Throughout history, ruling systems across the pre-modern world shared a common feature: men who were either physically unable or forbidden to father children wielded significant social, political and
German scholar of philosopher and Judaism Cohen's (1842-1918) essay Charakteristik der Ethik Maimunis first appeared in his 1908 two-volume introduction to medieval and modern Jewish philosophy Moses
Scholars of religion and history explore the interface between material and spiritual wealth, emphasizing Zoroastrians of ancient and modern time, but also encompassing positive and life-affirming
Most of the 32 essays in this collection are from an October 2013 conference in Berlin, part of a project on the transmission of knowledge in pre-modern and non-European societies. They focus on ho
Latin America has a long tradition of constitutional reform. Since the democratic transitions of the 1980s, most countries have amended their constitutions at least once, and some have even undergone
The poems of Ulrike Almut Sandig are at once simple and fantastic. This new collection finds her on her way to imaginary territories. Thick of It charts a journey through two hemispheres to “the
Receptions of Greek and Roman Antiquity in East Asia broadens the scope of the Western Classical tradition by offering pioneering insights (of leading scholars from Europe, East Asia, and North Americ
In The Account Books of the Reimarus Family of Hamburg, 1728-1780, Almut Spalding and Paul S. Spalding offer a two-volume critical edition of domestic records that open windows onto early modern Europ
