Why society’s expectation of economic growth is no longer realistic Economic growth--and the hope of... more

On Christmas Eve 1951, Santa Claus was hanged and then publicly burned outside of the Cathedral of D... more

In Europe today, staunchly nationalist parties such as France s National Front and the Austrian Free... more

The ancient Greek statesman is a familiar figure in the Western political tradition. Less well known... more

"Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not and will not go out." As Charles de Gaull... more

On Christmas Eve 1951, Santa Claus was hanged and then publicly burned outside of the Cathedral of D... more

A sweeping history of Islam and the West from the seventh century to today Europe and the Islamic Wo... more

This book is the first intellectual biography of Marcel Mauss (1872-1950), the father of modern ethn... more

The last of Cyrus the Great’s dynastic inheritors and the legendary enemy of Alexander the Great, Da... more

Gathering for the first time all of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s writings on Japanese civilization, The Oth... more

Secularism: the definition of this word is as practical and urgent as income inequalities or the pat... more

Over 5,000 years ago, the history of humanity radically changed direction when writing was invented ... more

In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke un... more

Slavery may no longer exist as a legal institution, but we still find many forms of non-freedom in c... more

Philosophers and theologians have long engaged in intense debate and introspection over the represen... more

This new biography of Francis Jeanson follows the existential philosopher and political activist fro... more

Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her death, this intellectual biography of Colette--the fina... more

A particularly vicious and bloody civil war has racked Algeria for a decade. Amnesty International n... more

Jean-Loup Amselle explores the issue of multiculturalism by delving into the history of France’s con... more

Jean-Loup Amselle explores the issue of multiculturalism by delving into the history of France’s con... more

Is it possible to apply a theoretical approach to ethics? The French philosopher Catherine Chalier a... more

Is it possible to apply a theoretical approach to ethics? The French philosopher Catherine Chalier a... more

A particularly vicious and bloody civil war has racked Algeria for a decade. Amnesty International n... more

, Marshal Pétain’s National Revolution during World War II, and its latest contemporary incarnation in Jean-Marie Le Pen’s...... more

This book examines the development of France’s male and female homosexual communities and its gay li... more

This book examines the development of France’s male and female homosexual communities and its gay li... more

Geneviéve Rodis-Lewis is uniquely qualified to celebrate René Descartes. This major intellectual bio... more

At once a historical essay and a self-conscious meditation on the writing of history, The Foundation... more

At once a historical essay and a self-conscious meditation on the writing of history, The Foundation... more

A beautifully illustrated look at the vogue for night landscapes amid the social, political, and tec... more

In this book, Emmanuel Alloa offers a handrail for venturing into the complexities of the work of th... more

In this book, Emmanuel Alloa offers a handrail for venturing into the complexities of the work of th... more

The writing of recent history tends to be deeply marked by conflict, by personal and collective stru... more

The writing of recent history tends to be deeply marked by conflict, by personal and collective stru... more

A wide-ranging visual history of American Indian women, from pre-Columbian times to the present Desp... more

In The Mountain, geographers Bernard Debarbieux and Gilles Rudaz trace the origins of the very conce... more

historian is what sustains Anne-Marie Edd s erudite biography, published to acclaim in France in 2008 and offered here in...... more

The first encylopedic guide to the history of relations between Jews and Muslims around the world Th... more

Anthropology Confronts the Problems of the Modern World is the first English translation of a series... more

In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke un... more

Europe and the Islamic World sheds much-needed light on the shared roots of Islamic and Western cult... more

For thirty years, Hezbollah has played a pivotal role in Lebanese and global politics. That visibili... more

In 1898, the Dreyfus Affair plunged French society into a yearlong frenzy. In Paris and provincial v... more

Election and grace are two key concepts that not only have shaped the relations between Judaism and ... more

Ancient Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now wes... more

Nineteenth-century theories of race were meant to provide a comprehensive account of the history and... more

Paradise haunts the Biblical West. At once the place of origin and exile, utopia and final destinati... more

In the fourth century a new narrative genre captured the imagination of the faithful--the moving acc... more

With radical formal innovations that scandalized the European art world, cubism revolutionized moder... more

In the spring of 2003, acclaimed journalist Anne Nivat set off from Tajikistan on a six-month journe... more