Heracles (en)

same thing as Hercules; divine hero in Greek mythology who had to perform 12 labours

Herbert Marcuse (en)

a German-American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory

hermeneutic (en)

the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts

hermetic (en)

(of a seal or closure) complete and airtight

Herrenvolk (de)

"master folk", i.e., the German nation as considered by the Nazis to be innately superior to others; also used in 19th century discourse that justified colonialism with the racial superiority of Europeans; results in a system of government in which only the majority ethnic group participates in government, while minority groups are disenfranchised

heteroclite (en)

(noun) a word irregular in inflection / (noun) a noun irregular in declension / (noun) one that deviates from common forms or rules / (adjective) deviating from common rules or forms

heterodiegetic (en)

in film studies and narratology, descriptive of a narrator that does not take part in the plot

heterodox (en)

unorthodox

heteroglossia (en)

the presence of multiple voices or expressed viewpoints in a text or other artistic work.

heteronomy (en)

(noun) subjection to something else / (noun) a lack of moral freedom or self-determination

heterotopic (en)

(adjective) occurring in an abnormal place / a concept in human geography elaborated by philosopher Michel Foucault to describe places and spaces that function in non-hegemonic conditions

hew (en)

(verb) to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument / (verb) to fell by blows of an ax / (verb) to give form or shape to with or as if with heavy cutting blows / (verb) to make cutting blows / (verb) conform adhere / (abbreviation) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare / (verb) to hew (as timber) coarsely without smoothing or finishing / (verb) to form crudely

hierophant (en)

a person, especially a priest in ancient Greece, who interprets sacred mysteries or esoteric principles

hinterland (en)

(noun) the often uncharted areas beyond a coastal district or a river's banks; an area lying beyond what is visible or known

Historic Compromise (en)

a historical Italian political alliance between the Christian Democrats and the Italian Communist Party in the 1970s

historical materialism (en)

(noun) the Marxist theory of history and society that holds that ideas and social institutions develop only as the superstructure of a material economic base

hoary (en)

(adjective) gray or white with or as if with age / (adjective) extremely old; ancient

Hobbesian (en)

referring to the 17th century English author Thomas Hobbes, whose best-known work, Leviathan, describes a situation of unrestrained, selfish and uncivilized competition

Holocene (en)

the current geological epoch which started some 11,500 years ago when the glaciers began to retreat

homily (en)

(noun) a usually short sermon / (noun) a lecture or discourse on or of a moral theme / (noun) an inspirational catchphrase or platitude. homiletic: the art of preaching or writing sermons

Homo oeconomicus (en)

(or Homo economicus) a concept in many economic theories portraying humans as consistently rational and narrowly self-interested agents who usually pursue their subjectively-defined ends optimally

homonymy (en)

the relation between words with identical forms but different meanings

homothety (en)

(mathematics) An isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point

Honoré de Balzac (en)

a French novelist and playwright; La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus

hoplite (en)

(noun) a heavily armed infantry soldier of ancient Greece