Books published by State University of New York Press

A history of the world's mystical traditions.

The facts and legends of New York's famed artistic hub told by one of its key participants.

Turns to theories and cultural representations of psychosocial life to reflect on, and better understand, the challenges of learning in times of social strife.

Multifaceted study of Pennsylvania's coal miners during the post-World War One era.

Renowned poets and scholars address the question of how poetry sounds and signifies in different contexts.

Draws on Nahua concepts to explore Nahua literary production and contributions to cultural activism from the 1980s to the present.

Offers an innovative analysis of gates-as architectural components, visual images, and mental constructs-in early Chinese thought and material culture.

The exciting story of New York in the progressive era told by the reformers and visionaries who shaped its history,

Essays exploring to what extent Nietzsche's thought can aid us in understanding politicized identities.

The first edited volume solely dedicated to the philosophy of Adriana Cavaero.

Uses the intellectual encounter between Islam and modernity to explore the nature of culture, civilization, religion, and tradition.

Offers a unified vision for approaching human ethical responses to what science is telling us about the crises facing our environment and climate.

Multifaceted exploration of the dimensions of education for climate justice.

Explores the cultural dynamics of this ancient form of Sanskrit theater.

Designers can create stronger products by considering multiple users with varied perspectives and thus create balance, termed equilibriUX, in their designs.

Deeply engaging study of how fourteen Black mothers-including the author-support and advocate for their autistic sons.

Reveals how the persona of India's most famous emperor was constantly reinvented in ancient times to suit a variety of social visions, political agendas, and moral purposes.

A critical examination of the health disparities and collective resilience of Black women in the United States.

This book focuses on the Iberian Jews and conversos, Jews who converted to Christianity. It explores the idea of the "other" in both Jewish and Christian traditions, the differences between the perspectives of the "persecuted" and "persecutors," and the vision of modernity among some of the Iberian Jews of the period. Special attention is devoted to da Costa and Spinoza, offering a new perspective on the Jewish history of ideas.