German Studies
Common Scents
Attends to the much-neglected sense of smell in and around modern poetry to suggest the possibility of a revolution of the senses.
Heidegger's Conversations
Offers the first comprehensive study of Martin Heidegger's five conversational texts.
Struck by Apollo
Retraces Hölderlin's journeys to Bordeaux and back in 1801–02, explaining why they are turning points in the great poet's life.
Thresholds, Encounters
Explores the various ways in which poetic and philosophical writing meet in texts by, and on, Paul Celan.
Critique in German Philosophy
Traces a conceptual history of critique in German philosophy from the eighteenth century to the present.
Genealogies of the Secular
Presents a historical and philosophical overview of the twentieth-century German debates on secularization and their significance for contemporary discussions about the relationship between theology and modernity.
The Holocaust and Masculinities
Critically assesses the experiences of men in the Holocaust.
The Cudgel and the Caress
Offers philosophical and psychological reflections on cruelty and tenderness.
Aesthetic Reason and Imaginative Freedom
Shows the relevance of Schiller’s thought for contemporary philosophy, particularly aesthetics, ethics, and politics.
The Pen Confronts the Sword
Demonstrates how four books by dissident German intellectuals served as a rebuke to the Nazi regime.
Lessing and the Enlightenment
A comprehensive study of Lessing’s religious thought.
East German Historians since Reunification
Surveys how reunification in 1990 impacted historical scholarship in the former East Germany.
Report on the Aeginetan Sculptures
Tells the story of Bavaria’s acquisition of ancient Greek sculptures that rivaled those acquired by England from the Parthenon.
Poetic Fragments
Bilingual English-German edition of second collection published by the German poet, dramatist, and philosopher Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806).
Desiring Emancipation
Uses historical case studies to illuminate women’s claims to emancipation and to sexual subjectivity during the tumultuous Wilhelmine and Weimar periods in Germany.
Out of the East
Chronicles how the SED, a once villified political party, transformed itself into a viable national political party.
Disciplining the Holocaust
Explores the relationship between disciplinarity and contemporary ethics of scholarship about the Holocaust.
The Death of Empedocles
The definitive scholarly edition and new translation of all three versions of Hölderlin’s poem, The Death of Empedocles, and his related theoretical essays.
Anxious Anatomy
Examines the body in literature and science in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe.
The Philosophical Foundations of Early German Romanticism
Explores the philosophical contributions and contemporary relevance of early German Romanticism.
Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom
Schelling’s masterpiece investigating evil and freedom.
Staging History
Examines Brecht's use of the theatre as a public arena for political change.
Lacan in the German-Speaking World
Addresses Lacan's reception in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, offering new perspectives for American readers.
Borders of a Lip
Explores the role of language, history, and politics in Romantic literature and thought, from Kant to Yeats.
The Abyss Above
Uses the figure of the mad poet to explore the connections between madness and creativity.