Abstract

Critique of the Modern Concept of Religion A Review of Brent Nongbri, Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept Helge Årsheim Historicizing the Connection between Blood and Kinship A Review of Christopher H. Johnson, Bernhard Jussen, David Warren Sabean, and Simon Teuscher, eds., Blood and Kinship: Matter for Metaphor from Ancient Rome to Present Nicole Hochner Constantly Contested Freedom A Review of Quentin Skinner and Martin van Gelderen, eds., Freedom and the Construction of Europe Helena Rosenblatt Revering Freedom A Review of Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz, Queen Liberty: The Concept of Freedom in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Vilius Mačkinis Reclaiming Liberty and Security as Universal Concepts A Review of Conor Gearty, Liberty and Security Søren Friis Deparochializing National Character in Europe A Review of Balázs Trencsényi, The Politics of “National Character”: A Study in Interwar East European Thought Bogdan C. Iacob A Semantic Analysis of Crisis A Review of Janet Roitman, Anti-Crisis Gennaro Imbriano.