"In 1903 an epidemic raged among American artists, writers, and intellectuals, and through the leisure class as well. Called "American nervousness" or "the blues," the psychological disorder diagnosed as neurasthenia loomed large in the lives and writings of such diverse figures…
"In 1903 an epidemic raged among American artists, writers, and intellectuals, and through the leisure class as well. Called "American nervousness" or "the blues," the psychological disorder diagnosed as neurasthenia loomed large in the lives and writings of such diverse figures…
""This book is a study of nine writers who lived through the French revolution of 1848 and wrote about it. Each produced at least one significant work on the revolution and the republic to which it gave rise. The book has two aims: First, to convey a sense of the experience of 1…
Contemporary far-right thinkers in the era of liberal democratic crisis / A. James McAdams -- Far-right intellectuals and the illiberal discourses of identity / Sarah Shurts -- Pat Buchanan, far-right thinking, ethnic loyalty, and liberal democracy / Jérôme Jamin -- Guillaume Fa…
"Any consideration of China's cultural modernity must begin with a rethinking of traditional Chinese civilization in its orientation and the problems that it has to face in the modern age. This book examines how Confucian traditions have shaped modernity in East Asia. A leading …
"Through an examination of the Great Peace (taiping), one of the first utopian visions in Chinese history, Zhao Lu describes the transformation of literati culture that occurred during the Han Dynasty. Driven by anxiety over losing the mandate of Heaven, the imperial court encou…