Humanities books

This Element shows how Poland became a gothic setting in British fiction between the 1790s and the 1830s as a result...  Read More >>

The advent of urbanism had profound impacts on landscape management, agricultural production, food preservation,...  Read More >>

Race Class identifies two competing aesthetics, the 'recognitional' and the 'redistributive,' that developed in...  Read More >>

There are different approaches to modelling the divine with each raising questions one needs to consider when employing...  Read More >>

Johnson's book was written for four audiences: people worried about polarization, activists who want an effective...  Read More >>

Drawing creatively upon religious ethics and moral and political philosophy, Ranganathan argues here that affluent...  Read More >>

This collaborative history testifies to the central part theatre has played in French culture for over a thousand...  Read More >>

For a long time, scholarship on the end of the Aegean Bronze Age has been preoccupied with political, ethnic/racial,...  Read More >>

A powerful and illuminating re-examination of Heidegger's understanding of existential death and its enduring importance...  Read More >>

Aimed at advanced students and upwards, this tightly organised international collection from theological experts...  Read More >>

This Element compares the 1951 Festival of Britain with the 2022 Unboxed Festival to explore both continuities and...  Read More >>

This Element explores Hegel's philosophy of nature, examining its foundations and method in relation to Newtonian...  Read More >>

Political meritocracy allocates power by virtue and competence. This monograph critiques three models: epistocracy...  Read More >>

Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240) believed there is one Sharia for humans and another for minerals. This Element rethinks what...  Read More >>

This Element explores emerging forms of religiosity among Japanese young adults. It argues that existing frameworks...  Read More >>

Start Strong: A New Believer's Guide to Understanding Christianity by Krisan Marotta will equip you with the knowledge...  Read More >>

This Element offers a new historical account of Aristippus the Elder's views on pleasure and the present. It supports...  Read More >>

This book delivers an accessible history of the English revolution and Civil Wars, focusing on the effects of this...  Read More >>

Was Princess Diana murdered? Yes, she was. That part is easily seen-even the means are known. She was gravely injured...  Read More >>

A reference tool for scholars and students on terms and concepts relating to the study of the Bible and related...  Read More >>

Utilizing case studies from Caribbean and Latin American history, Cruz redefines artistic and cultural practices...  Read More >>

Artists from across the African and South Asian diasporas grapple with colonial legacies through a reimagining of...  Read More >>

On the evening of 26 January 1926, inventor John Logie Baird held a public demonstration in his workspace on London’s...  Read More >>

The Magnificent Lies of Madeleine Bejarttransports readers to 17th-century France, a time when the stage was as...  Read More >>

A new edition of the BFI Film Classic on Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary Shoah (1985).  Read More >>