Cultural studies

Early modern women writers left their mark in multiple domains--novels, translations, letters, history, and science.

Smart Stardom explores how contemporary celebrities are digitally replicated and re-circulated through advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer-generated imagery, real-time rendering, and virtual and augmented media.

The Greek word "e;gnosis,"e; defined as direct spiritual knowledge or insight, has its origins in historical offshoots of Christianity in late antiquity.

The Greek word "e;gnosis,"e; defined as direct spiritual knowledge or insight, has its origins in historical offshoots of Christianity in late antiquity.

Schizophrenia has been one of psychiatry's most contested diagnostic categories.

Between 1513 and 1525 Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a series of works dealing with political, military, and historical matters.

This is the long-awaited publication of a set of writings by the British philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R.

Philosophy written in English is overwhelmingly analytic philosophy, and the techniques and predilections of analytic philosophy are not only unhistorical but anti-historical, and hostile to textual commentary.

Calvet's Web is a study of the correspondence network of an Avignon physician in the period 1750-1810.

Six key texts by contemporary women writers are read afresh by leading critics, using insights from poststructuralist and new materialist feminist theory.

Slavery, Empathy, and Pornography considers the operations of slavery and of abolition propaganda on the thought and literature of English from the late-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries.

Advice literature (etiquette manuals, guides to hygiene and house management, and treatises on upbringing) enjoyed massive popularity in Russia between the late eighteenth and the late twentieth centuries.

Oxford University Press is proud to present the third volume in a new annual series, presenting a selection of the best current work in the history of philosophy.

In Socialism Now: Singing Activism after Yugoslavia, Ana Hofman embarks on a captivating journey through singing, songs, and other cultural expressions to trace the recent recuperation of socialist ideas and experiences in the post-Yugoslav context.

Christopher Hookway presents a series of studies of themes from the work of the great American philosopher Charles S.

The Heirs of Plato is the first book exclusively devoted to an in-depth study of the various directions in philosophy taken by Plato's followers in the first seventy years or so following his death in 347 BC.

This twelfth volume of Correspondence contains authoritative and fully annotated texts of all known letters sent both to and from Bentham between July 1824 and June 1828.

'Eye-opening, thought-provoking and deeply enjoyable, What is Free Speech?

Deeper than Reason takes the insights of modern psychological and neuroscientific research on the emotions and brings them to bear on questions about our emotional involvement with the arts.

In No Professor's Lectures Can Save Us, John J.

In No Professor's Lectures Can Save Us, John J.

This volume showcases the work of philosopher Louise Antony, and her influential contributions to feminist and analytic philosophy, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind.

Philosophical optimists maintain that the world is optimally arranged and is accordingly valuable, and that the existence of human beings is preferable to their nonexistence.

Philosophical optimists maintain that the world is optimally arranged and is accordingly valuable, and that the existence of human beings is preferable to their nonexistence.

This volume showcases the work of philosopher Louise Antony, and her influential contributions to feminist and analytic philosophy, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind.

In the wake of populist challenges throughout the past decade in the U.

In the wake of populist challenges throughout the past decade in the U.

Tantra has formed an integral part of Asian religious history for centuries, but since "e;Arthur Avalon"e; introduced the concept to a global readership in the early twentieth century, Tantric traditions have exploded in popularity.

Tantra has formed an integral part of Asian religious history for centuries, but since "e;Arthur Avalon"e; introduced the concept to a global readership in the early twentieth century, Tantric traditions have exploded in popularity.

The Humanities and Human Flourishing series publishes edited volumes that explore the role of human flourishing in the central disciplines of the humanities, and to what degree the humanities can increase human happiness.

The Humanities and Human Flourishing series publishes edited volumes that explore the role of human flourishing in the central disciplines of the humanities, and to what degree the humanities can increase human happiness.

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Through rapid cultural change and technological advances, kink subculture has become more visible and accessible--and less stigmatized--than ever before.

Through rapid cultural change and technological advances, kink subculture has become more visible and accessible--and less stigmatized--than ever before.

Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy is an annual series, presenting a selection of the best current work in the history of early modern philosophy.

Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy is an annual series, presenting a selection of the best current work in the history of early modern philosophy.

Drawing on an ethnographic study of novel readers in Denmark and the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic, this book provides a snapshot of a phenomenal moment in modern history.

Drawing on an ethnographic study of novel readers in Denmark and the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic, this book provides a snapshot of a phenomenal moment in modern history.

Ancient and enduring, rich and wide-ranging, the tradition of Confucianism offers profound insights into how we can lead good lives--lives built on understanding that we are deeply connected to one another.

Christopher Hookway presents a series of studies of themes from the work of the great American philosopher Charles S.

This book presents a timely and original study of the meaning, uses, and impact of cultural data today.

Bernard Williams (1929-2003) was one of the great philosophical figures of the second half of the 20th century and remains deeply influential.

'To err is human'.

"e;Intertextuality"e; is the overarching idea that all texts and conversations are linked to other texts and conversations, and that people create and infer meanings in discourse through making and interpreting these links.

How does a banal earthworm become a valuable commodity?

The explosive new book from Britain's leading investigative biographer, Tom BowerAs one of the most famous and influential couples in the world, David and Victoria Beckham have attained iconic status.

"e;Intertextuality"e; is the overarching idea that all texts and conversations are linked to other texts and conversations, and that people create and infer meanings in discourse through making and interpreting these links.