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Eastern Europe 1740-1985 Feudalism to Communism Robin Okey 1987 Spring: Traces the development of Eastern European countries, showing their struggle to overcome the legacy of underdevelopment and dependence left by the Turks and the Hapsburgs. “This concise, sprightly work considers some of the common historical traditions in the political awakening of Eastern Europe since the eighteenth century. . . . Informed and thought-provoking.” --Library Journal
Essays in Ancient Philosophy Michael Frede 1987 Spring
Romantic Vision, Ethical Context Novalis and Artistic Autonomy Géza von Molnar 1987 Spring: Exploring the full range of Novalis's (the pen name of the German poet and philosopher Friedrich von Hardenberg) work, von Molnar shows how he dealt, in theory and practice, with a central issue in Romanticism-the emerging concept of the autonomous self and its relation.
Male Fantasies: Volume 1 Volume 1 Klaus Theweleit 1987 Spring: These two volumes center upon the fantasies that preoccupied a group of men who played a crucial role in the rise of Nazism. Theweleit draws upon the novels, letters, and autobiographies of these proto-fascists and their contemporaries, seeking out and reconstructing their images of women. Heavily illustrated with cartoons, advertisements, engravings, and posters of the era.
Male Fantasies: Volume 2 Volume 2 Klaus Theweleit 1989 Spring: These two volumes center upon the fantasies that preoccupied a group of men who played a crucial role in the rise of Nazism. Theweleit draws upon the novels, letters, and autobiographies of these proto-fascists and their contemporaries, seeking out and reconstructing their images of women. Heavily illustrated with cartoons, advertisements, engravings, and posters of the era.
Essentials of Cardiovascular Physiology Harvey V. Sparks Jr. and Thom W. Rooke 1987 Spring
Readings in Interpretation Holderlin, Hegel, Heidegger Andrzej Warminski 1987 Spring: Institutes a rethinking of history, theory, philosophy, literature and the way they relate to one another in critical reading. "Meticulous and challenging . . . well worth reading." --Southern Humanities Review
Criticism and Truth Roland Barthes Katrine Pilcher Keunemen, Editor 1987 Spring: Structured as a two-part essay. Part one opens with Barthes’s point by point dissection of Sorbonne philologist Raymond Picard’s “old criticism.” Part two is devoted primarily to the author’s own theory of criticism.
Choices An Introduction to Decision Theory Michael D. Resnik 1987 Spring: Provides a broad yet rigorous introduction to the fundamentals of decision theory (the collection of mathematical, logical, and philosophical theories of decision making by rational individuals) that pays particular attention to matters of philosophical and logical interest.
Possibility and Necessity Volume 2 Jean Piaget None None
From Topic to Tale Logic and Narrativity in the Middle Ages Eugene Vance 1987 Spring: Shows how a rhetorical tradition was transformed into a textual one and ends with a discussion of the relationship between discourse and society.
The Unremarkable Wordsworth Geoffrey H. Hartman 1987 Spring: Fifteen essays draw upon a wide range of contemporary theoretical approaches, from psychoanalysis to structuralism, from deconstruction to phenomenology. ". . . in teaching us to read Wordsworth it teaches us how to read." --The Wordsworth Circle
Social Figures George Eliot, Social History, and Literary Representation Daniel Cottom 1987 Spring: Centers on the discourse of the liberal intellectual as exempliﬁed in the novels of George Eliot, whose awareness of her aesthetic and social task was keener than that of most Victorian writers.
Popular Culture in America Paul Buhle, Editor 1987 Fall
A Thousand Plateaus Capitalism and Schizophrenia Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari 1987 Fall: A positive exercise in the affirmative, “nomad” thought called for in its companion volume, Anti-Oedipus. This series of essays address war and death, territoriality and the anthropology of groups, model theory, and psychosis.
Critique of Cynical Reason Peter Sloterdijk 1988 Spring: A philosophical treatise which finds cynicism the dominant mode in contemporary culture.
Discerning the Subject Paul Smith 1988 Spring: A critique of the debates on the status of the “subject.”
Property Alan Ryan 1988 Spring: Covers the political and ethical aspects of the institution of ownership.
Explanation and Power The Control of Human Behavior Morse Peckham 1988 Spring
Handbook of Mammals of the North-Central States J. Knox Jones, Jr. and Elmer C. Birney 1988 Spring: Scientiﬁc reference on the mammals of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
Surfaces Avrum Stroll 1988 Spring: Provides novel answers to two age-old philosophical problems-the epistemological problem of how perception is able to generate knowledge, and the metaphysical problem of what it is that we perceive.
Foucault Gilles Deleuze 1988 Spring: The first analysis of Foucault’s work by a major philosopher working within the same poststructuralist tradition.
History and Philosophy of Modern Mathematics Volume XI William Aspray and Philip Kitcher, Editors 1988 Spring
Theory and Practice of Sociocriticism Edmond Cros 1988 Spring: A leading French Hispanicist brings Spanish and Mexican texts into the current literary debates and shows that all discourse is irreducibly social in nature.
A Parent’s Guide to Heart Disorders James H. Moller, William A. Neal and William Hoffman None None
Minnesota’s Endangered Flora and Fauna Barbara A. Coffin and Lee Pfannmuller, Editors 1988 Fall
Political and Social Writings Volume 3, 1961-1979 Cornelius Castoriadis David Ames Curtis, Editor 1988 Fall: A series of writings by the man who inspired the students of the Workers' Rebellion in May of 1968.
The Passion according to G.H. Clarice Lispector 1988 Fall: A novel combining elements of the Brazilian literary tradition with feminist and literary theory.
In One Act Adrienne Kennedy 1988 Fall: Includes eight one-act plays.
Waterfowl in Winter Milton W. Weller, Editor 1988 Fall
A Very Serious Thing Women’s Humor and American Culture Nancy A. Walker 1988 Fall: Defines why women have been blocked from participating in the mainstream of American comedy yet have overcome hurdles to produce a humor that is sustaining and spells survival for women in society.
Science as Power Discourse and Ideology in Modern Society Stanley Aronowitz 1988 Fall: “Sets the stage for a new social theory of science. Aronowitz does not merely envision a new account of science; he argues for a critical, reflexive alternative to modern science, one that is not based on the domination of humans and nature.” --Contemporary Sociology
Strindberg’s Dramaturgy Göran Stockenström, Editor None None
Coastal Marshes Ecology and Wildlife Management Robert H. Chabreck 1988 Fall: This book describes coastal marshes in terms of form, function, ecology, wildlife value, and management. Chabreck’s emphasis is on the marshes of the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico but he also examines marshes on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Plant and animal communities are each given a chapter, and the book concludes with considerations of future uses and needs of coastal marshes. “Salt, brackish, intermediate, and freshwater marshes are discussed in chapters on nutrient cycling, food web and biodiversity, plant and animal communities, economic value and recreational use, and managerial techniques. . . illuminating and attractive.” --Naturalist Review
Control of the Imaginary Reason and Imagination in Modern Times Luiz Costa Lima 1988 Fall: Draws on English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish literary traditions to examine the relationship between Western notions of reason and subjectivity from the Renaissance to the first decade of the twentieth century.
Universal Abandon The Politics of Postmodernism Andrew Ross, Editor 1989 Spring: “The essays are new, readable and well-informed; the collection is an excellent basis for inquiring into the politics of contemporary art and criticism.” --Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism Contributors: Stanley Aronowitz, Hal Foster, Nancy Fraser, Lawrence Grossberg, Laura Kipnis, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, Meaghan Morris, Linda Nicholson, Jacqueline Rose, Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Paul Smith, Anders Stephanson, and George Yúdice.
The Differend Phrases in Dispute Jean-François Lyotard 1989 Spring: “This work is of vital importance in a period when revisionism of all stripes attempts to rewrite, and often simply deny, the occurrence of historical and cultural events, i.e. in attempting to reconstruct ‘reality’ in the convenient names of ‘truth’ and ‘common sense.’” French Review
Freedom Zygmunt Bauman 1989 Spring: A sociological analysis of the concept of freedom in modern society.
Status Bryan S. Turner 1989 Spring: Clarifies the concept of status from the thesis that economic, political, and cultural inequalities can only be understood from a conflict-sociology perspective.
Reading De Man Reading Wlad Godzich and Lindsay Waters, Editors 1989 Spring: Thirteen essays address de Man’s theory and practice of reading, including the nature of those readings and what they signify for reading in general, not just for literary texts. "Accomplishes the goal of insisting on the continuing importance of de Man's work for literary studies." --American Book Review
Critical Writings, 1953-1978 Paul de Man Lindsay Waters, Editor 1989 Spring: Twenty-five essays and reviews not previously collected, most of which were written before 1970, and eight of which are appearing in English for the first time.
Hart Crane A Re-Introduction Warner Berthoff 1989 Spring
Kenneth Burke - American Writers 75 University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers Merle E. Brown 1989 Spring
Excavations at Tel Michal, Israel Ze’ev Herzog, Ora Negbi and George Rapp Jr., Editors None None
Text and Culture The Politics of Interpretation Daniel Cottom 1989 Spring: An examination of the political aspects of contemporary disciplines of interpretation, which illustrates how interpretation may be turned into a more socially responsible practice. Includes an extensive analysis of Dickens's Great Expectations.
Richard Wright - American Writers 74 University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers Robert Bone 1989 Spring
The Future of an Illusion Film, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis Constance Penley 1989 Spring: Analyzes the primary movements that have shaped the field of feminist film theory. Essential to anyone studying the sexual politics of representation.
Rhetoric Renato Barilli 1989 Spring: A concise history of rhetoric from ancient Greece to contemporary media technologies.
The Stream of Life Clarice Lispector 1989 Spring: This novel is considered the greatest work of fiction by the Brazilian writer the New York Times Book Review called “the premier Latin American woman prose writer of this century.” An intense and lyrical work, it chronicles its female protagonist’s journey of self-discovery and self-affirmation. “Whether as novelist or short story writer, Lispector always seemed to be involved with the ambiguities of living, the pleasures derived from it as well as its tragic aspects.” --San Francisco Review of Books
Redrawing the Lines Analytic Philosophy, Deconstruction, and Literary Theory Reed Way Dasenbrock, Editor 1989 Spring