This is the first book to examine Schubert's songs as active shaping forces in the culture of their era rather than as mere reflections of it. Responding to rising new forms of social organisation, Schubert discovered that songs could serve as a medium for shuffling and reshuffling the basic building blocks of identity and desire, especially sexual desire.  Meer

Walt Whitman's poetry, especially his Civil War poetry, attracted settings by a wide variety of modern composers in both English- and German-speaking countries.  Meer

Why does music move us? Lawrence Kramer suggests we should ask this old question in a different way: what is responsible for our response to music, and to what is our response responsible?  Meer

Why does music move us? Lawrence Kramer suggests we should ask this old question in a different way: what is responsible for our response to music, and to what is our response responsible?  Meer

Walt Whitman's poetry, especially his Civil War poetry, attracted settings by a wide variety of modern composers in both English- and German-speaking countries.  Meer

This book contains excerpts from unpublished manuscripts of Lawrence Krader in philosophy, history and social science. Specific themes include assessments of materialism, theories of nature, the significance of the development of quantum theory, advances in mathematical logic, an assessment of the Russian Revolution, and of Marx’s theory of value.  Meer

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Meer

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Meer

Myth and Ideology develops a general theory of myth by reviewing esoteric and exoteric myths from many parts of the world from ancient times to the late twentieth century, highlighting the major approaches to the study of myth and ideology.  Meer

This book focuses on the beginnings of capitalism in Central Europe with emphasis on the German speaking areas from the 14th to the 17th century.  Meer