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The Challenge of Casanova

The Challenge of Casanova

Leo Damrosch— Everyone knows that Casanova was a seducer. He belongs to that rare company of mortals whose personal names have floated free from history, and we know what a… READ MORE

A Resistant Model of Peoplehood

A Resistant Model of Peoplehood

Tamara Cohn Eskenazi— A Brief Overview of Ezra-Nehemiah My fascination with Ezra-Nehemiah was initially sparked by my teacher, mentor, and friend Kent H. Richards, whose seminar on the subject I… READ MORE

The Last Days of Mankind

The Last Days of Mankind

Karl Kraus— EPILOGUE The Final Night Battlefield. Craters. Smoke clouds. Starless night. The horizon is a wall of flames. Corpses. Dying soldiers. Men and women in gas masks appear. A… READ MORE

Desirable Body

Desirable Body

Hubert Haddad; Translated by Alyson Waters— One autumn morning, Cédric awoke with a start and sat up in bed as daylight filtered through the blinds. He must have been dreaming… READ MORE

The Practicalities of Presidential Prosecution

The Practicalities of Presidential Prosecution

Brian C. Kalt— Practicalities As they were designing the presidency, the delegates at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 discussed hypothetical criminal presidents. In recent decades—the era of the independent counsel—things… READ MORE

Defining the Bigot

Defining the Bigot

Stephen Eric Bronner— Understanding the bigot calls for a phenomenological sketch that explains why prejudice appeals to him, how he chooses his targets, and what impulses are common to his… READ MORE

Sneak Peek: The Long March of Pop

Sneak Peek: The Long March of Pop

We are very excited to publish, this October, a new work by eminent art historian and art critic Thomas Crow.  The paradigm-changing book challenges existing narratives about the rise of… READ MORE

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