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The Ethos of History
At a time when rapidly evolving technologies, political turmoil, and the tensions inherent in multiculturalism and globalization are reshaping historical consciousness, what is …
Shaping Tomorrow's World
Shaping Tomorrow’s World tells the crucial story of how futures studies developed in West Germany, Europe, the US and within global futures networks from the 1940s to the 1980s. …
Enchanted by Cinema
William Thiele is remembered today as the father of the sound film operetta with seminal classics such as Drei von der Tankstelle (1930). While often considered among the most …
Humanism Revisited
The West emancipated itself from the old humanism long ago and in doing so distanced itself from heteronomy : it declared that man, and not a non-human power, should be the first …
Social History of German Jews
Tracing the social history of modern German Jews from the end of the 18th century up to the aftermath of World War II, Miriam Rurup follows their ascent into the middle and upper …
Beyond Pain
The practice of body suspension — piercing one’s own flesh with metal hooks and hanging from them — and its uniquely sprawling community challenge our cultural understanding of …
'I am Here', Abraham Said
Emmanuel Levinas s philosophical work on the Other offers a challenge to the discipline of anthropology that claims knowledge of the human. For Levinas, the secrecy of …
Dressing Up
What does men’s fashion say about contemporary masculinity? How do these notions operate in an increasingly digitized world? To answer these questions, author Joshua M. Bluteau …
Food and Families in the Making
Even in the context of rapid material and social change in urban Morocco, women, and especially those from low-income households, continue to invest a lot of work in preparing good …
Enchanted by Cinema
William Thiele is remembered today as the father of the sound film operetta with seminal classics such as Drei von der Tankstelle (1930). While often considered among the most …
Religious Sensibilities in Pursuit of Sexual Well-Being
The self-identifying Ghanaian-Dutch and Somali-Dutch communities residing in the Randstad area of the Netherlands are deeply impacted by religious beliefs and cultural factors in …