You’re lucky to be alive here and now. Well, maybe we are and maybe we aren’t. Civilized to Death counters the idea that progress is inherently good, arguing that the “progress” defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease.

In Civilized to Death, Ryan makes the claim that we should start looking backwards to find our way into a better future.

You’re lucky to be alive here and now. Well, maybe we are and maybe we aren’t. Civilized to Death counters the idea that progress is inherently good, arguing that the “progress” defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease.

This lavishly illustrated book provides an unusually accessible approach to geometry by placing it in historical context.

In this classic study, Brooks Otis presents Virgil as a radically different poet from any of his Greek or Roman predecessors.

This book will be essential for both graduates and undergraduates in ethics, social theory, theory of justice, and feminist and race studies.

With vibrant prose, Susi Wyss explores what it means to need forgiveness—and what it means to forgive.

In each case, Mason demonstrates that understanding contemporary relationships between humans and animals is essential for understanding the debates about gender, race, and cultural power enacted in these texts.

In The Art of Civilized Conversation, author Margaret Shepherd offers opening lines, graceful apologies, thoughtful questions, and, ultimately, the confidence to take conversations beyond hello.