While much has been written about the impact of Darwin’s theories on U.S. culture, and countless scholarly collections have been devoted to the science of evolution, few have addressed the specific details of Darwin’s theories as a cultural force affecting U.S. writers. America’s Darwin fills this gap and features a range of critical approaches that examine U.S. textual responses to Darwin’s works.The scholars in this collection represent a range of disciplines—literature,...

Israel and the Nations: Paul's Gospel in the Context of Jewish Expectation provides various perspectives of leading contemporary scholars concerning Paul’s message, particularly his expressed expectation of the end-time redemption of Israel and its relation to the Gentiles, the non-Jewish nations, in the context of Jewish eschatological expectation. The contributors engage the increasingly contentious enigmas relating to Paul’s Jewishness: had his perception of living in a new era in Chris...

Edith Wharton's "Evolutionary Conception" investigates Edith Wharton's engagement with evolutionary theory in The House of Mirth, The Custom of the Country, and The Age of Innocence. The book also examines The Descent of Man, The Fruit of the Tree, Twilight Sleep, and The Children to show that Wharton's interest in biology and sociology was central to the thematic and formal elements of her fiction. Ohler argues that Wharton depicts the complex interrela...

Nicht Warpfeldtheoretiker, Exobiologen und Wissenschaftsoffiziere der Sternenflotte sind es, sondern Physiker, Politologen und Soziologen, Philosophen und Philologen, Literatur- und Medienwissenschaftler, die hier das Star Trek-Universum erforschen. Mit derselben Faszination und demselben Forscherdrang, mit denen auch die Crew der Enterprise den (Serien-)Weltraum erkundet, dringen sie dabei in die 'unendlichen Weiten' der erfolgreichsten Fernsehserie der Welt vor. Mit diesem zweibändigen W...

Den første omfattende undersøgelse af sandheden bag brugen af narkotika i Det Tredje Rige. En øjenåbnende bog, der skildrer begivenhederne i Nazityskland og på de europæiske slagmarker i et nyt perspektiv – fra begyndelsen i 1933 til undergangen i 1945.Det Tredje Rige var gennemsyret af stoffer: kokain, heroin, morfin og frem for alt metamfetamin, som blev brugt af alle fra fabriksarbejdere til husmødre og var afgørende for troppernes modstandskraft. Brugen af narkotika på de allerh...