Ben Dorfman Books

Focusing on the interdisciplinary study of intellectual history, this journal fosters collaboration among Nordic universities to enhance awareness of research and resources in the field. It encourages diverse methodological approaches and critical reflections on historical contexts, bridging geographical and institutional divides. The latest volume features articles on topics such as Kurt Goldstein's philosophical anthropology, anti-federalism in American constitutional debates, Swedish peasantry rhetoric, and Hannah Arendt's exploration of forgiveness post-Holocaust.

Focusing on the evolution of human rights, this work explores their historical context, philosophical underpinnings, and social norms. It combines academic analysis with journalistic and commentary styles, aiming to engage readers with both past and present human rights issues. The book reflects on contemporary events while providing aesthetic insights, making it a multifaceted examination of rights in society.

Focusing on the interdisciplinary study of intellectual history, this journal fosters collaboration among Nordic universities while promoting global awareness of the field. It encourages diverse methodological approaches and critical reflections on the interplay between historical ideas and contemporary issues. Volume 8.2 includes articles such as Gunilla Hermansson’s exploration of Nordic modernism and Merethe Roos’s examination of medical enlightenment linked to social mobilization. The journal serves as a platform for engaging with various intellectual traditions across different contexts.

Exploring the concept of intuitive body awareness, this book delves into how physical sensations can inform our understanding of environments and relationships. It invites readers to connect with their innate wisdom, emphasizing the significance of these bodily cues in navigating life’s experiences. Through personal anecdotes and insights, the author encourages embracing this inner knowing as a guide to making informed decisions and enhancing self-awareness.

Constituted of a range of essays, the present volume addresses a variety of contemporary and historical events from human rights perspectives. Taking on issues from the American presidential election to North Korean missile tests to terrorism and «civilizational» conflict to Cold War history, the current collection seeks to speak plainly by combining academic convention with a «feuilleton» style. Aimed at students and the public as much as other academics, the essays in this book seek to make rights concepts concrete by speaking to the issues through which they become salient: international conflict, social justice problems and the historical scenes that ask us to realize all human beings’ equality and dignity – an equality and dignity this book seeks to promote.

This collection of essays addresses the ongoing problem of dissent from a broad range of disciplinary perspectives: political philosophy, intellectual history, literary studies, aesthetics, architectural history and conceptualizations of the political past. Taking a global perspective, the volume examines the history of dissent both inside and outside the West, through events in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries both nearer to our own times as well as more distant, and through a range of styles reflecting how contested and pressing the problem of dissent in fact is. Drawing on a range of authors and international problematics, the contributions discuss the multiple ways in which we refract memories of dissent in cultural, historical and aesthetic context. It also discusses the diverse ideas, images and phenomena we use to do so.