Monthly Archive: September, 2012

September 28, 2012

University Press Roundup

Our weekly roundup of the best articles from the blogs of academic publishers.

September 28, 2012

Daniel Herwitz on How Barack Obama Has Drawn Upon Abraham Lincoln

“Obama is a figure with the screen presence of a film star (like Diana). Palin is not, she is the quintessential TV actor, from sitcom, talk show, reality TV.”—Daniel Herwitz In the chapter, “Tocqueville on the Bridge to Nowhere,” from...

September 27, 2012

Daniel Herwitz on The Star as Icon: Celebrity in the Age of Mass Consumption

In addition to Heritage, Culture, and Politics in the Postcolony, we’ve been lucky enough to be be the publisher for other books by Daniel Herwitz. In addition to Action, Art, History: Engagements with Arthur C. Danto, and The Don Giovanni...

September 27, 2012

Randi Saloman — Generic Truths

“Virginia Woolf used the essay for literary exploration and discovered freedoms in it that she was unable to achieve in the seemingly freer world of her novels. She and other modern writers found that the desire for authenticity, for a...

September 26, 2012

Interview with Daniel Herwitz, Part II

“Heritage began as a secular religion and is now a battleground between the forces of recognition, politics and commerce. It is where art, culture, history, politics and markets meet. Little could be more interesting than this.”—Daniel Herwitz Here is the...

September 25, 2012

With the iPhone 5, Has Apple Lost Its Edge?

“With the release of the iPhone 5, the promise back in 2007 of the iPhone becoming an ever expanding mobile media machine might have come to a halt. At least temporarily.”—Pelle Snickars The following post is by Pelle Snickars, co-editor...

September 25, 2012

Daniel Herwitz on What Makes Heritage Worth Talking About

“Through heritage, marketed in political campaigns and filtered through dense layers of American media both Barack Obama and Sarah Palin become celebrity figures gifted with special powers.”—Daniel Herwitz In this first part of a two-part interview, Daniel Herwitz discusses one...

September 25, 2012

New Book Tuesday — A History of Christian Missions in the Middle East and More!

The following books are now available: Conflict, Conquest, and Conversion: Two Thousand Years of Christian Missions in the Middle East Eleanor H. Tejirian and Reeva Spector Simon Traditional Japanese Literature, Abridged Edition: An Anthology, Beginnings to 1600 Edited by Haruo...

September 24, 2012

Interview with A. Azfar Moin, author of The Millennial Sovereign

The following is an interview with A. Azfar Moin, author of The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam Question: “The Millennial Sovereign” sounds like a Christian theme. What does it have to do with Islamic kingship? A. Azfar...

September 21, 2012

Victor Navasky to Discuss The Art of Making Magazines at the Brooklyn Book Festival

This week we’ve been featuring The Art of Making Magazines: On Being an Editor and Other Views from the Industry and this Sunday, you can hear Victor Navasky talk more about the book at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Navasky will...

September 20, 2012

Erica Chenoweth: Why civil resistance trumps violent uprisings

“Nonviolent resistance of some sort is almost always possible, and armed uprisings are never inevitable. Instead, violence may be a method people choose because they don’t know there is a realistic alternative.”–Erica Chenoweth With a variety of protest movements erupting...

September 20, 2012

Robert Gottlieb on Editing at Knopf Versus The New Yorker

“When you’re the editor-in-chief of a magazine, as I was of The New Yorker … You are the living god.”—Robert Gottlieb, “Editing Books Versus Editing Magazines” In his essay, “Editing Books Versus Editing Magazines,” from The Art of Making Magazines:...