Results for "Brennan, Timothy"

"Considering the emphasis in Said's critical work on space and place and the political importance of geography, it is less surprising to see the luxuriant evocation of a specific topography of dusty roads, grottos, plump figtrees, desert flowers, muddy clods, and the "beckoning hands of lambent hill... Read More about Songs of an Eastern Humanist: Collected Poems

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceThe first comprehensive biography of the most influential, controversial, and celebrated Palestinian intellectual of the twentieth century.Both controversial and beloved, Edward Said was the pioneer of postcolonial studies, a tireless champion for his nati... Read More about Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said

Taking stock of contemporary social, cultural, and political currents, Timothy Brennan explores key turning points in the recent history of American intellectual life. He contends that a certain social-democratic vision of politics has been banished from public discussion, leading to an unlikely con... Read More about Wars of Position: The Cultural Politics of Left and Right

This edited book includes original essays by prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of postal and delivery economics, originally presented at the 30th Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics held in Rimini, Italy, May 25-27, 2022. The central foci of the book are the role of digita... Read More about Postal Strategies: Logistics, Access, and the Environment (Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy)

A critical revaluation of the humanist tradition, Borrowed Light makes the case that the 20th century is the "anticolonial century." The sparks of concerted resistance to colonial oppression were ignited in the gathering of intellectual malcontents from all over the world in interwar Europe. Many of... Read More about Borrowed Light: Vico, Hegel, and the Colonies

Worldwide, postal and delivery economics is the subject of considerable interest. The postal industry's business model is in drastic need of change. Notably, the European Commission and member states are still wrestling with the problems of implementing liberalization of entry into postal markets, a... Read More about Postal and Delivery Innovation in the Digital Economy (Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy #50)