Men's Bodies, Men's Gods explores the intersection of body, religion, and culture from the specific perspective of male identities. How are male bodies constructed in different historical periods and contexts? How do race, ethnicity, and sexual preference impact on the intersection of male bodies and religious identity? Does Christianity ......
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in modern black nationalist leaders such as Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X. But what of the ideological precursors to these modern leaders, the writers, and leaders from whose intellectual legacy modern black nationalism emerged? Wilson Jeramiah Moses, whom the Village Voice called one of the ......
An anthology in which 20 contributors address how Judaism views women and men, and their places within Judaism quite differently. Among the many subjects covered are - gender boundaries in Kabbalah, images of Jewish masculinity and the challenge of women's rabbinic leadership.
An anthology in which 20 contributors address how Judaism views women and men, and their places within Judaism quite differently. Among the many subjects covered are - gender boundaries in Kabbalah, images of Jewish masculinity and the challenge of women's rabbinic leadership.
How has Judaism, a religion defined by its minority status, attained equal footing with Catholicism and Protestantism in dominating modern American religious life? This work, revealing the effects of this evolution on Jews in America and on America in general, encompasses politics and culture.
Invoking Nietzsche's drastic critique of genius, this book assesses the less programmatic and more anxious cases of Pater, Valery and Freud on the role of Leonardo da Vinci. Whereas Nietzsche sought for and found an escape from romantic humanism, the others could not relinquish the idea of genius.
China and the Contradictions of "Market Socialism"
This study examines the tensions growing within "market socialism", then explores the class forces that produced it and the social dislocation that it is generating. It analyzes the growing tensions between China and the USA and their roots in China's push to lead in the world market.
Emphasizing an holistic philosophy, this important book encourages practitioners to surpass treatment based strictly on a one-dimensional, biomedical assessment of their patients. Among the topics covered are: conceptualizations of ill-health; consideration of the patient as an individual; the establishment of goals and cooperative strategy between physician and patient; and the realistic allocation of time, energy, and other resources of the health care provider.
"Molino has written one of the best extended studies of Heaney's poetry that I have seen...[He] sets Heaney's work in a clear cultural context and offers sensitive close readings of individual poems...This sort of book on Heaney--a detailed and thoughtful examination of his canon--has long been needed...Heaney scholars will encounter much in it ......
