Jennifer Michael Hecht: 2 books
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A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Worldwide, more people die by suicide than by murder, and many more are left behind to grieve. Despite distressing statistics that show suicide rates rising, the subject, long a taboo, is infrequently talked about. In this sweeping intellectual and cultural history, poet and historian Jennifer Michael...
by Shannon L. Mariotti, Kennan Ferguson, George Shulman
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Herman Melville is widely considered to be one of America's greatest authors, and countless literary theorists and critics have studied his life and work. However, political theorists have tended to avoid Melville, turning rather to such contemporaries as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau...