Thesiss

This thesis focuses on the figure of an abyss residing at the heart of metaphysics, and argues that thinking in light of its destabilising connotations opens up the possibility of attempting to take responsibility for the violence immanent to any and all politico-philosophical p…

There is a lively academic debate concerning US foreign policy in the post-Cold War era and especially after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. Neoconservatism has become a cause celebre in the literature of international relations with a variety of scholars disagreeing…

This paper examines the character of Octavian in Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier and considers his unique dramatic, sonic, and visual features as a pivot from the typical pants role characteristics. This study maps the history of the pants role development, paying particular…

This document encompasses historical, pedagogical, interpretative, and theoretical analyses of several musical works by different composers. Chapter one contains historical and musicological perspectives on the debate of authorship of the accompagnato recitative found before W. …

Eric Voegelin (1901–1985) and Leo Strauss (1899–1973) are two immigrants from Europe who have had an outsized influence on American political theory. Though they disagree in many particulars, they come together in what they consider a great error in Western twentieth century int…