In praise of nonsense

A speculative exploration of theory, subjectivity and art in an age of uncertainty.

Rivals in arms

As the UK leaves the EU and as the multilateral order is increasingly under stress, bilateral security links are more important than ever. Rivals in Arms is the untold story of the thriving yet complicated defence relationship of two countries, the UK and France, caught between strategic decline ...

Reaching outward and upward

Teaching, research, community engagement, and explorations in ways of knowing - Uvic fifty years on.

John case and aristotelianism in renaissance england

This perceptive study of John Case, teacher of philosophy at Oxford from the mid-1560s until his death in 1600 and author of expositions of Aristotle which became standard textbooks of the time, focuses on his intellectual and cultural milieu and reveals

Friendless or forsaken?

Friendless or Forsaken? is the story of child emigration agencies operating in North West England from 1860 to 1935. The book traces the imperial relationships, transnational economy, religious networks and legal regulation that enabled agents to send children away from their homes and parents, w...

What would cervantes do?

A timely meditation on the key role the humanities must play in dissecting and combatting all forms of disinformation. Castillo and Egginton offer a tour-de-force commentary on politics and popular culture through critical comparative readings of Western cultural texts of the twentieth and twenty...

Beyond vision

In this unique and exhilarating autobiography, Allan Jones - Canada's first blind diplomat - vividly describes how an untreatable eye disease slowly decimated his visual world, most challengingly during his postings in Tokyo and New Delhi, and how he discovered and took to heart the revelatory In...

The precipice

The story of the volatility of a marriage and the inelasticity of two personalities, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.

Surveyors of empire

British imperial power was greatly bolstered by new techniques in surveying and map-making during the eighteenth century. Well before James Cook sailed for the Pacific in 1768, British army engineers working on the coastline from Quebec to Rhode Island had set new scientific standards for cartogr...

Secession and self

The possibility of Quebec's departure has long haunted Canadian politics, and English-speaking Canadians have resisted such a break. But why, and how, does Quebec's membership in the existing constitutional order matter to Canadians outside Quebec?

Winter kept us warm

Winter Kept Us Warm explores a romance between two young men at the University of Toronto in the early 1960s, when being gay was still a crime in Canada. The film achieved international success when first released but has largely disappeared form the contemporary queer film canon. Chris Dupuis ex...

Reading between the borderlines

“[Reading Between the Borderlines] is impeccably edited and well-written. Its wide-ranging contributions make it a mandatory addition to any library concerned with North American studies.” Amerikastudien / American StudiesAn investigation into how culture is made, moved, and used across the Canad...

The dillon era

Douglas Dillon advocated for evolution and reform over radicalism and placed the national interest above party interest. With exclusive access to the family’s archive, in The Dillon Era Richard Aldous sets fresh eyes on a well-documented period in American history, unfolding a deeply influential ...

In praise of mixed religion

Advocating for a profound shift in thinking about the mix-and-match approach to religion.

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What the bones say

Here is a thoroughly engaging history of one line of human science research and its consequences for the hapless, and often helpless, subject of study: the indigenous peoples of Tasmania. Research questions arising from skeletal remains were posed and pursued on the assumption that these vanishin...

Social resilience and international migration in the canadian city

Social Resilience and International Migration in the Canadian City provides crucial insights about the policies necessary for helping both migrants and cities thrive, offering ideas for effective implementation.

My heart's best wishes for you

The life and times of a celebrated Roman Catholic priest, archbishop, and author.

Zygmunt bauman and the theory of culture

In the first comprehensive and critical assessment of Zygmunt Bauman's work on culture, Dariusz Brzeziński offers a comparative analysis of the theories of one of the most influential intellectuals of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Foregrounding the sociologist and philosopher's Polish...

National security entrepreneurs and the making of american foreign policy

By analysing significant diplomatic and military decisions of the Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, and Clinton administrations, and offering an account of national security entrepreneurship under the recent presidents, this book argues for an agent-based explanation of foreign policy change and continuity.

What makes clusters competitive?

Why the competitive forces and strategies of new wine producers are turning the global industry upside down.

J.w. mcconnell

J.W. McConnell (1877-1963), born to a poor farming family in Ontario, became one of the wealthiest and most powerful businessmen of his generation - in Canada and internationally.

Beyond liberty and property

Professor Gunn presents a fresh, revealing picture of the public mind in Britain, from the Glorious Revolution to the First Reform Act, showing how British people of the eighteenth century came to a new understanding of politics. Departing form the usual

Late-life homelessness

Late-Life Homelessness is the first Canadian book to address this often neglected issue. Drawing from a four-year ethnographic study of late-life homelessness in Montreal, Canada, Amanda Grenier uses a critical gerontological perspective to explore life at the intersection of older age and homele...

The poetics of translation

The Poetics of Translation challenges our pragmatic understanding of translation through the discipline’s use in contemporary innovative writing practices, highlighting translation’s ability to create meaning, celebrate uncertainty, and interpret rather than reiterate.

The subtle knot

When and how did we come to think of the brain as the vehicle of the mind, and what role did literature play in forging a link so crucial to our understanding of ourselves?

Ursula franklin speaks

A wide-ranging collection of talks by one of Canada's best-known and best-loved thinkers.

The mastery and uses of fire in antiquity

The material fabric of nearly all settled civilizations exists largely because of pyrotechnology - the generation, control, and application of the heat from fire to change the properties of materials. The technological achievements that make contemporary society possible, for instance, are the re...

In subordination

From 1870 to 1970 between ten and twenty per cent of women in paid work held jobs described by the Canadian census as "professional." In this important historical study, Mary Kinnear explores the experience of the first generations of professional women in Canada.

Fichte in berlin

Fichte in Berlin offers a new reading of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s philosophical output during his time in Berlin from 1804 to 1806. The study focuses on the philosopher’s second set of lectures on the Wissenschaftslehre from 1804, one of the most exemplary versions of Fichte’s philosophical project.

Rethinking the political

From 1937 to 1939, a group of French intellectuals of diverse origins and disciplines gathered under the leadership of Georges Bataille and Roger Caillois to form the Collège de Sociologie. Inspired by Durkheim's theory of the sacred as the symbolic found

Aboutness

Set against a break-up with God, insomniac nights, and smoke-filled skies, aboutness is by turns wry, performative, and sober. Threads of self-making are juxtaposed with an ever-unfolding present exposing the limits and possibilities of convergence. Haunted by the ghost of the text not realized, ...

Psychiatry disrupted

A provocative argument against conventional study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of "mental illness."

The quebec conference of 1864

A new interpretation of a key period in Canadian political history.

Citizens, civil society, and activism under the eprdf regime in ethiopia

This collection asks how citizens and civil society express their interests and exert their agency in authoritarian settings. Focusing on the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front regime over three decades, the book explores civic activism in Ethiopia, presenting diverse examples of h...

Yiddish lives on

While widely considered an endangered language, Yiddish has emerged as a vehicle for young people to engage with their heritage and identity, and as a site for creative renewal in the Jewish world and beyond. Yiddish Lives On explores diverse stories and strategies of resistance to language decline.

Dual diaspora

A groundbreaking exploration of the cultural contributions of Russian-speaking immigrants to Israel over the past thirty years, Dual Diaspora investigates how writers, filmmakers, and visual artists reconcile their Soviet past with their Israeli present.

From babel to pentecost

A comprehensive study of the complete works of one of France's finest religious poets.

Uniting in measures of common good

In a compelling and comprehensive treatment of the nineteenth-century voluntary association movement, Darren Ferry situates these organizations within the much larger framework of the construction of collective liberal identities. He shows that by attempting to transcend the political, religious,...

Queen's university, vol ii

This second volume in the history of Queen's University places the development of the university in the context of its relationships with a growing Canadian nation.

Living with yards

As urban life is reimagined for greater sustainability, resilience, and adaptation, Living with Yards explores the possibilities of how we can coexist with our urban habitats. By conducting in-depth visits to more than forty yards and sharing her results, Lang provokes us to think about what else...

The twelfth of february

Rhonda Gossen explores how war in Afghanistan influenced the spread of violent Islamic extremism in Pakistan, following the ebbs and flows of aid to both countries. Drawing on her experience as a development worker and interviews with activists, NGOs, officials, and diplomats, she considers how w...

Transforming conversations

An accounting of feminism’s effect on Canadian education policy and practice since the Royal Commission on the Status of Women.

Border crossings

A provocative synthesis that challenges previous histories of Saskatchewan's early development and evolving education system.