides detailed case-studies of awakenings that took place between 1841 and 1880 in Britain, North America and Australia, showing that the distinctive features of particular revivals were the result less of national differences than of denominational variations. These revivals occurred in many places across the globe, but revealed the shared characteristics of evangelical Protestantism. Bebbington explores the preconditions of revival, giving attention to the cultural setting of each episode as well as the form of piety displayed by the participants. No single cause can be assigned to the awakenings, but one of the chief factors behind them was occupational structure and striking instances of death were often a precipitant. Ideas were far more involved in these events than historiaTrade Reviewevery individual story is fasinatingly different, and every revival is a unique event. This delightful volume, a Bebbington masterpiece, helps us to see them up close with a clarity and variety like never before * Andrew Atherstone, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, Churchman *This labour of love (p. vi), as Bebbington describes it, provides a convincing corrective to a myriad of careless generalizations about revivals. This monograph is a model of careful, in-depth, and insightful scholarship and will undoubtedly inspire further work in this field. * Joanna Cruickshank, Deakin University. *This richly textured study should prove both authoritative and provocative to all working in the field. * Martin Wellings, Theology *^i Victorian Religious Revivals^r is an excellent piece of scholarship, well researched, well written, and insightful in its interpretation. * Clive D. Field, Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society *a groundbreaking work of scholarship that will likely exert considerable influence on the field. * Nathan A. Finn, Themelios *Victorian Religious Revivals is an enjoyable read, and could serve both as an introduction to revivalism and as a resource for established scholars. * Torsten Löfstedt, Religion *Table of Contents1. The Trajectory of Revival: The Pattern of Awakenings from the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Centuries ; 2. The Interpretation of Revival: Religious Awakenings and Modern Historiography: Religious Awakenings and Modern Historiography ; 3. The Struggle for the Soul of Texas: Baptist Revival at Washington-on-the-Brazos, 1841 ; 4. The Spontaneous and the Planned: Wesleyan Methodist Revival in Cornwall, 1849 ; 5. Fanaticism and Sound Learning: Primitive Methodist Revival in Weardale, County Durham, 1851 ; 6. Experience and Good Order: Presbyterian Revival in North Carolina, 1857 ; 7. A Clash of Cultures: Revival in Forfarshire, Scotland, 1859 ; 8. Tradition and Innovation: Revival in South Australia, 1875 ; 9. The General and the Particular: Baptist Revival in Nova Scotia, 1880 ; 10. Conclusion: Culture and Piety in Local and Global Contexts

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Book SynopsisRenowned contemporary commentator Anatol Lieven anatomizes American nationalism - its roots, its defining features, and its recent radicalization - and just how greatly this is contributing to the paralysis of effective government in what remains the world's most powerful and important countryTrade ReviewLieven's analysis of the American scene is both alarming and informative in equal parts. * Northern Echo *Lieven is a veteran journalist, Professor of War Studies at Kingâs College London and author of books about Russia, Ukraine, the Baltics and Chechnya. In America Right or Wrong, he draws on his deep reading in American intellectual history and personal experiences studying and working in the United States to produce an ambitious, thoughtful and useful book. * Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; 1. An Exceptional Nationalism? ; 2. Splendor and Tragedy of the American Creed ; 3. The Embittered Heartland ; 4. Fundamentalists and Great Fears ; 5. The Legacy of the Cold War ; 6. American Nationalism, Israel, and the Middle East ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Index

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Book SynopsisAlthough the Victorians were awash in texts, the Bible was such a pervasive and dominant presence that they may fittingly be thought of as ''a people of one book''. They habitually read the Bible, quoted it, adopted its phraseology as their own, thought in its categories, and viewed their own lives and experiences through a scriptural lens. This astonishingly deep, relentless, and resonant engagement with the Bible was true across the religious spectrum from Catholics to Unitarians and beyond. The scripture-saturated culture of nineteenth-century England is displayed by Timothy Larsen in a series of lively case studies of representative figures ranging from the Quaker prison reformer Elizabeth Fry to the liberal Anglican pioneer of nursing Florence Nightingale to the Baptist preacher C. H. Spurgeon to the Jewish author Grace Aguilar. Even the agnostic man of science T. H. Huxley and the atheist leaders Charles Bradlaugh and Annie Besant were thoroughly and profoundly preoccupied with tTrade ReviewLarsenâs careful research and accessible style will make this one of the classic works on the period for many years to come. * American Historical Review *This is a rich and thoroughly enjoyable book * English Historical Review *A learned and engaging book. * Journal of Modern History *Another significant contribution to this field, Timothy Larsens learned A People of One Book: The Bible and the Victorians successfully demonstrates the diversity of the ways that Victorians thought about and interpreted the Scriptures. * The Years Work in Englishs Studies *For demonstrating the surprising longevity and breadth of the Bibles cultural and linguistic influence, for its imaginative mapping of everyday Bible reading, and for introducing readers to a treasure trove of little-known primary sources, A People of One Book makes a significant contribution to the field. * Nineteenth-Century Literature *This is a painstakingly, formidably researched study: archives and collections of the papers and letters of several of the figures discussed have been minutely examined, as have countless newspapers and journals, magazines and tracts. Professor Larsen must have immersed himself in hundreds of sermons, biblical commentaries, essays, reviews and biographies to put together the successive case histories. And he has listened, attentively, to these different voices. The result is a recuperative work of patient synthesis, and I cannot imagine the scholar of nineteenth-century religion or literature who would not learn something new from nearly every page. * Chris Walsh, Religion and Literature *In his erudite treatment of these dozen representative figures, Larsen, the McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College, offers a virtual survey of the Victorian religious landscape. * Journal of Religion *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Anglo-Catholics: E. B. Pusey and Holy Scripture ; 2. Roman Catholics: Nicholas Wiseman and Sacred Scripture ; 3. Atheists: Charles Bradlaugh, Annie Besant, and 'this indictable book' ; 4. Methodist and Holiness: Catherine Booth, William Cooke, and the Scriptures ; 5. Liberal Anglicans: Florence Nightingale and the Bible ; 6. Unitarians: Mary Carpenter and the Sacred Writings ; 7. Quakers: Elizabeth Fry and 'Reading' ; 8. Agnostics: T. H.Huxley and Bibliolatry ; 9. Evangelical Anglicans: Josephine Butler and the Word of God ; 10. Orthodox Old Dissent: C. H. Spurgeon and 'the Book' ; Conclusion: Spiritualism, Judaism, and the Brethren - A People of One Book

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean for a woman to write an elegy, ode, epic, or blazon in the seventeenth century? How does their reading affect women''s use of particular poetic forms and what can the physical appearance of a poem, in print and manuscript, reveal about how that poem in turn was read?Forms of Engagement shows how the aesthetic qualities of early modern women''s poetry emerge from the culture in which they write. It reveals previously unrecognized patterns of influence between women poets Katherine Philips, Lucy Hutchinson, and Margaret Cavendish and their peers and predecessors: how Lucy Hutchinson responded to Ben Jonson and John Milton, how Margaret Cavendish responded to Thomas Hobbes and the scientists of the early Royal Society, and how Katherine Philips re-worked Donne''s lyrics and may herself have influenced Abraham Cowley and Andrew Marvell. This book places analysis of form at the centre of an historical study of women writers, arguing that reading for form is reading for influence. Hutchinson, Philips, and Cavendish were immersed in mid-seventeenth century cultural developments, from the birth of experimental philosophy, to the local and state politics of civil war and the rapid expansion of women''s print publication. For women poets, reworking poetic forms such as elegy, ode, epic, and couplet was a fundamental engagement with the culture in which they wrote. By focusing on these interactions, rather than statements of exclusion and rejection, a formalist reading of these women can actually provide a more nuanced historical view of their participation in literary culture.Trade Reviewso many of the close readings of passages throughout the book are splendidly illuminating. * Neil Forsyth, Times Literary Supplement *this excellent book raises many of the issues at stake. It should be thoughtfully read by anyone interested in seventeenth-century literature. * Neil Forsyth, Universite de Lausanne, The Journal of the English Association *Scott-Baumann's meticulous attention to a refreshingly wide range of formal properties and her acute readings of Philips, Hutchinson and Cavendish in relation to their literary influences offer original insights into the work of all three poets ... an impressive contribution to our understanding of the complexity and importance of all three poets. * Hero Chalmers, The Seventeenth Century *brilliant close readings ... a larger, sophisticated argument for the relation of reading to form ... an impressively rich account of early modern women writers' important poetic and intellectual contributions to their culture. * Catharine Gray, Modern Philology *Forms of Engagement makes a valuable contribution to histories of reading, intertextuality and intellectual milieus in seventeenth-century England. The book is to be commended for its imbrication of questions of form with questions of historicity and materiality, and also for its ability to breathe new life into such supposedly staid topics as prosody and metrical regularity. For the women writers who are, ultimately, the central object of this study, Scott-Baumann has produced an erudite testament to their formal sophistication, to the self-consciousness with which they engaged and occasionally challenged literary conventions and to the seriousness of their distinctive literary practices. * Patricia Pender, Review of English Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Reading, gender and form ; 1. Margaret Cavendish, Nature, and Originality ; 2. Margaret Cavendish as Editor and Reviser ; 3. Katherine Philips and Abraham Cowley: Solitude, Dialogue, and the Ode ; 4. Katherine Philips and Lucy Hutchinson Reading John Donne ; 5. Lucy Hutchinson's Elegies, the Country-House Poem and Female Complaint ; 6. Lucy Hutchinson, the Bible, and Order and Disorder ; Afterword: Untracked paths

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Book SynopsisThis volume, first published in 1954, is one of three presenting the correspondence of David Hume, one of the great men of the eighteenth century. It complements J. Y. T. Greig''s two-volume Letters of David Hume, first published in 1932. Klibansky and Mossner brought together letters from 1737 to 1776, discovered after the publication of Greig''s edition. Hume''s correspondents in this volume include such famous thinkers and public figures as Adam Smith, James Boswell, and Benjamin Franklin. The edition offers a rich picture of the man and his age, and is a uniquely valuable resource to anyone with an interest in early modern thought.Table of ContentsList of Letters ; Introduction ; Principles of the Edition ; Life and Works of Hume ; List of Abbreviations ; Letters ; Appendixes ; Index of Persons ; Index of Books and Subjects

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Book SynopsisDewey Wallace tells the story of several prominent English Calvinist actors and thinkers in the first generations after the beginning of the Restoration. In the midst of conflicts between Church and Dissent and the intellectual challenges of the dawning age of Enlightenment, these five individuals and groups dealt with deism, anti-Trinitarianism, and scoffing atheism - usually understood as godlessness - by choosing different emphases in their defense and promotion of Calvinist piety and theology. In each case there was not only persistence in an earlier Calvinist trajectory, but also a transformation of the Calvinist heritage into a new mode of thinking and acting. The different paths taken illustrate the rich variety of English Calvinism in the period. This study offers description and analysis of the mystical Calvinism of Peter Sterry, the hermeticist Calvinism of Theophilus Gale, the evangelical Calvinism of Joseph Alleine and the circle that promoted his legacy, the natural theology of the moderate Calvinist Presbyterians Richard Baxter, William Bates, and John Howe, and the Church of England Calvinism of John Edwards. Wallace seeks to overturn conventional clichés about Calvinism: that it was anti-mystical, that it allowed no scope for the ''''ancient theology'''' that characterized much of Renaissance learning, that its piety was harshly predestinarian, that it was uninterested in natural theology, and that it had been purged from the established church by the end of the seventeenth century. Shapers of English Calvinism, 1660-1714 illuminates the religious and intellectual history of the era between the Reformation and modernity, offering fascinating insight into the development of Calvinism and also into English Puritanism as it transitioned into Dissent.Trade ReviewWallace ably demonstrates the life and death of Calvinism amoung English divines as well as the organic links between conformity and non-conformity in the half century following 1662. * Adam Richardson, Churchman *a humane, wise and informative account * Journal of Ecclesiastical History *a meaty but pleasurable read * Lee Gatiss, Theology *Wallace oVers a highly readable account of the continuing resilience and influence of Calvinism in the second half of the seventeenth century ... it is very carefully written and definitely proves his point that Calvinism was far from intellectually and spirituality stagnant. * Michael Brydon, Journal of Theological Studies *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

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Book SynopsisHenrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr offer the first comprehensive examination of one of the twentieth century''s most distinctive occult iconoclasts. Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was a study in contradictions. He was born into a Fundamentalist Christian family, then educated at Cambridge where he experienced both an intellectual liberation from his religious upbringing and a psychic awakening that led him into the study of magic. He was a stock figure in the tabloid press of his day, vilified during his life as a traitor, drug addict and debaucher; yet he became known as the perhaps most influential thinker in contemporary esotericism. The practice of the occult arts was understood in the light of contemporary developments in psychology, and its advocates, such as William Butler Yeats, were among the intellectual avant-garde of the modernist project. Crowley took a more drastic step and declared himself the revelator of a new age of individualism. Crowley''s occult bricolage, Magick, wasTrade ReviewIt is a balanced collection of well-selected essays by scholars and researchers who know their subjects, all of which are stimulating, and which succeed in showing why Crowley should be taken seriously [...] Not just recommended but essential reading! * Magonia Review of Books *Table of ContentsContributors ; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; Foreword - Wouter J. Hanegraaff ; 1. Introduction - Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr ; 2. The Sorcerer and His Apprentice: Aleister Crowley and the Magical Exploration of Edwardian Subjectivity - Alex Owen ; 3. Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley's Views on Occult Practice - Marco Pasi ; 4. Envisioning the Birth of a New Aeon: Dispensationalism and Millenarianism in the Thelemic Tradition - Henrik Bogdan ; 5. The Great Beast as a Tantric hero: The Role of Yoga and Tantra in Aleister Crowley's Magick - Gordan Djurdjevic ; 6. Continuing Knowledge from Generation unto Generation: The Social and Literary Background of Aleister Crowley's Magick - Richard Kaczynski ; 7. Aleister Crowley and the Yezidis - Tobias Churton ; 8. The Frenzied Beast: The Phaedran Furores in the Rites and Writings of Aleister Crowley - Matthew D. Rogers ; 9. Aleister Crowley: Freemason! - Martin P. Starr ; 10. "The One Thought that was not Untrue": Aleister Crowley and A. E. Waite - Robert R. Gilbert ; 11. The Beast and the Prophet: Aleister Crowley's Fascination with Joseph Smith - Massimo Introvigne ; 12. Crowley and Wicca - Ronald Hutton ; 13. Through the Witch's Looking Glass: The Magick of Aleister Crowley and the Witchcraft of Rosaleen Norton - Keith Richmond ; 14. The Occult Roots of Scientology? L. Ron Hubbard, Aleister Crowley and the Origins of the World's Most Controversial New Religion - Hugh Urban ; 15. Satan and the Beast. The Influence of Aleister Crowley on Modern Satanism - Asbjorn Dyrendal ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe transatlantic relationship between nineteenth-century American Reformed theology and German Protestant thought has largely been neglected in American religious studies. The German Roots of Nineteenth-Century American Theology explores the influence of mediating theology (Vermittlungstheologie) on Reformed thought in the United States. Annette Aubert offers the first detailed examination of German theological influences on Mercersburg''s Emanuel Vogel Gerhart (1817-1904) and Princeton''s Charles Hodge (1797-1878). Aubert discusses the influences of Ernst Hengstenberg, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and the German mediating theologians, especially in terms of theological method and the doctrine of atonement in light of nineteenth-century modernism and scientific theories. By reassessing Hodge''s theological method and Gerhart''s significant contributions, she shows how systematic theology, in an age of modern science, could no longer strictly adhere to past definitions of theology and dogmatic works. This book shows how Gerhart and Hodge engaged with the ideas of their German counterparts to articulate theological definitions and methods. Showing that reformed theologians in nineteenth-century America profited enormously from the dogmatic, historical, and biblical works of German scholarship, Aubert''s work makes an important contribution to both transatlantic religious and Protestant theological studies.Trade Reviewan excellent study which displays both an in-depth knowledge of theology and the religious history of the transatlantic world. It should be eagerly read by all modern religious historians with an interest in the development of Reformed theology in the United States. * Dr Daniel Ritchie, Reviews in History *Johannes Zachhuberâs Theology as Science in Nineteenth-Century Germany: From F.C. Baur to Ernest Troeltsch is a formidable account ofGerman theologyâs struggle to present its subject matter as at once purely historical and of absolute significance for humanity. * Michael Ledger Lomas,Reviews in Religion & Theology *Table of ContentsContents ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Introduction: Transatlantic Theology ; Part I Intellectual and Theological Transatlantic Contexts ; 1. Intellectual and Religious Contexts of Nineteenth-Century America and the Transplantation of German Ideas ; 2. A New Epoch in Theology: Friedrich Schleiermacher ; 3. Nineteenth-Century Mediating Theology ; Part II German Ideas in the American Reformed World ; 4. Emanuel Vogel Gerhart (1817-1904): Innovative Theological Method and Mediating Theology ; 5. Gerhart's Organic Atonement Theory and German Theology ; 6. Charles Hodge (1797-1878): Theological Method, Scientific Theology, and German Theology ; 7. Hodge's Atonement Theory and German Scholarship ; Conclusion: Theological Ideas in Transatlantic Perspective ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisPacific Asia has witnessed arguably the most dynamic economic growth and social transformation in the world since 1945. Inspired by the example of Japan, a number of high performing economies have emerged in the region. Pacific Asia explores this extraordinary pace of development and explains the various factors that lie behind it. It introduces the complex politics of development and sets Pacific Asia in its geographical and socio-cultural context. As well as Japan, the role model of development, Pacific Asia examines the experiences of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.Trade Review'This splendid little book ... is a model of its kind. In a mere 150 pages of remarkably clear and persuasive text, the author sets forth the major issues surrounding the post-1950s economic development of the major economies of Asia.' - Asian Affairs

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Book SynopsisWhy is postmodernist discourse so biased against the Enlightenment? Indeed, postmodern theory challenges the validity of the rational basis of modern historical scholarship and the Enlightenment itself. Rather than avoiding this conflict, the contributors to this vibrant collection return to the philosophical roots of the Enlightenment, and do not hesitate to look at them through a postmodernist lens, engaging issues like anti-Semitism, Utopianism, colonial legal codes, and ideas of authorship. Dismissing the notion that the two camps are ideologically opposed and thus incompatible, these essays demonstrate an exciting new scholarship that confidently mixes the empiricism of Enlightenment thought with a strong postmodernist skepticism, painting a subtler and richer historical canvas.Trade Review"This superb collection not only provides original and important perspectives on many aspects of eighteenth century thought; it also insists, passionately and provocatively, that the Enlightenment could speak to the drama and frustrations of the human condition more cogently than the philosophy of our own day. The contributors engage lucidly and critically with postmodernism, making keen use of its important insights, but sternly deflating the widespread misconceptins it has engendered about its intellectual predecessors. Few readers will agree with everything said here. But all readers will find something to make them stop, and ponder, and reflect." -- David A.Bell,Professor ofHistory, John Hopkins University"This much-needed collection of essays explodes postmodernism's ignorant prejudices about the Enlightenment and restores that great intellectual movement to its proper place as the source of the modern Enlightenment fashion, the essays are vigorously argued and lucidly written. An Outstanding book." -- PaulRobinson, Professor of History, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction, Daniel Gordon; Chapter 1 Montesquieu in the Caribbean, Malick W. Ghachem; Chapter 2 Man in the Mirror, Arthur Goldhammer; Chapter 3 An Eighteenth-Century Time Machine, Daniel Rosenberg; Chapter 4 Virtuous Economies, Elena Russo; Chapter 5 Rationalizing the Enlightenment, Ronald Schechter; Chapter 6 Writing the History of Censorship in the Age of Enlightenment, Sophia Rosenfeld; Chapter 7 Reproducing Utopia, Alessa Johns; Chapter 8 The Pre-Postmodernism of Carl Becker, Johnson Kent Wright; Chapter 9 Foucault, Nietzsche, Enlightenment, Louis Miller; Chapter 10 On the Supposed Obsolescence of the French Enlightenment, Daniel Gordon;

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Book SynopsisFew people would have expected bloodshed in Kansas Territory. After all, it had few slaves and showed few signs that slavery would even flourish. But civil war tore this territory apart in the 1850s and 60s. Nicole Etcheson seeks to revise our understanding of this era by focusing on whites' concerns over their political liberties.Trade ReviewMakes a significant contribution to the historiography of the 1850s.... Will be a necessary starting point from now on for anyone seeking to learn what 'bleeding Kansas' was about and why it mattered. - Journal of American History ""Well written, phenomenally well researched, and a wonderful addition to the scholarship of this important period.... Highly recommended for anyone interested in the crucial role of Kansas in shaping the sectional ideologies that would lead eventually to Civil War."" - North & South ""Etcheson breaks new ground and demonstrates that the violence of Bleeding Kansas forced free soilers to examine their own racial biases. The result was a significant ideological transformation.... Her book skillfully recreates this important egalitarian moment."" - Western Historical Quarterly ""A thoughtful and well-written addition to the scholarship of Kansas and the coming of the Civil War. The book deserves a wide readership."" - Missouri Historical Review ""A lively political history highly recommended for all libraries with collections in U.S. history."" - Choice

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Book SynopsisThe articles in this volume explore the way in which military developments helped to sculpt, out of very strange and diverse components, our familiar Europe. The period studied covers the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the rise of the Carolingian Empire and its eventual collapse, leaving a vacuum in the heart of Europe into which flowed new forces: the Vikings from outside and the great lords from within.Table of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction; Rome, Constantinople and the barbarians, Walter Goffart; Roman military colonies in Gaul, salian ethnogenesis and the forgotten meaning of pactus legis salicae 59.5, Thomas Anderson Jr; Nomadism, horses and Huns, Rudi Paul Lindner; The Huns and the end of the Roman empire in Western Europe, Peter Heather; The evolution of Slavic society and the Slavic invasions in Greece: the 1st major attack on Thessaloniki, AD 597, Speros Vyronis Jr; Early Germanic warfare, E.A. Thompson; War and peace in the earlier Middle Ages, J.M. Wallace-Hadrill; The Battle of Adrianople: a reconsideration, Thomas S. Burns; 'An airier aristocracy': the saints at war, Christopher Holdsworth; Saint Augustine's views on the 'just war', R.A. Markus; The historicity of the alleluja victory, Michael E. Jones; Charles Martel, shock combat, the stirrup, and feudalism, Bernard S. Bachrach; Carolingian arms and armor, Simon Coupland; Plunder and tribute in the Carolingian Empire, Timothy Reuter; Warfare and society in the Carolingian Ostmark, Charles R. Bowlus; The military history of the Carolingian period, John France; Pont-de-l'Arche or Pîtres? A location and archaeomagnetic dating for Charles the Bald's fortifications on the Seine, Brian Dearden and Anthony Clark; Bookland and fyrd service in Anglo-Saxon England, Richard Abels; England in the 9th century: the crucible of defeat, N.P. Brookes; The battle at the Lech, 955. A study in 10th century warfare, Karl Leyser; Secrecy, technology and war: Greek fire and the defense of Byzantium, 678-1204, Alex Roland; The Arab-Byzantine frontier in the 8th and 9th centuries: military organisation and society in the borderlands, J.F. Haldon and H. Kennedy; Name index.

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Book SynopsisHalf a century after the civil war which tore apart Greek society in the 1940s, the essays in this volume look back to examine the crisis. They combine the approaches of political and international history with the latest research into the social, economic, religious, cultural, ideological and literary aspects of the struggle. Underpinned by the use of a wide range of hitherto neglected sources, the contributions shed new light, broaden the scope of inquiry, and offer fresh analysis. Thus far, comparative approaches have not been employed in the study of the Greek Civil War. The papers here redress this imbalance and establish the not always so clear links between Greek and European historical developments in the 1940s, placing the evolution of Greek society and politics in a European context. They also highlight the complexity and interconnections of the social, economic and political cleavages that split Greek society, and provide a comprehensive and subtle understanding of the origTable of ContentsContents: Fifty years on, Philip Carabott and Thanasis D. Sfikas; Part I Comparative and international perspectives: The Greek civil war: Greek exceptionalism or mirror of a European civil war?, Martin Conway; What was the problem in Greece? A comparative and contextual view of the national problems in the Spanish, Yugoslav and Greek civil wars of 1936-49, Philip B. Minehan; The Cominform and the Greek civil war, 1947-9, Ionna Papathanasiou. Part II Politics and economics: A prime minister for all time: Themistoklis Sofoulis from premiership to opposition to premiership, 1945-9, Thanasis D. Sfikas; Struggling from abroad: Greek communist activities in France during the Greek civil war, Nicolas Manitakis; Getting Greece 'working again': the London Agreement of January 1946, Athanasios Lykogiannis. Part III Communism and the culture of anticommunism: Becoming communist: political prisoners as a subject during the Greek civil war, Polymeris Voglis; Orthodoxy in the service of anticommunism: the religious organization Zoë during the Greek civil war, Vasilios N. Makrides; Social dimensions of anticommunism in northern Greece, 1945-50, Basil C. Gounaris. Part IV Testimonies and representations of the civil war: The everyday lives and silences of a national army soldier and his wife during the Greek civil war, Philip Carabott; Pyramid 67: a liminal testimony on the Greek civil war, Maria Nikolopoulou; The shadow of the Greek civil war in the poetry of Takis Sinopoulos, David Ricks; Writing silences: Manolis Anagnostakis and the Greek civil war, Liana Theodoratou. Part V Epilogue: The road to reconciliation? The Greek civil war and the politics of memory in the 1980s, David Close; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir (1160-1233 AD), entitled al-Kamil fi'l-Ta'rikh, is one of the outstanding sources for the history of the mediaeval world. It covers the whole sweep of Islamic history almost up to the death of its author and, with the sources available to him, he attempted to embrace the widest geographical spread; events in Iraq, Iran and further East run in counterpoint with those involving North Africa and Spain. From the time of the arrival of the Crusaders in the Levant, their activities and the Muslim response become the focus of the work. While continuing with the aim of comprehensive coverage, the years in this part are dominated by the careers of Nur al-Din and Saladin, the champions of the Jihad, sometimes called the 'counter-crusade'. Of special interest is the historian's partiality for the House of the former, and his perceived hostility to Saladin.Trade Review’This is the second of Richards's translations that I have had the good fortune to assess, the first being The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin, and once again I have been struck by Richards's ability to produce a translation that maintains a high level of accuracy while also remaining eminently readable. Richards draws on a extensive vocabulary to enable him to render into English subtleties of Arabic meaning that might have been missed by a less careful translation.’ Speculum JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction; The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir: The year 541 [1146-47] to the year 589 [1193-94]; Bibliographical references; Index.

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Book SynopsisChristian Axboe Nielsen is Associate Professor of History and Human Security at Aarhus University, Denmark. He has worked as an analyst at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and has appeared as an expert witness in international and domestic criminal and civil cases.Trade ReviewA masterful depiction of arguably some of the darkest episodes in SFRY history. The book skilfully combines the objectivity of an evidence-based academic analysis with the thrill of spy novels. It will be a genuine treat for anyone interested in Yugoslav history, espionage and national security affairs. * Journal of Regional Security *A much-needed analysis ... It is with pleasure that I recommend Nielsen’s book to all those interested in learning more about this understudied aspect of Tito’s Yugoslavia. * Cold War History *A comprehensive insight into the structures and knowledge of a socialist state security service. * H-Soz-Kult *After years of prodigious research among the yellowing papers of several Yugoslav secret police archives, the historian Christian Nielsen has emerged to reveal the little-known story of the protracted, low-level war between violently anti-communist Croatian émigrés and clandestine Yugoslav police organizations in the decades after the Second World War. In a masterful, richly-documented account leavened by several appearances as an expert witness in international criminal trials, Nielsen creates an indelible portrait of an insecure communist Yugoslav state constantly struggling to subdue mortal enemies who for decades had assassinated its diplomats and citizens on the streets and alleyways of cities around the globe. * Robert Donia, University of Michigan, USA *Yugoslavia and Political Assassinations by Christian Axboe Nielsen provides deep and new insights into the history of the targeted assassination program of the Yugoslav State Security Service. This is a topic hitherto hardly dealt with in academic historiography although emotionally and controversially discussed for decades already. Based on thorough archival work with variant sources produced by the Yugoslav Security institutions and the critical evaluation of earlier dubious émigré and existing journalistic writings, the author is setting new standards in dealing with this topic. He makes obvious how the leadership of socialist Yugoslavia systematically used targeted assassination as a means of protecting the party-state against political émigrés (first and foremost, but not only, of Croatian Ustasha and right-wing background who saw themselves in and pursued a war against “Yugoslavia”) in Western Europe and beyond. This is a highly professional, brilliant reconstruction of a complex history that should certainly be considered when reflecting upon the history of socialist rule in what was once Yugoslavia. * Hannes Grandits, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany *Table of ContentsPreface/Introduction Chapter 1. The Establishment of the Yugoslav State Security Service Chapter 2. Defining the Enemy: The Struggle against the “Enemy Émigrés” Chapter 3. Agents, Infiltration and Surveillance: The Methods of the Yugoslav State Security Service in Émigré (Diaspora) Communities Chapter 4. Taking the Fight to Them: The 1972 Bugojno Uprising and the Shift to an Offensive Stance Chapter 5. Murder in Munich: The Assassination of Stjepan Ðurekovic Conclusion: The Revenge of the Émigrés in the Collapse of Yugoslavia Index

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Book SynopsisVictoria Biggs is a researcher at Durham University, UK. Previously she held the Max Batley Postdoctoral Fellowship in Peace Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is also a special school teacher and storyteller working extensively with young people who have experienced violence. Her fieldwork in the Middle East was supported by the Council for British Research in the Levant.Trade Review[I]n addition to the book’s empirical contributions, it makes methodological and theoretical contributions by adding to the corpus of knowledge on storytelling, narration, and contested histories ... Further, Biggs raises ethical questions regarding carrying out research in overstudied areas and explains how she adjusted her own approach to better listen to and empower the youth with whom she worked; thus, this book is of relevance to students of fieldwork methods more broadly, not only to those working in Israel/Palestine. * Journal of Palestine Studies *Victoria Biggs writes a compelling book that brings young people’s stories into the foreground, troubling familiar narratives with a dynamic, rich and highly readable account of lives lived amidst violence, oppression and long-standing conflict. She argues that ‘telling a story is an act of trust’ and ‘listening is an expression of responsibility’. I would urge all interested in the politics and narratives of Israel-Palestine to read this book and take that responsibility. -- James Thompson, Professor of Applied Theatre, University of Manchester, UKThis book focuses on young people as storytellers in the violent and politicized Israeli-Palestinian context and gives us new insights into the worries, dreams and reasoning of Palestinian and Israeli youth. By giving voice to children and youth in Palestinian cities and refugee camps, in Israeli settlements as well as in bilingual educational settings, the author manage to transmit the complexities of identity formation, place-making, political stances and processes of othering. -- Nina Gren, Assistant Professor, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Once Upon an Intifada At the Edge of Known Stories Field Sites and Fault Lines Story against Narrative Young People as Storytellers Language and the Hidden Landscape Fairy Tale as an Idiom of Terror A Lexicon of Symbols Mother Tongues and Other Tongues Violence in the Narration of Self and Other Face to Face: the Fundamental Violence of Storytelling Storytelling as Self-Expression and Suppression Purity in Narrative? Storytelling as Transgression “What Do They Tell About Us?” Forbidden Histories in Contested Spaces Narrative Drifts into Forbidden Terrain Topographies of Forbidden History in Israel/Palestine “Until the Seventh Wave”: The Liquid Borders of Memory Happily Ever After? Telling Endings Unfinished Houses The Sense of an Ending: Making Meaning through Narrative Structure “To Make the Dream Come True”: Ending Political Violence Ending the Research: Central Themes and Patterns Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPERNILLA MYRNE is Associate Professor of Arabic Literature andHistory at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, from where she alsoreceived her PhD. She has published several peer-reviewed articles andchapters on gender and sexuality in the early Islamic world.

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