Category: Politics

May 24, 2012

Stephen Tankel — Afghan War Is Not Over Yet

Stephen Tankel discusses the thorny political situation in Afghanistan.

May 16, 2012

Ludger Viefhues-Bailey — The Obomney Consensus: Sexual Politics are Faith-Based

Ludger Viefhues-Bailey looks at the way that President Obama used religion to frame his support of same-sex marriage.

April 25, 2012

Bryan Tilt: China's Path to Sustainable Development

April 22 was Earth Day, and in honor of the occasion, we will be running a series of posts over the course of this week by authors of our environmental studies titles. This post concerns sustainable development in China and is written by anthropologist Bryan Tilt.

April 24, 2012

Earth Day 2012: Part 2 of an Interview with Michael E. Mann

April 22 was Earth Day, and in honor of the occasion, we will be running a series of posts over the course of this week by authors of our environmental studies titles. This post is part one of a two-part interview with climatologist Michael E. Mann.

April 23, 2012

Earth Day 2012: Part 1 of an Interview with Michael E. Mann

April 22 was Earth Day, and in honor of the occasion, we will be running a series of posts over the course of this week by authors of our environmental studies titles. This post is part one of a two-part interview with climatologist Michael E. Mann.

April 4, 2012

Political Philosophy and Real Politics: Part III of an interview with Albena Azmanova, author of “The Scandal of Reason”

“[Through public discussion,] we can learn how we are all complicit in the production of social injustice, even when we appear to be victims. ” – Albena Azmanova Albena Azmanova is the author of The Scandal of Reason: A Critical...

April 3, 2012

Political Philosophy and Real Politics: Part II of an interview with Albena Azmanova, author of “The Scandal of Reason”

“Preoccupation with economic redistribution, gender equality, cultural diversity, and action against sexual harassment appeared all too smug to me when set against the evils of life under political oppression and bankrupt economic systems” – Albena Azmanova Albena Azmanova is the...

April 3, 2012

Michael Mann on Barack Obama's Disappointing Record on Global Warming

“So [Obama] appointed the right people, but then he didn’t really let them move forward on this issue. He says the right things sometimes, but then appears to retreat from them.” — Michael Mann on Barack Obama’s policy on climate...

April 2, 2012

Political Philosophy and Real Politics: An interview with Albena Azmanova, author of "The Scandal of Reason"

“Ideal theories of justice only stand in the way of sound judgment.” –Albena Azmanova Albena Azmanova is the author of The Scandal of Reason: A Critical Theory of Political Judgment. This post is the first of a three-part series we...

February 13, 2012

Amazon Reacts to Michael Mann and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars

In a recent post, Climate Science Watch examines the response on Amazon to The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, by Michael Mann. While a most of the reviews of the book are quite strong...

February 8, 2012

Michael Marder: Resist Like a Plant! On the Vegetable Life of Political Movements

In the most recent issue of Peace Studies Journal, Michael Marder, author of the forthcoming Plant Thinking: Toward a Philosophy of Vegetative Life, examines the recent Occupy movements and its possible connections to vegetal life. Arguing that the politics of...

February 8, 2012

William K. Tabb on the Great Recession and the Lessons Learned and Not Learned

“What the decision-makers at the Fed and Treasury appear not to have learned is the most important lesson of all: that the financial sector has grown too large, too dangerous, and too parasitic.”—William K. Tabb In the concluding chapter to...