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History
On the Judgment of History
Joan Wallach Scott
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Joan Wallach Scott critically examines the belief that history will redeem us, revealing the implicit politics of appeals to the judgment of history. She argues that the notion of a linear, ever-improving direction of history hides the persistence of power structures and hinders the pursuit of alternative futures.
$25.00 / £20.00 paper 978-0-231-19695-6 $95.00 / £74.00 cloth 978-0-231-19694-9 2020 144 pages
RUTH BENEDICT BOOK SERIES
Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men
An Annotated Critical Selection from The Untouchables B. R. Ambedkar
Edited and annotated by Alex George and S. Anand Introduction by Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd B. R. Ambedkar spent his life battling Untouchability and instigating the end of the caste system. In his 1948 book The Untouchables, he sought to trace its origins. Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men is an annotated selection from this work, still valuable in a time when the oppression of and discrimination against Dalits remain pervasive.
$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-19585-0 $90.00 / £74.00 cloth 978-0-231-19584-3 2020 424 pages
Stating the Sacred
Religion, China, and the Formation of the Nation-State Michael J. Walsh
Stating the Sacred offers a novel approach to nation-state formation, arguing that its most critical element is how the state sacralizes the nation. Focusing primarily on China, Michael J. Walsh argues that the foundational role of the sacred makes all nation-states religious states.
$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-19357-3 $95.00 / £78.00 cloth 978-0-231-19356-6 2020 272 pages Allegory in Early Greek Philosophy
Jennifer Lobo Meeks
Allegory in Early Greek Philosophy examines the role that allegory plays in Greek thought, particularly in the transition from the mythic tradition of the archaic poets to the philosophical traditions of the Presocratics and Plato. It explores how a mode of speech that “says one thing, but means another” is integral to philosophy, which otherwise seeks to achieve clarity and precision in its discourse.
$35.00 paper 978-3-8382-1425-2 2020 150 pages
