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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization
Regnery Publishing 2008; US$ 19.95Everything you should know--but PC professors won't teach--about our Western heritage Western civilization is the envy of the globe. It has given to the world universally accepted understandings of human rights (rooted in Judeo-Christian principles), created standards for art, music, and literature that have never been equaled, and originated political... more...
History's Disquiet
Columbia University Press 2010; US$ 27.99America's preeminent intellectual historian of modern Japan inaugurates a challenging debate on the arbitrary cultural divisions of our world, and in the process sheds light on the troubling academic enterprise called "area studies." This is one of the first works to explore on equal footing the European and Japanese conceptions of modernity -- as... more...
Dreaming of Cockaigne
Columbia University Press 2001; US$ 31.99Imagine a dreamland where roasted pigs wander about with knives in their backs to make carving easy, where grilled geese fly directly into one's mouth, where cooked fish jump out of the water and land at one's feet. The weather is always mild, the wine flows freely, sex is readily available, and all people enjoy eternal youth. Such is Cockaigne.... more...
Goethezeit - Zeit für Goethe
De Gruyter 2003; US$ 196.00With its specific references to the research interests of Christoph Perels, for many years the director of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift, this festschrift in his honour reflects a range of concerns extending from the age of Goethe to the present, with emphasis on the interpretation of poetry. An additional section is dedicated to the history of the... more...
Nachleben des antiken Geistes im Abendland bis zum Beginn des Humanismus
De Gruyter 1960; US$ 182.00Nachleben Des Antiken Geistes Im Abendland Bis Zum Beginn Des Humanismus: Eine Berschau. more...
History in the Comic Mode
Columbia University Press 2007; US$ 54.99In this groundbreaking collection, twenty-one prominent medievalists discuss continuity and change in ideas of personhood and community and argue for the viability of the comic mode in the study and recovery of history. These scholars approach their sources not from a particular ideological viewpoint but with an understanding that all topics, questions,... more...
Das Blut der Gläubigen
Philipp von Zabern Verlag 2011; US$ 8.68Hauptbeschreibung Augsburg 1286: Ein Blutregen geht über der Stadt nieder, Pilger verschwinden spurlos, die Abdrücke eines Dämons erschrecken die Bürger. Mechthild, ein Sarazenenbalg, gilt rasch als Ursache des Unheils - doch ihr dunkles Geheimnis muss erst gelöst werden. Der Roman von Sandra Ann Fortner führt tief in die Abgründe des Mittelalters.... more...
Cultural Policy
SAGE Publications 2002; US$ 74.00Offering the first comprehensive and international work on cultural policy, Toby Miller and George Yudice have produced a landmark work in the emerging field of cultural policy. Rigorous in its field of survey and astute in its critical commentary it enables students to gain a global grounding in cultural policy. more...
The Celts
Palgrave Macmillan 1992; US$ 192.00The Celts are commonly considered to be one of the great peoples of Europe, with continuous racial, cultural and linguistic genealogy from the Iron Age to the modern-day 'Celtic fringe'. This book shows, in contrast, that the Celts, as they have been known and understood over two thousand years, are simply the 'other' of the dominant cultural and political... more...
Medievalisms
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 31.95From King Arthur and Robin Hood, through to video games and jousting-themed restaurants, medieval culture continues to surround us and has retained a strong influence on literature and culture throughout the ages. This fascinating and illuminating guide is written by two of the leading contemporary scholars of medieval literature, and explores:... more...









