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In this meditation on the nature and purpose of hermeneutics, Gerald Bruns argues that hermeneutics is not just a contemporary theory. It is an extended family of questions about understanding and interpretation that have multiple and conflicting histories from before the beginning of writing.

The 18th-century French philosopher Denis Diderot - author of idiosyncratic fictional works such as "Jacques the Fatalist" and "Rameau's Nephew" - is also considered by many to have been the first great art critic. This two-volume edition makes his art-critical texts available in English.

Using biographical material and musical analysis, this study provides an exploration of Gershwin's entire compositional oeuvre, including his concert music. It discusses well known works such as "Rhapsody in Blue" and "Porgy and Bess", as well as lesser known works like "Second Rhapsody".

Explores the parallel and convergent social, economic and political trends within America that have transformed government in Washington and led to the development and prestige of public policy research centres or "think tanks".

The 18th and 19th centuries saw changes in the landscape of England which were often seen as political statements. Everett reviews the debate (1760-1820) looking at the attempts of writers to defend a "traditional" or tory view of landscape against the privatizing tendency of improvement.

This anthology presents essays that discuss the new theories of time. Topics examined include McTaggart's paradox, the nature of our experience of time and the role of language in theory discussion.

The discovery of magnetic sleep in 1784 marked the beginning of modern psychological healing. It revealed mental activity that was not available to the conscious mind but could affect concious thought and action. This book tells the story of its discovery and its relationship to psychotherapy.

Explores how people who have been blind since birth can perceive and draw pictures. The author relates how pictures in raised form can be understood by the blind and how untrained blind people can make recognizable sketches of objects, situations and events using methods for raised-line drawing.

A study of the positions of various social scientists on debates in China studies, Little focuses on four topics: traditional peasant behaviour, the role of marketing and transport systems in Chinese society, the causes of agricultural stagnation and the reasons for the rebellion in Qing China.

A study of psychotherapy for those who have experienced the loss of a baby during pregnancy or in the first few weeks of life. Using case reports, Irving integrates recent work on narcissism, mourning and short-term therapy with more traditional psychoanalytic theory and treatment.

Argues in favour of surrogate motherhood stating that the law should treat women who choose to become surrogates as autonomous parties to a binding contract. It argues that to overcome the psychological constraints of a patriarchal society women must be responsible for their reproductive decisions.

Joachim Burmeister's 17th-century treatise on the making of music is generally acknowledged to be central to the understanding of Baroque music practice. This edition reviews Burmeister's two earlier treatises on musical composition and analyzes "Musical Poetics" as a whole.

Winner of two prizes in 1990, this book shows how American law has both reflected and defined what it means to be American. The author looks at the ideal of equal citizenship and how it developed and also at the psychological impact of discrimination on those who have been its victims.

This work places Collins within Victorian literary history, showing how his fiction transforms the conventions of the traditionally female genre of the Gothic novel and can be read as a critique of the gender and class distinctions that structured Victorian society.

In this study, Donoghue argues that texts should be read closely and imaginatively, as opposed to merely or mistakenly theorizing about them. He shows what serious reading entails in discussing texts that range from Shakespeare's plays to a novel by Cormac McCarthy.