"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone", Blaise Pascal wrote in 1654. But then there's Walt Whitman, in 1856: "Whoever you are, come forth! Or man or woman come forth! / You must not stay sleeping and dal...

Although David Hume's contributions to philosophy are well known, his work on economics has been largely overlooked. "A Philosopher's Economist" offers the definitive account of Hume's "worldly philosophy", and argues that economics served as a unify...

On his famous walk to Vincennes to visit the imprisoned Diderot, Rousseau had what he called an "illumination" – the realization that man was naturally good but becomes corrupted by the influence of society – a fundamental change in Rousseau's perspe...

Young people are told that college is a place where they will "find themselves" by engaging with diversity and making friendships that will last a lifetime. This vision of an inclusive, diverse social experience is a fundamental part of the image col...

In 1992, Dr. Ross A. Slotten had the dubious distinction of signing more death certificates in the city of Chicago – and, by inference, the state of Illinois – than any other physician. As a family physician, he trained to care for patients from birt...

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! "Sherabad Oasis: Tracing Historical Landscape in Southern Uzbekistan" is the second volume of the series examining the Czech-Uzbek archaeological expedition in southern Uzbekistan. While t...

In this debut, full-length poetry collection, Fred Shaw offers a deep dive into the cost of service work. Scraping Away is a collection of narrative, sometimes elegiac poems that express the point of view of restaurant workers. Shaw considers the cos...

You know shoddy: an adjective meaning cheap and likely poorly made. But did you know that before it became a popular descriptor, shoddy was first coined as a noun? In the early nineteenth century, shoddy was the name given to a new textile material m...

With "Habitat Threshold", Craig Santos Perez has crafted a timely collection of eco-poetry that explores his ancestry as a native Pacific Islander, the ecological plight of his homeland, and his fears for the future. The book begins with the birth of...

The phrase "midlife crisis" today conjures up images of male indulgence and irresponsibility – an affluent, middle-aged man speeding off in a red sports car with a woman half his age – but before it became a gendered cliche, it gained traction as a f...