Disgust Carie CardamoneExamines this forceful emotion from philosophical, literary, and art historical perspectives. Disgust (Ekel, dgot) is a state of high alert. It acutely says "no" to a variety of phenomena that seemingly threaten the integrity of the self, if not its very existence. A counterpart to the feelings of appetite, desire, and love, it allows at the same time for an acting out of hidden impulses and libidinal drives. In Disgust, Winfried Menninghaus provides
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Heaven Is Empty offers a new comparative perspective on the role of the sacred in the formation of China's early empires (221 BCE–9 CE) and shows how the unification of the Central States was possible without a unitary and universalistic conception of religion
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Esther Rashkin argues that psychoanalysis galvanizes
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Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy
Reflecting on the evolution of Russia studies since the end of the Cold War
The mid-nineteenth century was marked by extensive medico-legal efforts to understand the body as the sole signifier of identity
the Palestinians come to realize they have been betrayed by a power that “fulfilled their promises to the Jews and reneged on their promises to the Arabs
