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Praise for the first edition: ..". in the greattradition of Orwell and Solzhenitsyn, its true subject is the survival -- andsometimes the defeat -- of the human spirit in its lonely quest for integrity."-- Time"The almost childlike directness of Chen's tales... iscaptured in the very lightly revised translations of this new edition... Highlyrecommended." -- ChoiceA classic of modern world literature, thiscollection of stories provides a vivid ...

John McCumber asserts that the true target of philosophical liberation isto break the structures of domination that have been encoded in westerncivilization. Because of the emancipatory nature of their thought, Derrida, Foucault, Habermas, and Rorty challenge domination, but they do not see theirchallenge clearly and it does not rise to the level of conscious critique in theirwritings. Using Nietzsche's writings on "the great liberation" as a ...

..". a sophisticated and thoughtful study." -- Leeds AfricanStudies Bulletin"A very impressive work... in theconcreteness of its research documentation as well as in its theoretical scope, thisstudy brings a truly innovative dimension to African literary scholarship, andindeed to the whole field of African studies." -- Abiola Irele, Ohio StateUniversity"The discussion reveals a combination offormidable analytical and critical strength with a r...

Why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail atcrucial moments of their careers? Robert Pois and Philip Langer -- one a historian, the other an educational psychologist -- study seven cases of military commandfailures, from Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf to Hitler's invasion of Russia.While the authors recognize the value of psychological theorizing, they do notbelieve that one method can cover all the individuals, b...

WIMAL DISSANAYAKE, Senior Fellow at the East-West Center, Hawaii, is the author of several books on cinema, the latest being Melodrama and Asian Cinema.

..". an exciting, first-rate contribution to our understanding of Soviethistory on several levels... and the relationship between tsarist and Sovieteducational policies and practices." -- Ben Eklof "Larry E.Holmes' book is a fine, expert study of a difficult topic." -- TheHistorian ..". this first-rate work definitely points the waytoward a new understanding of the Soviet Union in the 1920s." -- Journal ofModern History ..". a succinct and ori...

Talking about one person's desire to inflict pain upon another, this work examines texts about violence. It discusses works, such as D M Thomas's "The White Hotel", Hubert Selby's "Last Exit to Brooklyn", and others. It focuses on the dynamics that allow the reader to become intimate both with the torturer and with the vulnerability of the victim.

Although previously considered a way-station on the road to Hegel, F. W.J. von Schelling is today enjoying a renaissance among Continental philosophers andothers. The 14 essays in this engaging volume bring Schelling in tune with suchluminaries as Heidegger, Derrida, Bataille, Foucault, Deleuze, Levinas, and Irigarayand situate him squarely in the center of current themes and discussions in suchtopics as ethical alterity (the other), deep ecol...

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..". extremely useful... In MacClintock's selections, even when thesource is primarily theoretical, she chooses passages that give a lively insightinto actual music-making." -- ContinuoReadings on theperformance of Western music from the late middle ages to the early nineteenthcentury describe the accepted conventions and actual practices of formertimes.

Good data, Michael Ward argues, serve to enhance a perception about lifeas well as to deepen an understanding of reality. This history of the UN's role infostering international statistics in the postwar period demonstrates how statisticshave shaped our understanding of the world. Drawing on well over 40 years ofexperience working as a statistician and economist in more than two dozen countriesaround the world, Ward traces the evolution of sta...

Throughout his career as composer, conductor, and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was an intensely private individual. When Bertensson and Leyda's 1956 biography appeared, it lifted the veil of secrecy from several areas of Rachmaninoff's life, especially concerning the genesis of his compositions and how their critical reception affected him.The authors consulted many of Rachmaninoff's associates. Given full access to the Rachmaninof...

This first paperback edition of the seminal work by the Swiss scholar MaxL thi will be welcomed by folklorists for its informative survey of the variousways in which fairytales and related genres (local legends and saints' lives) may beread. "L thi's lucid and intelligent book is refreshinglywelcome." -- Sewanee Review

Claudia Baracchi is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The New School. Her articles on philosophy, art, and literary theory have appeared in numerous journals in English and Italian.

Richard Abel is Ellis and Nell Levitt Professor of English at Drake University, where he teaches cinema/media/cultural studies. His most recent book is The Red Rooster Scare: Making Cinema American, 1900-1910 (California, 1999), which was a finalist for the Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award. Currently he is editing the Routledge Encyclopedia of Early Cinema.Rick Altman is Professor of Cinema and Comparative Literature at the University of...

sun is a brilliant deity whose imagery and worldwide devotion demandbroad and deep scholarly reflection. Contributors to the ground-breaking Africa'sOgun, edited by Sandra Barnes (Indiana University Press, 1997), explored the complexnature of Ogun, the orisa who transforms life through iron and technology. sunacross the Waters continues this exploration of Yoruba religion by documenting sunreligion. sun presents a dynamic example of the resili...

This volume is about North American M rchen, a vernacular art form thatis often strangely ignored or misconstrued. At the same time, the vitality andappeal of the genre are evidenced by its persistent presentation as writtenliterature. The essays in this volume reexamine common assumptions about"magic" tales and their tellers, reconsidering the performance, collection, transcription, publication, and interpretation of narratives thatcontinue t...

This compact introduction to Islam describes the essential aspects of Islam as a living religion and social force. The book is organized around seven topics: the life of Muhammad, Islamic political development and territorial expansion, the important groupings of Islamic believers (Sunni, Shi'ite, and Sufi), the Qur'an (the Holy Book of Islam), Sunnah, Hadith (the record of the Prophet's actions and sayings), and Shari'ah (the compilation of I...

This early 20th-century classic chronicles the adventures of an orphaned newspaper boy in his "hand-to-hand scuffle" with life in a midwestern metropolis. Gene Stratton-Porter's faith in the healing power of nature is also apparent, in a lovingly depicted tamarack swamp set near the city.

..". the most detailed statement of Heidegger's reflections on logicavailable in English." -- Graduate Faculty PhilosophyJournal"Heim's excellent translation is eminentlyreadable." -- Canadian Philosophical Review"All in all, an extraordinary book." -- David Farrell Krell