〓️ "True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future." 〓️ Lucius Annaeus Seneca's Moral Letters to Lucilius is one of the most enduring works of philosophyーa profound collection of personal reflections, practical advice, and timeless wisdom on how to live a virtuous and peaceful ...

〓 "Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains." 〓 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels's The Communist Manifesto is one of the most influential political documents ever writtenーa bold and uncompromising call for social justice that transformed the modern world. First published in 1848, this c...

⚔️ "You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain." ⚔️ Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin no Sho) is one of the greatest works ever written on strategy, combat, and masteryーa timeless manual that transcends the battlefield to inspire warriors, leaders, and thinkers a...

Wo von Engeln gesprochen wird, ist von Musik die Rede. Das Motiv zieht sich durch die Musikgeschichte und durch alle Gattungen. Volkslied, Choral, Chanson, Oper, Operette und große Kompositionen für Chor und Orchester – sie alle kennen den Gesang der himmlischen Heerscharen. Warum singen und musizieren Engel? Diese ...

Dans Les mots et les choses (1966), Michel Foucault accorde une place centrale à l’analyse de la disposition archéologique du savoir classique. Le présent ouvrage s’attache à expliciter les principaux enjeux de cette analyse, en montrant qu’elle renvoie au fond à une double interrogation. De quelle pensée du Même l’...

Nicolas Flamel a-t-il réussi à transmuter le plomb vil en or pur ? Nombreux sont ceux qui le prétendent aujourd'hui encore, et peu de rumeurs ont traversé les siècles avec autant de constance. L'écrivain public et libraire juré de la paroisse Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie n'est pas un personnage de légende. Un grand...

Discover the wisdom at the heart of Confucian philosophy with Zisi's Doctrine of the Meanーa timeless guide to harmony, virtue, and the cultivation of moral character. Attributed to Zisi (Tzu Ssu), the grandson of Confucius, this classic text is one of the Four Books of Confucianism, serving as a cornerstone of Chin...

A bold challenge to conventional morality and a cornerstone of modern philosophy, Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil shatters the illusions of traditional values and invites readers to rethink truth, power, and human existence. First published in 1886, this groundbreaking work takes readers on a journey into...

As European Muslims and Muslims in the Middle East diverge, imams in Europe have emerged as major agents of religious authority who shape Islam’s presence in Western societies. This volume examines the theoretical and practical questions concerning the evolving role of imams in Europe. To what extent do imams act as...

Post-cinema designates a new way of making films. It is time to ask whether this novelty is complete or relative and to evaluate to what extent it represents a unitary or diversified current. The book proposes to integrate the post-cinema question within the post-art question in order to study the new ways of making...

Is it possible to be religiously exclusive and socially inclusive? How do we deal with those outside of our own religious community who have completely different and sometimes conflicting views on what should be considered true and right behaviour? What if a religious tradition orders the expulsion or killing of tho...

Whispering winds, speeding trains, wandering balloons, and swirling snowflakesーthese are the living entities that humans find themselves enmeshed with in their ecological co-flourishing in contemporary East Asian cinema. Pao-chen Tang theorizes and analyzes this animist imaginationーa new mode of filmmaking that de...

Helmuth Plessner (1892-1985) was one of the founders of philosophical anthropology, and his book The Stages of the Organic and Man, first published in 1928, has inspired generations of philosophers, biologists, social scientists, and humanities scholars. This volume offers the first substantial introduction to Pless...

Creation imagery in manuscripts made in the Middle Ages became a locus for visual experimentation as well as the expression of ideas about creativity. By examining representations of divine creation and illustrations of the creation stories in Genesis, this book links medieval ideas about creation, the characteristi...

This book reconstructs the factional-ideological conflicts surrounding socialist transformation and political reform in China that were played out through ‘factional model-making’, a norm-bound mechanism for elites of the Chinese Communist Party to contest the party line publicly. Dazhai, Anhui, Nanjie, Shekou, Shen...

Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography presents an interdisciplinary examination of trans and genderqueer subjects in medieval hagiography. Scholarship has productively combined analysis of medieval literary texts with modern queer theory – yet, too often, questions of gender are explored almost excl...