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Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit

by Bruce B. Lawrence

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 Discover the essence of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit and what it has contributed to societies across the ages In Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit, author and expert, Bruce B. Lawrence, delivers a spiritual elan filtered through cultural practices and artefacts. Neither juridical nor creedal, the book expresses a desire for the just and the beautiful. The author sets out an original and fascinating theory, that Islamicate cosmopolitanism marks a new turn in global history. An unceasing, self-critical pursuit of truth, hitched to both beauty and justice, its history is marked by male elites who were scientific exemplars in the pre-modern period. In the modern period, these exemplars include women as well as men, artists as well as scientists. The Islamicate Cosmopolitans have had special impact across the Afro-Eurasian ecumene at the heart of civilized exchange between multiple groups with competing yet convergent interests. The Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit is a boundary busting challenge to those who think of the world merely in terms of an "Arab" Middle East. Readers will also benefit from: <ul> <li>A thorough introduction to the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit across time and space </li> <li>An exploration of premodern Afro-Eurasia and Persianate Culture in the Indian Ocean </li> <li>A practical discussion of the future of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit </li> </ul> Perfect for all students of Islamicate civilization, both traditional and progressive, Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit will also earn a place in the libraries of general readers of world history and those grounded in the larger history of Islamicate Asia will find a perspective that centers their own contribution to the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit.
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What Is African American Literature?

by Margo N. Crawford

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 After Kenneth W. Warren's What Was African American Literature?, Margo N. Crawford delivers What is African American Literature? The idea of African American literature may be much more than literature written by authors who identify as "Black". What is African American Literature? focuses on feeling as form in order to show that African American literature is an archive of feelings, a tradition of the tension between uncontainable black affect and rigid historical structure. Margo N. Crawford argues that textual production of affect (such as blush, vibration, shiver, twitch, and wink) reveals that African American literature keeps reimagining a black collective nervous system. Crawford foregrounds the "idea" of African American literature and uncovers the "black feeling world" co-created by writers and readers. Rejecting the notion that there are no formal lines separating African American literature and a broader American literary tradition, Crawford contends that the distinguishing feature of African American literature is a "moodscape" that is as stable as electricity. Presenting a fresh perspective on the affective atmosphere of African American literature, this compelling text frames central questions around the "idea" of African American literature, shows the limits of historicism in explaining the mood of African American literature and addresses textual production in the creation of the African American literary tradition. Part of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell Manifestos series, What is African American Literature? is a significant addition to scholarship in the field. Professors and students of American literature, African American literature, and Black Studies will find this book an invaluable source of fresh perspectives and new insights on America's black literary tradition.
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Breaking The Book - Print Humanities In The Digital Age

by Laura Mandell

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 Print Humanities in the Digital Age. Breaking the Book is a manifesto on the cognitive consequences and emotional effects of human interactions with physical books that reveals why the traditional humanities disciplines are resistant to digital humanities.
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New England Beyond Criticism - In Defense Of America¿S First Literature

by Elisa New

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 Timely and beautifully written, New England Beyond Criticism provides a passionate defense of the importance of the literature of New England to the American literary canon, and its impact on the development of spirituality, community, and culture in America.
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Future For Creative Writing

by Graeme Harper

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 This is a compelling look at the current state and future direction of creative writing by a preeminent scholar in the field.
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Philosophy And The Study Of Religions - A Manifesto

by Kevin Schilbrack

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 The Future of the Philosophy of Religion advocates a radical transformation of the discipline from its current, narrow focus on questions of God, to a fully global form of critical reflection on religions in all their variety and dimensions.
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The Future Of Jewish Theology

by Steven (Colgate University, Usa) Kepnes

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 This engaging argument for the future of Jewish theology, written by a renowned Jewish scholar, provides a rounded introduction to the faith, its history, and its place in the modern world.
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The Future Of Jewish Theology

by Steven (Colgate University, Usa) Kepnes

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 This engaging argument for the future of Jewish theology, written by a renowned Jewish scholar, provides a rounded introduction to the faith, its history, and its place in the modern world.
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Why Politics Can'T Be Freed From Religion

by Ivan (University Of California, Riverside, Usa) Strenski

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 Why Politics Can't be Freed From Religion is an original, erudite, and timely new book from Ivan Strenski. Itinterrogates the central ideas and contexts behind religion, politics, and power, proposing an alternative way in which we should think about these issues in the twenty-first century.
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Why Politics Can'T Be Freed From Religion

by Ivan (University Of California, Riverside, Usa) Strenski

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 Why Politics Can't be Freed From Religion is an original, erudite, and timely new book from Ivan Strenski. Itinterrogates the central ideas and contexts behind religion, politics, and power, proposing an alternative way in which we should think about these issues in the twenty-first century.
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The Myth Of Popular Culture - From Dante To Dylan

by Perry (New York University, Usa) Meisel

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 In this fascinating examination of popular culture, esteemed cultural critic Perry Meisel shatters conventionally held notions about the division between 'high' and 'low' culture with the provocative theory that popular culture has a sustained dialectical rhythm.
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The Global Future Of English Studies

by James F. (University Of Pennsylvania, Usa) English

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 This illuminating manifesto presents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and likely future of English studies around the world. By treating the global trends and trajectories of English studies with respect to actual student enrollments, faculty employment, curricular emphases, and emergent subfields, James F.
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Philosophy And The Study Of Religions - A Manifesto

by Kevin (Western Carolina University, Usa) Schilbrack

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 Philosophy and the Study of Religions: A Manifesto advocates a radical transformation of the discipline from its current, narrow focus on questions of God, to a fully global form of critical reflection on religions in all their variety and dimensions.
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Art Is Not What You Think It Is

by Claire (University Of Colorado At Boulder, Usa) Farago e Donald (University Of California, Los Angeles, Usa) Preziosi

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 Art Is Not What You Think It Is presents a thought-provoking manifesto by two leading art historians which reconsiders current discussions on the idea of art, and offers new and challenging insights into its uses, meanings, and its very nature.
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Art Is Not What You Think It Is

by Claire (University Of Colorado At Boulder, Usa) Farago e Donald (University Of California, Los Angeles, Usa) Preziosi

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 Art Is Not What You Think It Is presents a thought-provoking manifesto by two leading art historians which reconsiders current discussions on the idea of art, and offers new and challenging insights into its uses, meanings, and its very nature.
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What Cinema Is! - Bazin'S Quest And Its Charge

by Dudley (Yale University, Usa) Andrew

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 What Cinema Is! offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin'sfamous question, exploring his 'idea of cinema' with a sweepinglook back at the near century of Cinema's phenomenal ascendancy.
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Phenomenal Shakespeare

by Bruce R. (University Of Southern California, Los Angeles, Usa) Smith

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 In Phenomenal Shakespeare , leading Shakespeare scholar Bruce R. Smith presents an original account for the ways in which Shakespeare's poems and plays continue to resonate with audiences, readers and scholars because of their engagement with the whole body, not just the reading mind.
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The Idea Of Latin America

by Walter D. (Duke University) Mignolo

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 A geo-political manifesto which questions the idea of Latinity as a sole name for the South American subcontinent. Charts the history of the concept of Latinity from its emergence in Europe under France's leadership through to the present day.
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Living With Theory

by Vincent B. (Oklahoma University, Usa) Leitch

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 In a clear and readable style, Living with Theory maps out contemporary theory, tracing its complex configurations, its political preoccupations, and its relations with literature.
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Rescuing The Bible

by Roland (Monash University) Boer

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 What is the future for the Bible, one of the most important books in the world? In this manifesto, Roland Boer explores the idea that the Bible is an unruly and uncontrollable text that has been colonized by church, synagogue, and state.
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Religion And The Human Future - An Essay On Theological Humanism

by David E. (University Of Iowa) Klemm e William (University Of Chicago) Schweiker

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 Ours is a time when cultures and religions creatively interact but also often collide, and human power increasingly endangers forms of life even while great technological advances enable us to better relieve suffering and want.
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Uses Of Literature

by Rita (University Of Virginia, Usa) Felski

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 The diverse motives and mysteries of why we read are explored in this groundbreaking new work by Rita Felski. Challenging many time-worn homilies and theories put forth in contemporary literary criticism, Uses of Literature offers refreshing new insights into the purpose and value of reading literature.
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21st-Century Modernism - The "New" Poetics

by Marjorie Perloff

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 Argues that it is only at the turn of the 21st century that the powerful lessons of the avant-garde - an avant-garde cruelly disrupted by the Great War and subsequent political upheavals - were learned. This book offers readings of T S Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Marcel Duchamp, and Velimir Khlebnikov. It examines various related poetic concerns.
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In Defense Of Reading - Teaching Literature In The Twenty-First Century

by Daniel R. (Cornell University, Usa) Schwarz

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 What happens when we read imaginative literature? What do we learn from reading such texts? Reading complements our experience, sharpens our perceptions, gives us insight into how other humans live, enables us to understand other cultures and periods, and gives us aesthetic pleasure.
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