INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES TITLE CATALOG
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FROM CLASSIC TO CONTEMPORARY Readings in Applied Sociocultural Anthropology Orit Tamir
Š 2018 This anthology features both classic and contemporary readings coupled with an up-to-date applied perspective. The selections first introduce students to the discipline of anthropology and its origins, then present topics including linguistic anthropology, cross-cultural communication, applied anthropology as it relates to the studies of family, kinship, and marriage, ecology and the environment, beliefs, and practices, issues of globalization, and more.
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PERSPECTIVES ON HUMANITY IN THE FINE ARTS Gary Towne
Š 2018
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This text takes a historical approach to western art and helps readers envision times and places by studying their unique forms of artistic expression. Areas covered include prehistory, the Byzantine Empire, Gothic, Renaissance, baroque, neoclassical, and others. Rooted in the idea that collective arts are expressions of unique cultures, this book is intended for survey courses that cover the fine arts for nonmajors.
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MEDIEVAL ANSWERS TO MODERN PROBLEMS Albrecht Classen
Š 2017
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This text explores critical issues that have concerned people throughout time and illustrates how studying the Middle Ages can shed light on contemporary efforts to deal with these issues. Topics covered include the mind-body dichotomy, the relevance of the divine in material existence, interpretations of death, the pursuit of love in spiritual and earthly terms, and the ideals of honor.
ART AND GENDER An Intersexual Reader Gregory Gurley
Š 2017
This anthology includes articles, excerpts, and case studies that address socio-cultural factors influencing the roles of women and men from the perspectives of the visual and performing arts. This text draws upon gender in its varied permutations as a vehicle for discussing and understanding arts, culture, and society. It explores how gender is relevant to the creation and study of arts and culture.
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EXPLORATIONS IN ART HISTORY Connecting Objects and Ideas Bonnie J. Noble
Š 2017
Historically, images and objects do far more than simply represent the visual world. Visual images offer feelings, thoughts, and insights based on what the artist perceives. This anthology seeks to bridge the gap between seen objects and the ideas they inspire through articles addressing topics such as iconography and iconology, historical narrative in ancient Near Eastern art, and painting in seventeeth-century Flanders.
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DESCENDANTS OF TROY Readings in the Humanities Sergio La Porta
Š 2016
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As an introduction to the classics, this anthology is both challenging and accessible, providing a foundation essential in any humanities education. Modern poetry is presented alongside the classics, highlighting the relevance of the ancient texts and fostering an appreciation for contemporary work as well.
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AFFECTIONS AND DOMESTICITIES Writings on Victorian Family Life Kevin A. Morrison
© 2016
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This text includes key poems, excerpts from prose works, and fulllength texts that explore the complexities of emotional life during the British Victorian period. The material introduces readers to the Victorian idealization of the family as well as challenges to the family’s moral authority.
ART AND HUMAN VALUES Gregory Gurley
© 2016
This text examines contemporary and historical cross-cultural examples of art as an agent of social and cultural change and considers ethical practice and the creation, consumption, and acceptance of art. The readings present an opportunity to examine your own and others’ aesthetic values and to explore how art both forms and informs culture.
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LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE Studying the Interconnections of Our Shared Knowledge Holbrook Robinson
Š 2016 This text prepares students to discuss, in a thoughtful and informative way, how common ideas across differing fields of study can serve as both linking and explanatory devices. The material combines the examination of the history of ideas with traditional philosophical analysis to show that these three different disciplines are, at heart, linked by common concepts.
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SPIRIT IN THE MACHINE Readings in the History of Social Science David L. Seim
Š 2016
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This anthology presents a comprehensive history of social science through readings that introduce a variety of important ideas and research methods and examine their origins. Topics include the origins of western thought, egalitarianism, enlightenment social science, and guidance and control, to name a few. Together, the selected works reveal the historical pathway to the modern ideal of an accessible, participatory means for guiding society.
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THE MORAL WORLD Arnold Smith © 2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
The four sections of this book address religious morality and transcendence, virtue ethicists, rational norms and secular morality, and ethics and social change. As students engage with these overarching concepts, they are exposed to the writings of great philosophical thinkers ancient and contemporary, including Aristotle, Maimonides, Avicenna, Bentham, Rand, Marx, King, Gandhi, and the Dalai Lama.
WINDOWS INTO WESTERN CIVILIZATION DOCUMENTS AND ESSAYS
Ginger Lee Smoak © 2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
Windows into Western Civilization combines primary sources with supporting secondary material to create a window into pre-modern Western civilizations. Works by Thucydides, Suetonius, Boccaccio, and others are paired with outstanding pieces of modern scholarship to give students a well-rounded understanding of past events.
CULTURE AND CONTEXT (VOLUMES I-II) AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO LITERATURE
Adam Sweeting and Natalie McKnight ©2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
These volumes present many of the best literary works of western culture within the context of the arts, politics, philosophies, and cultural developments of the same time periods. They help readers approach challenging texts by first introducing them to accessible, complementary art forms such as architecture, sculpture, and painting.
BLACKS BEHIND BARS
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, POLICING, AND THE PRISON BOOM Ray Von Robertson © 2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text presents an impassioned yet reasoned examination of how the burgeoning prison boom and problematic forms of policing marginalize African-Americans in American society. It takes a critical look at our nation’s criminal justice system and related institutions.
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INTRODUCTION TO PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES Darren C. Zook © 2015 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text approaches the study of peace and conflict as an interdisciplinary one. Topics addressed include the meaning of violence itself, peace as a form of social justice, the politics of identity, the impact of global warming on national security, the economic costs of intervention, and strategies for deradicalizing Islamic extremists.
IDEAS IN THE MAKING
A SOURCEBOOK FOR WORLD INTELLECTUAL HISTORY TO 1300 David Miano © 2014 REQUEST a Review Copy
The selected readings explore questions of ethics, morality, justice, community, political philosophy, and the understanding of self and humanity. Examining the way the ancients approached these issues gives students a sense of how thoughts trigger events, and teaches them that there have been, and continue to be, many different ways to look at an issue.
ARABIC CULTURE AND SOCIETY Hazza Abu Rabia and Maha Darawsha © 2014 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text examines the important role religion plays in the Middle East and how it shapes people’s personalities in the Arab world by informing both their belief systems and their lifestyles. Spanning centuries of history, the book explores the Middle East before the advent of Islam, the expansion of Islam, and the modern Middle East.
CRITICAL REASONING Robin Roth and Doug Borcoman © 2010 REQUEST a Review Copy
This text features a novel, hands-on approach to the study of rhetorical devices. The student will become more engaged in the study of critical thinking by seeing its direct application to current events, student life, and decisionmaking.
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