In his Discourses (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows with unparalledled eloquence how it robs us not only of our material but also of our psychological independen[...]

With the publication of French Philosophy of the Sixties, Alain Renaut and Luc Ferry in 1985 launched their famous critique against canonical figures such as Foucault, Derrida, and Lacan, bringing under rigorous scrutiny the entire post-structuralist project that had dominated Western intellectual l[...]

A vividly rendered historical novel chronicles the life, adventures, and exploits of Grand Duke Nicholas Kostantinovich Romanov, a rebellious member of the royal family whose scandalous affair with Fanny Lear, a beautiful American courtesan, and his implication in a plot to fund revolutionaries by s[...]